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Named Winery of the Year by Raymond Chan ( senior wine judge ) and a serious score of 92+/100 from Parkers Wine Advocate. Parkers Advocate writes "The Robertson family, owners of Te Awa and Dry River, has recently started this Kidnapper Cliffs venture in Hawke’s Bay joining the forces of winemakers Ant MacKenzie and Neil MacCullum. Total production is very limited at just around 1500 cases ( of which only 130 dozen of the Ariki '09 were made ). These early efforts look incredibly promising. Coming from the Gimblett Gravels sub-region, the 2009 Ariki is a Bordeaux blend giving a very deep purple hue and notes of ripe plums, crushed blackberries, pencil lead and black currant with hints of cloves, cedar and cumin seed. Medium bodied with a high level of fine grained tannins, it has crisp acid, just enough fruit and a long finish. Give it another year in bottle and drink to 2019+."
Also 19.5-/20." Raymond Chan- Senior Wine Judge and 97/100 from Wine Orbit Magazine
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