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This Week's Wine Specials
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Gisborne & Hawkes Bay - Other, Gisborne & Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
Due end of October. Book now. Just released and the last wine that will ever be made under this cult label- a tragedy for New Zealand Wine. 95/100 from Bob Campbell who writes "Dense, complex Bordeaux-style red with a trademark seamless texture. A blend of Merlot (73%), Cabernet Sauvignon (13%) and Cabernet Franc (9%) with an array of berry, spice and savoury characters that linger long after the wine has been tasted. Accessible now but shows exciting potential."
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Gisborne & Hawkes Bay - Other, Gisborne & Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
Due end of October. Book now. 97/100 in Bob Campbells NZ Bordeaux- Style Tasting in Gourmet Traveller Magazine. "Supremely elegant, perfumed blend of merlot and cabernet franc that delivers fine berry, spice and oak flavours with subtlety but shows impressive power in its lingering finish. The best part is the wines fine grained texture. Though accessible now, this is a wine that deserves at least a few years cellaring. The 2005 vintage was the winner in a well publicised tasting comparing six top Bordeaux reds from the same vintage. In my view 2006 was a better vintage than 2005." Bob Campbell
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Due end of October. Book now. 97/100 from Bob Campbell who writes "Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc blend that beat three First Growth Bordeaux and a bunch of other distinguished wines from the same vintage. This really is a very classy red - wonderfully dense, long and linear flavours contained by very fine tannins. An aristocratic wine without any hint of coarseness. Quite remarkable. Very complex although it's difficult to describe the array of berry, floral, spice and savoury flavours."
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Gisborne & Hawkes Bay - Other, Gisborne & Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
Due end of October. Book now. 94/100 from Bob Campbell who writes "Rich, dense red with a velvety texture and backbone of very fine tannins. Ripe berry and plum flavours with spice and classy oak. Great potential but accesible now."
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