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This Week's Wine Specials
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Normally $32. Bowled out with $12 off its normal retail price this has just been named as one of only 4 pinot gris to be awarded a five star review in a big NZ Gris tasting. Also 5 stars and 18.5/20 from Raymond Chan who writes "Fermented to 13.5% alc. and 13.5 g/L rs, a small portion in barrel, given lees contact, this is bright straw-yellow colour with hues of light gold. The bouquet is fulsome with lifted, attractive aromas of ripe pears, spices, tropical fruits and honey, Medium dryish to taste, the palate features soft, weighty and near unctuous textures and flavours of aromatic spiced pears, honey and subtle minerally lees notes. There is a power and drive to the palate, the acidity in the background. Savoury, flinty, fruit flavours mark the long finish. This will match rich poultry and pork dishes over the next 3-4+ years."
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Normally $36. Magnificant Waipara chardonnay CLEARED. 91/100 from Bob Campbell who writes "Lovely Chardonnay with an ethereal texture, great balance and intirguing mix of peach, citrus, bready lees and nutty oak flavours." 5 stars and 18.5/20 from Raymond Chan who writes "Mendoza and clone 15 fruit and fully barrel-fermented to 14.5% alc., the wine aged 10 months in 20% new French oak, with 45% MLF (malolactic fermentation ). Bright light golden yellow with a pale edge, the nose has piquant citrus and ripe yellow stonefruits interwoven with oak nuttiness and buttery MLF elements, quite tight and with good intensity. Concentrated and tight on palate, the citrussy fruit is lifted by spicy oak, and the creaminess of texture enlivened by excellent acidity. The palate has a sleekness and balance, resulting in poise. This will keep another 4-5 years.
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Normally $38- deep cut discount on a full throttle serious pinot. A whopping 94/100 from Bob Campbell and described by M.Cooper as the 'Best Yet..with the power and structure to age for several year." Bob Campbell writes "Rich, intensely fruity wine with strong plum, dark berry, plum jam, licorice and spice flavours. Great weight and mouthfeel. Small vintage that was quite warm. Very accessible and quite complex wine with a lingering finish.
If you enjoyed the Muddy Water Pinot Noir this will blow you away. Top, top shelf pinot noir at a ridiculous price.
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Normally $24. 95/100 from Bob Campbell, Gold Medal International Wine & Spirit Competition, Gold Medal NZ International Wine Show. "Powerful wine with focused, linear flavours. Strong mineral, nettle, green capsicum notes with an influence of passionfruit. Juicy acidity helps drive a lengthy finish. A blend of Awatere and Wairau fruit." Bob Campbell.
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Classic spanish rose - light and delicate with a hint of berries and dried flowers. The perfect wine for these hot summer days ahead. This is made by the classic 'saignee' method where a small amount of juice is bled off the grape skins after a very short maceration, creating a pale and delicate rose. Located in the Rioja Baja, at the southeastern end of the Rioja, Viña Herminia belongs to the owners of Emilio Lustau. They craft superb Rioja wines from vineyards on the slopes of Monte Yerga and Monte Argudo, up to an altitude of 700m. Together with the warmer climate, this high altitude ensures rich, generous, fruity wines of enormous appeal and great value.
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A beautiful restrained French chardonnay "I have said this many times but it is worth repeating: Daniel Barraud is without question one of the finest growers in all of the Maconnais and there is a credible arguement to be made that his remarkable consistency vaults him right to the very top of the list. This man almost never misses. The 2009 has vestiges of secondary fermentation aromas fighting with the spiced pear and white flower aromas but the detailed, racy and minerally flavors possess slightly more prominent acidity, especially on the tension-filled, dry and punch finish."88-90/100 Burghound ( Burgundies most respected wine critic )
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Trophy for 'Best Merlot" at the Air NZ Wine Awards. 23 entries in this category The fruit for this wine was grown entirely on the gravely soils of the Gimblett Gravels growing region in Hawkes Bay. The Villa Maria Vineyards Ngakirikiri, Twyford Gravels and Omahu Gravels all contributed parcels of fruit, each with their own unique characteristics. Yields were cropped at 1.75kg/vine producing fruit that was richly concentrated and ripe in flavour.
"A wine of considerable presence, exhibiting blackberry, plum, cedar and spice aromas. A sturdy and weighty palate with a fleshy mouthfeel and excellent fruit concentration." Air NZ Wine Judges
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