Astrolabe Pinot Noir 2018 New Zealand Wairau Valley
Astrolabe Pinot Noir 2018 New Zealand Wairau ValleyAstrolabe Pinot Noir 2018
Ruby-hued, with silky cherry, plum and spice flavours, a hint of tamarillo, and fresh acidity.
Astrolabe Wines is a family-owned and -operated business, established by Simon Waghorn and his wife Jane in 1996. The winery was named after a ship L’Astrolabe that was used to explore the Marlborough coast in 1827 by French explorer Dumont d’Urville. The name also stands for “star taker”—a navigational device used to ascertain latitude by the position of stars. The Founder Simon, having 36 years of winemaking experience, intends to capture the purity and intensity of fruit flavours as offered by the Marlborough terroir. The grapes are sourced from carefully chosen sites and wines are sustainably crafted adhering to rules under the Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand programme.
Big Sky Te Muna Road Pinot Noir 2017 New Zealand Martinborough
Big Sky Te Muna Road Pinot Noir 2017 New Zealand MartinboroughBig Sky’s Te Muna Road Pinot Noir 201 delivers black cherry and red currant aromas and flavors, plus a bit of humus-rich earthiness. It’s medium to full-bodied, with a supple, creamy mouthfeel and some silky tannins and cola-like spice on the finish
Chard Farm River Run Pinot Noir 2018 New Zealand Central Otago
Chard Farm River Run Pinot Noir 2018 New Zealand Central OtagoChard Farm River Run Pinot Noir 2018 . Aromas of bright cherry and berry fruits lightly spiced with a lingering floral and herbal perfume. Wonderfully supple and silky on the palate, highlighting the ripe cherry, red berry and spice flavours, finishing with superb balance and drinkability.
Fromm Pinot Naturel 2018 Marlborough NZ
Fromm Pinot Naturel 2018 Marlborough NZFromm Pinot Naturel 2018 is bright. Vibrant. Dark fruit. Red fruit. Floral. Lively. Fresh. Uncomplicated. Energetic. Tension. Purity. Crunchy tannins. Gorgeous. Delights. Succulent. Explosion and balanced.
Hans Herzog Spirit of Malborough Merlot Cabernet 2014 Malborough New Zealand
Hans Herzog Spirit of Malborough Merlot Cabernet 2014 Malborough New ZealandHans Herzog Spirit of Malborough Merlot Cabernet 2014
About the Wine
A flagship red wine from Hans Herzog in Marlborough, made from equal parts Merlot, Cab Franc and Cab Sauvignon, and already approaching six years of maturation.
Spicy, herbal, chocolatey, and with age is coming a mellow softness. It’s a wine in a lovely place, from a…. lovely place.
The grapes enjoyed a long maceration time and progressed into a natural wild fermentation. Matured in new and old French oak for 30 months.
About Hans Herzog
With over 500 years of winemaking history in his family, Swiss winemaker Hans Herzog picked up his life in Zurich wine country, and with his wife Therese, headed for New Zealand. In 1994, they established one of the most stunning vineyards in the heart of the Marlborough region, planting an astonishing 29 varieties on their small patch of land.
They tend the vineyard with immense love and care. Everything is grown organically. Hans crafts premium, idiosyncratic wines that show the beauty of his vineyard in every glass and shares these wines with every person who comes to dine at their fine estate.
As The Wine Front’s Gary Walsh once noted, there’s “Never a dull moment when you open a wine from Hans Herzog.”
Lauregan Single Vineyard Pinot Noir 2013 New Zealand Hawkes Bay
Lauregan Single Vineyard Pinot Noir 2013 New Zealand Hawkes BayLauregan Single Vineyard Pinot Noir 2013
This is a rich and powerful black-fruited Pinot Noir with iron-earth and mineral notes and great vitality.
Cellaring: will mature and develop in character and complexity beyond 2025
Unfiltered, not fined and may contain sediment
Data:
yield – 0.524 kg / plant
2400 bottles produced*
Brix – 24.6
pH – 3.52
TA – 5.8g/L
Lauregan Single Vineyard Pinot Noir 2014 New Zealand Hawkes Bay
Lauregan Single Vineyard Pinot Noir 2014 New Zealand Hawkes BayLauregan Single Vineyard Pinot Noir 2014
This is a full, soft, layered Pinot Noir with spicy red fruit, plums and liquorice ona grainy-textured palate.
Cellaring: will continue to develop over the next 3-4 years.
Unfiltered, not fined and may contain sediment. Decanting for 1 to 2 hours is recommended to give the wine ample air to bring out its best.
Luna Estate Blue Rock Pinot Noir 2016 New Zealand Martinborough
Luna Estate Blue Rock Pinot Noir 2016 New Zealand MartinboroughLuna Estate Blue Rock Pinot Noir 2016
GARY WALSH – WINE FRONT AUSTRALIA ON OCT 19, 2017
Tasted about twenty something Martinborough Pinot Noir, in-situ, last week which was a pleasant enough task. This wine was first in the lineup and impressed me straight away. Vineyard planted in 1986 on its own roots, and I believe, perhaps unusually for Martinborough, has a high percentage of clay in the vineyard.
Rated : 94+ Points
Lunar Blue Rock Syrah 2016 New Zealand Martinborough
Lunar Blue Rock Syrah 2016 New Zealand MartinboroughLunar Blue Rock Syrah 2016 – Shiraz made with Pinot sensibilities. An under-rated grape from New Zealand which does amazing things in the right sites and hands. As with both Pinots, this sees 30% new oak, for 12 months.
Comparisons to Northern Rhône are inevitable – no bad thing. Built over tightly knitted tannins, this is a savoury wine of grace and power, launching with earth, pepper, charcuterie/smoked meats, topped by blackberry and black fruits and florals. Amazing length runs through the finish, this is a concentrated style with its fine tannins and a rocky mineral element rounding out this detailed wine. Simply, a gorgeous cool climate Syrah.
