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Very few straight Malbec's are availble in NZ. This is a cracker. "A bold and decadent wine that will be a sure crowd-pleaser, this has an impenetrable, youthful, black-purple red colour and a sensational bouquet packed with boysenberry and ripe, spicy black fruits, along with black florals and perfumes. This has plump, dense, ripe black fruits that explode and fill the mouth. Boysenberries, spicy raspberries and dark plums with red liquorice are all present in a near accessible, relatively open and broad palate, compared to the Kidnapper Cliffs’ Bordeaux varietal wines. Yet fine tannins here provide great style and length of line. 100% Malbec from ‘Zone 2’ Kidnappers block in the Gimblett Gravels. Aged 12 months in 25% new French oak 300L hogsheads. 200 dozen made. Drink over the next 8-10+ years with venison and game meat. 19.0/20." Raymond Chan- senior wine judge. Also 94/100 from Wine Orbit Magazine
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97/100 from Halliday “A blend of cabernet sauvignon and malbec from Frankland River, a true tribute to the wine style of the late Jack Mann. Dense purple-red, the rich and concentrated bouquet oozes sweet blackcurrant/cassis, the huge, ultra-concentrated fruit of the palate balanced by appropriately firm tannins and lavish oak.”
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"Blackenbrook is small ( 4 hectares ) and new ( first wine from 2004 ), so its hardly surprising it's little known outside Nelson. Swiss owners Daniel and Ursula Schwarzenbach have the meticulous approach to winemaking for which their countrymen are famous, while Daniel has some serious winemaking experience under his belt. He has worked for top producers in Austria, Germany, Switzerland and France, and has judged wine at competitions in Switzerland, France, Germany and China. Its greatest strengths are pinot gris, gewurztraminer, riesling, sauvignon blanc and chardonnay. Quality has crept up in recent years and if it continues, Blackenbrook has a very bright future." Bob Campbell
"The 2010 is a basically dry style. Mouthfilling and sweet-fruited, it is punchy, limey and slightly minerally, showing good freshness and liveliness and a crisp, long finish." M.Cooper
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"Pale, bright yellow. Deep peach, nutmeg, jasmine and orange blossom on the sexy nose. Rich, supple and sweet, with expansive flavors of stone fruits and spicy oak. Not the last word in complexity, but this big, sexy Meursault is impressively thick and long"92 Tanzer
"As it almost always is, here the nose is spicier still and more refined as well with striking complexity adding compelling interest to the floral, citrus and white fruit aromas. The rich, concentrated and classy flavors possess plenty of extract that confers a seductive texture that carries over to the impressively long and harmonious finish."92 Burghound
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Just released and long awaited- none was made in 2008. This is one of those creamy smooth classic chardonnays we are so often asked for. This winery knows how to make this style as the winemaker used to be chief winemaker at Seifreids who won countless awards for this style. A single vineyard growen on the Moutere clays. Hand picked, hand sorted, gravity feed, 12 mths barrel aging, 100% malolactic fermentation.
"After ageing for 12 months in new French 500 Litre
barrels, this is an attractively opulent wine with
sizzled butter, bran biscuit and toasted nut flavours
adding complexity to citrus and pineapple
characters.
The wine is built for ageing and we recommend
to enjoy it between now and 2014.
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Here's a real find. The first vineyard in the Hakataramea Valley in South Canterbury. Grown on limestone soils and cropped at extraordinary low levels. This cool climate produces very fine aromatics and flavours including apple and pear with a hint of spice. ."The 2010 Pinot Grigio is Pasquale’s riper, bolder expression of this grape with a pronounced nose of apricots, honeysuckle, coriander seed and mace plus a hint of musk. Dry, rich and silky in the mouth, it gives plenty of peachy fruit and a long layered finish. Drinking nicely now, it should age gracefully and cellar to 2015+. " 91+/100 from Parkers Wine Advocate.
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94/100 from Halliday “Medium red-purple; clean berry fruit and particularly well integrated and balanced oak on the bouquet lead into a medium-bodied palate, with a near-perfect balance between fruit, oak and tannins. Manages to combine elegance and flavour.” The Shiraz "Meshach" is the flagship of the winery. The fruit is from the oldest portion of the Filsell vineyard with vine age close to 100 years. It was aged in French and American oak for 20 months and given another 30 months of bottle age prior to release.
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Normally $300. A sophisticated wine drinkers champagne presented in a lovely gift box. It is like drinking a fine wine because of the complexity of the blending from aged cuvees from top cru vineyards. Krug Grande Cuvee is the timelessly stylish signature of Krug, a breathtaking champagne that effortlessly balances richness and freshness, power and finesse. A gleaming gold colour, an extravagantly expansive bouquet, an almost creamy texture. Then, an explosion of flavours, at once mellow and mature, crisp and clean. Its a dream drop.
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Normally $27. Daniel is the ex- chief winemaker at Seifried Estate so this Swiss born winemaker knows how to make aromatics after working in Alsace for many years. 5 Stars from M.Cooper who writes "An emerging classic. The 2010 was hand picked at 25.7 brix.Harbouring 15 per cent alcohol, it is beautifully floral, with fresh, very vibrant peach, pear and spice aromas and flavours, a hint of ginger, slight sweetness (20 grams/litre of residual sugar), and lovely purity, delicacy and richness. Also recommended by Bob Campbell in his 'Best Under $30 Category' in Gourment Traveller Magazine. Made from Sustainable fruit, hand picked with no fining. A very natural product at a steal for quallity gris.
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With the great chardonnays from Puligny Montrachet and Mersault fetching lofty prices these days it pays to look slightly furthur south to the superb chardonnay villages of Pouilly and Macon. If you like your chards on the reserved, complex, minerally side then these are for you. Daniel Barraud is the master in this region and his wines are simply drop dead gorgeous. They cost no more than a decent local chardonnay and are well worth trying.
"powerful, dense and palate staining flavors are impressively broad-scaled and deliver excellent persistence"90-92 Burghound
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