New Zealand

Aromas of red cherry, rhubarb, mocha and delicate spice. Supple and sleek on the palate with fragrant red fruits and a return of the gentle spice.

From one of the two iconic NZ wine regions, Martinborough. A ripe and intense, properly New World Pinot Noir with juicy ripe small berry fruits in abundance, but wrapped up in a silky velvet flow...(read more)

Round and easy. Flattering and easy with some mushroom and smokiness. Well done! Nice chalky finish.

Fragrant, rhubarb, cranberry and mocha, lovely structure with ripe acidity, good tannic depth giving structure to the ripe earthy, red fruit dominated palate.

The most perfumed nose of white pepper, wet pebble and red berry. These soaring aromatics are toned down on the taut and firm palate, still tightly coiled. This is a paradigm of balance, of seaml...(read more)

The finest pinot noir producer in New Zealand? Rippon’s pinots are among the finest anywhere, with a slinkiness of texture, brightness of fruit and a characteristic Central Otago wild herbiness t...(read more)

The 2017 Bannockburn Pinot Noir has a lovely, understated bouquet with blackberry and briary aromas and a subtle earthy/forest floor note loitering in the wings. The palate is well balanced with fine tanni...(read more)

The 2016 Calvert Pinot Noir has a little more definition on the nose than the 2016, featuring a mixture of red and black fruit tinged with black truffle and smoke. The palate is medium-bodied wit...(read more)

The 2015 Emma’s Block Mature Vine Pinot Noir has a fragrant bouquet of wild strawberry, briar and light iodine scents that gradually unfurl in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied, featuring sa...(read more)

The 2016 Cornish Point Pinot Noir has a very pure, perfumed bouquet with red cherry and blackberry scents and hints of pressed rose petals. The palate is well balanced with supple tannin, notes o...(read more)

A sultry, stony and savory expression, offering wild black fruit, beef stock, wet stones, woody spices and a flicker of smoldering, flinty rock. Entrancingly particular now, but there’s much more...(read more)

Ata Rangi's current release, the 2016 Pinot Noir, features hints of sage leaves and minty stemminess, beautifully balanced by plush fruit. It's medium to full-bodied, with silkier tannins than th...(read more)