Good full red. Redcurrant, plum, spices and meat on the nose, with a musky hint of woodsmoke: very syrah. Then sexy, dense and sweet in the mouth, with wild red and darker berry flavors complicated by pepper and minerals and given shape by nicely integrated acidity. This concentrated, spicy wine conveys insidious intensity without any impression of weight. Very nicely balanced syrah, with a long finish feature a fine dusting of firm tannins.
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$60.00750 ml|In Stock ( 12 )While the classic Felton Road florals are here, it is the sweet core of berries that marks the nose with a touch of sandalwood. The palate has serious textural weight, but as always with Calvert, it’s carried tautly with the fruit held firmly in its core. Sweet berries and redcurrants rather than cherries or plums. The tannins have a slightly inky rather than chocolate imprint, which are framed in dark roses through the finish.
WS/91 | WA/91 | IWC/91
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$36.00750 ml|In Stock ( 48 )A complex interplay of aromas and flavors. Lemons, limes, greengages and peaches intertwine with whiffs of wood smoke, barbequed sweet corn and grilled bacon. Soft palate entry that gradually expands to become rich and full bodied. Back-bone of minerality and grapefruit-like acidity keep it tight and focused.
WA/87
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$19.95750 ml|In Stock ( 24 )The wine displays the lovely youthful Riesling characters of delicate citrus fruit,lemon and tantalising lime, with hints of seductive perfume and orange blossom. The wine has a fresh yet harmonious palate, ensuring a perfect balance between intense fruit and dazzling crisp acidity in a dry style. Great with or without food.
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$19.95750 ml|In Stock ( 24 )The 2010 Fletcher Family Vineyard Riesling has intense floral aromas of jasmine and honeysuckle over lime juice and mandarin peel. Light bodied and very crisp with a touch of residual sugar to balance, it gives a long pure finish. Drinking now, it should cellar through 2015+.
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$19.95750 ml|In Stock ( 24 )Hawkes Bay is generally the warmest winemaking region in New Zealand and is the area that produces most of the best cabernet/merlot wines and a lot of the top chardonnays.
The 2010 Chardonnay gives notes of ripe melon, guava and pear tart with hints of honeycomb and lightly browned toast. Medium bodied with a lovely silken texture, it has relatively high acid and a long honeydew finish. Drink this one now to 2014+. -
$27.95750 ml|In Stock ( 24 )At Neudorf this rich fruit concentration is balanced by lovely retained mineral acidity resulting from a happy combination of clay gravel soil, clone (small berried Mendosa) and cool autumn nights.
With natural attributes of such power and bright mineral focus, it is for the winemaker to use his skills and imagination to gently craft a wine of texture, balance and complexity, a wine that has a unique sense of place.
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$16.95750 ml|In Stock ( 24 )Aspect, terroir and various altitudes all help make Man O’ War’s wines perfectly placed to please the wine drinking public. Pinot Gris is fairly new to New Zealand and this effort is a winner. Easily approachable, well balanced, nicely fruited and far above the world-wide sea of blah pinot grigios.
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$34.00750 ml|In Stock ( 0 )The 2010 “Trinity” is a robust but salivating blend of the classic Bordeaux varieties. A strong Cabernet family dominance gives the wine fantastic deep crimson colour along with the aromatics of pure blackcurrants and cigar box. Merlot adds ripe plum and red fruit notes.
The palate is strong but juicy. The dark red fruits again dominate on the palate with hints of chocolate and licorice.
This is a wine that will drink beautifully in its youth due to the rich, velvet-like palate. However, there is sufficient strength to reward medium term cellaring (3 to 5 years). -
$18.95750 ml|In Stock ( 24 )Our proprietary blend of four varieties gives a true expression of our Gimblett Gravels Vineyard. The proportions of the blend change most vintages to reflect conditions of the year and to ensure that we meet a certain ‘house style’. It is a wine of richness with an abundance of black fruit flavours and a long structured finish complete with dusty tannins of the area.
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$32.95750 ml|In Stock ( 24 )“The 2010 Riesling has a youthfully muted nose giving notes of lime slices, kumquat and fresh grapefruit with nuances of crushed stones and white pepper. The light bodied palate reveals a medium style in terms of sweetness with a relatively low alcohol (9%) and plenty of citrus and mineral flavors with a good backbone of crisp acid that lingers long into the finish. It should drink best for 2012 to 2019+”
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$15.95750 ml|In Stock ( 24 )The creators of Otto's Constant Dream (OCD) certainly have wine on the brain! What started off as a humorous wine label was transformed into an actual product by a determined team of wine-obsessed Brooklynites and New Zealand winemakers. OCD Syrah displays complex notes of ripe blueberry, vanilla, black and white pepper, sweet spice, toasty oak, and a hint of smoke on both the nose and palate. Firm structure, impeccable balance, and soft tannins make this wine the perfect accompaniment to beef and game entrees.
