A powerfully expressive wine that is juicy and flavoursome, offering layers of gorgeous tropical and citrus fruits and a thirst-quenching finish.
93 pts - Sam Kim, Wine Orbit Aug 2022
Bob Campbell MW The Real Review - * Recommended
* Top Value
Wine State Magazine - Best Value Wines
Pristine and fabulously fragrant, the bouquet shows crunchy apple, nectarine, feijoa and lemon peel aromas, leading to a succulent palate delivering excellent fruit intensity with lively acidity, offering excellent drinking. At its best: now to 2025. Score - 93. (Sam Kim, wineorbit.co.nz, Aug. 2022)
Colour: Bright straw with green hues.
Aroma: Fresh and zesty, this fruit-driven wine will excite the senses with aromas of lime, passionfruit and freshly cut herbs.
Palate: A juicy palate with tropical fruit flavours and a balanced herbaceousness with a long lasting and refreshingly dry finish.
Food Match: Enjoy with fresh caught fish and a zesty salsa, or mussel's with a chilli, lemongrass and coconut broth.
Winemaking & Viticulture: Vintage 2022 provided the warmest weather on record in New Zealand. This along with favourable rain postflowering set up a fantastic fruit crop for our 2022 wines. An early and compact harvest along with hard work allowed our talented winemaker to produce fabulous wines that rival the last two years vintages with well balanced flavour and acidity. Grapes were harvested in the early morning from vineyards in the Wairau and Awatere Valleys. Lightly pressed, the juice was fermented cool with selected yeasts to preserve the aromatic fruit characters.
