Kumeu River Village Pinot Noir
Strawberry and cherry with a light crisp texture made for current drinking. Well balanced throughout - good acid with light to medium tannins and good finish.
Villa Maria Private Bin Pinot Noir
Family owned Villa Maria Estate has been rated as New Zealands
Palliser Estate Pencarrow Pinot Noir
This stylish Pinot from New Zealand is outstanding value. The nose exhibits wild strawberry, cherry and spice aromas and the palate has rich complex varietal flavours with lovely velvety texture. Pinot lovers take note!
Leeuwin Estate Prelude Cabernet Merlot
A nose of cassis and chocolate with a hint of tobacco. The palate is filled with irresistible mulberry fruit and the tannins are soft and velvety. An impressive effort from a Margaret River icon!
Byron & Harold Rose & Thorns Shiraz
The warm days and cool nights experienced in the Great Southern deliver wines with great finesse and definition, with this Shiraz just another example of the region's potential. Deep red to purple. Blackberry, dark cherry, clove and black pepper aromas. Very flavoursome with masses of dark berry fruit flavour, cool climate pepper, espresso and kitchen spice complexity, deep yet silken tannins and plenty of charry oak in support.
Howard Park Granite Ridge Pinot Noir
Bouquet of dark forest fruits, strawberries, some spice and fragrant tea smoke. The palate highlights are Cranberry freshness with the succulence of softer fleshy fruits and subtle sweet oak. Well integrated, silky tannins support a lingering opulence which is tempered by a freshening minerality on the finish.
Plantagenet Lion Circle Cabernet Merlot
A full-bodied wine with fragrant blackcurrant with fine cedar-like oak aromatics. The plate is rich in ripe dark fruit characters and a subtle oak characters. A well balanced mouthfeel is complimented by light dusty tannins, perfectly balanced by natural acidity and a clean finish. Pair with a grilled beef burger or steak with hand-cut chips.
Howard Park Granite Ridge Shiraz
Garnet in colour with a lively bouquet of black and red fruits with subtle spice, musk and hibiscus notes. The palate is fleshy and mouthfilling with Satsuma plum, mulberry, boysenberry fruit flavours plus Hoisin sauce notes and sweet spice flavours. 15% wholebunch fermentation adds wild depth of flavour and pleasant chewy tannins; balanced by refreshing natural acidity and fine-grained oak texture.
Swinney Frankland River Grenache
This Grenache is finely structured and will age beautifully, yet the overall balance, waves of fruit purity and savoury complexity mean this wine is a delight from the get-go.
The Lake House Denmark Postcard Series Merlot
A rich complex nose of mulberry, plums and spicy vanillin oak with floral hints. An impressive, ripe combination of black cherry and plums with a soft, chocolaty mid palate leading to a long finish of tasty oak and fine tannins.