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$12.95750 ml|In Stock ( 24 )Are you one of those people who just doesn’t get why so many others love Pinot Grigio from Italy, that just sort of tastes like fruity? We don’t really get that either. Our Pinot Gris is picked very ripe, and carries a little extra sweetness. But it’s balanced with flavor of fully ripe, baked Anjou pears. The wine is smooth and easy-drinking, and is perfect for starting out the night.
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$11.95750 ml|In Stock ( 24 )“Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini”. It hits you mid-tongue, tart, like the girl who can pull it off but elongates to the back of your throat. She still feels the need to suck in her tummy when she notices you watching.
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$15.95750 ml|In Stock ( 24 )"Winemaker Jenny Dobson is a passionate Francophile having worked at Chateau Senejac and Domaine Dujac, before returning to New Zealand in 1996 and joining Te Awa, the Hawkes Bay winery founded in 1992 by the Lawson family. Their vineyard is located in the Gimblett Gravels upon free-draining alluvial soils. There is a tangible Gallic approach to their commendable, often soulful wines.
Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
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$36.95750ml|In Stock ( 24 )RGF is a limited production premium red wine that was hand picked from the best sites at Crossroads Fernhill vineyards in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. RGF is a unique and secret blend of six noble varieties all harvested and vinted separately. This is a beautifully balanced wine, which is soft and engaging with many layers of flavor.
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$18.95375 ml|In Stock ( 24 )Selaks Premium Selection Ice is rich and luscious, with flavours of marmalade, dried apricots and honey. The palate has a slightly oily texture, with a seamless blend of concentrated fruit sweetness and crisp, clean acidity. Lingering on the palate, the finish is deliciously sweet and refreshing.
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$14.95750 ml|In Stock ( 24 )The Arneis grape is indigenous to Piemonte in North-West Italy. Its name means ‘Little Rascal’ in the local dialect. This describes in two words just how difficult this grape is to grow and vinify. Summer 2008 was stunning in Gisborne and this made for a very early harvest. Given Arneis’ rascally reputation we ensured that our winemaking inputs were kept to an absolute minimum.
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$40.00750 ml|In Stock ( 48 )The Te Muna Road Pinot Noir is a single vineyard wine from the old, stony soils of the higher terrace of the Te Muna Road Vineyard. The Pinot grapes are hand harvested and fermented with indigenous yeasts before spending over a year in small French oak barrels. This is a dark, opulent wine with silken texture and layers of aromatics and flavors.
Bright aromas of cherry, raspberry, dried sage and a hint of smoke make for an enticing nose. On the palate the taut, focused fruit tannin sits seamlessly in this medium weight wine with a silky savory finish.
WS/93 | WA/91 | IWC/88
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Bottling Strength: 92.8 Proof (46.4% Alcohol by Volume)
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$34.00750 ml|In Stock ( 36 )The nose exhibits savory, spicy and earthy aromas with plum, berry and herbal notes. The palate is focused and concentrated with soft tannins supporting succulent fruits through to a lingering finish.
WA/89 | IWC/91
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$42.00750 ml|In Stock ( 0 )This wine has been gently crafted using a natural approach to winemaking. The result is an intriguing, delicate and complex Chardonnay displaying stylish finesse. It is elegant with aromas of subtle citrus, predominantly lemon. Mineral and complex smoky notes also intermingle on the nose.
WA/89
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$40.00750 ml|In Stock ( 24 )Intense and typical of Quartz Reef’s Bendigo Estate Vineyard - Concentrated with sweet blueberry spice of silky texture and muscular tannins.
WA/91+
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$30.00750 ml|In Stock ( 48 )This elegant Pinot Noir has a round, full palate, with well-balanced acidity and abundant ripe tannins. Flavors of dark cherry and plums dominate the palate, with spicy oak notes. Ageing in new French barrels has lent warm savory notes, which lead to a full lingering finish.
WA/86 | IWC/89
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$20.00750 ml|In Stock ( 24 )A luscious and aromatic wine, Vavasour Pinot Noir demonstrates the beauty of cool-climate vineyards. Intense, vibrant, lively and concentrated, this elegant wine is the perfect accompaniment to salmon, poultry, veal and pork.