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Bright, juicy Pinot - heaps of value!
Bright, juicy Pinot - heaps of value!
Read more...- From the Waipara Valley, north Canterbury
- 91/100 (Cam Douglas MS)
- Bright, juicy style, medium bodied Pinot Noir
- Looking for a the ideal food match? You can't really go wrong with lamb, duck and game dishes.
Cam Douglas MS – 90/92 Points Premium
RRP $19.99
$17.99
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Seriously delicious, Gold medal & 5 Star Italian red blend!
Seriously delicious, Gold medal & 5 Star Italian red blend!
Read more...- Gold medal (Gilbert & Guillard International Wine Challenge 2024), 5 Stars & 93/100 (Sam Kim)
- A blend of Primitivo, Negroamaro and Malvasia Nera from Italy's south eastern Puglia region
- Produced using an Ancient Roman winemaking technique involving partially dried grapes, called appassimento
- Appassimento wines are full bodied, deep and rich in colour, powerful and warming with a variety of intense fruit flavours, aromas and spice - this packs a punch at 15%!
Sam Kim – 93 Points
Gilbert & Gaillard International Challenge – Gold
RRP $24.99
$19.99
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Delicious old bush vine, oak aged Primitivo from Manduria in Puglia!
Delicious old bush vine, oak aged Primitivo from Manduria in Puglia!
Read more...- 100% Primitivo from the Manduria sub region of Puglia in southern Italy
- Using hand picked grapes from old Albarello (bush) vines, aged in American and French oak barrels
- Gold medal (Gilbert & Guillard International Wine Challenge 2024), 5 Stars & 93/100
- A powerful, rich red, layered with flavours of plums, cherries, red and black fruits, vanilla and cocoa and exotic spices - it's as yum as it sounds!
Sam Kim – 93 Points
Gilbert & Gaillard International Challenge – Gold
RRP $29.99
$24.99
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Gold medal winning, great value Italian Primitivo!
Gold medal winning, great value Italian Primitivo!
Read more...- 100% Primitivo (also called Zinfandel in the US) from Puglia in southern Italy
- Gold medal (Gilbert & Guillard International Wine Challenge 2024) - "A delicious wine to enjoy for its youthful fruitiness”
- 4 1/2 Stars, 91/100 (Sam Kim)
- Medium to full bodied, inky, juicy red with blueberry and blackberry flavours with a touch of exotic spice
Sam Kim – 91 Points
Gilbert & Gaillard International Challenge – Gold
RRP $21.99
$17.99
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Ancient bottle. Legendary value.
Ancient bottle. Legendary value.
Read more...- Italian Sangiovese (san-joh-vay-say) packaged in a classic old "squat" style bottle
- Silver medal (NZ Int'l Wine Show 2021), 90/100 (Sam Kim)
- Dark, sweet fruited, juicy style red
- Imported by NZ Master of Wine, Steve Bennett
Sam Kim – 90 Points
NZIWS Silver
RRP $19.99
$17.99
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Producing since the 60s....1860s that is!
Producing since the 60s....1860s that is!
Read more...- Rioja Reserva from Vina Valoria - the 5th oldest producer in Rioja
- 100% Tempranillo aged 36 months in American oak
- Imported into NZ by Master of Wine Steve Bennett
- Beautifully aged, smooth and mellow with plenty of bold, powerful red fruit flavours
RRP $34.99
$29.99
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Good wine takes time. Really good wine takes even longer.
Good wine takes time. Really good wine takes even longer.
Read more...- Rioja Gran Reserva from Vina Valoria - the 5th oldest producer in Rioja
- 100% Tempranillo aged 36 months in American oak, aged 5 years in total before release, now 14 years old and still going!
- 94/100 (Bob Campbell MW) - "This is the best example of Rioja that I have tasted for some time"
- Imported into NZ by Master of Wine Steve Bennett
- Stunning wine! Incredibly well aged, smooth and mellow with plenty of bold, powerful, spicy, red fruit flavours
Sam Kim – 96 Points
Bob Campbell MW – 4 Stars
RRP $70
$55.99
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"Buy it for someone turning 30 and it will probably still be great for their 40th birthday.”
"Buy it for someone turning 30 and it will probably still be great for their 40th birthday.”
Read more...- Made by the 5th oldest producer in Rioja, one of only 10 producers who can re-release older cellar-aged wines before 1980
- From the 1995 vintage and now closing in on 30 years old
- 95/100 (Stephen Wong MW, The Real Review) - "isn’t a million miles away from mature Bordeaux."
- "1995 was the impossible dream, an ‘Excelente’ vintage.” (Decanter magazine)
- "A lovely mature wine...It is perfect drinking now but will last in the cellar for another several years. Buy it for someone turning 30 and it will probably still be great for their 40th birthday.” (Steve Bennett MW, importer)
The Real Review – 5 Stars
RRP $120
$99.99
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"Illustrates just why Rioja is Spain’s most popular red wine"
"Illustrates just why Rioja is Spain’s most popular red wine"
Read more...- “This delicious, soft, characterful, everyday-drinking wine illustrates just why Rioja is Spain’s most popular red wine.” (Steve Bennett MW)
- Tempranillo from the world famous Rioja region
- 5 Stars, 93/100 (Sam Kim)
- Produced by the Aldenueva Cooperative - a collective of over 900 farmers who sell their grapes to them, using different soil types and altitudes and vine ages ranging from 50 to 100 years old
Sam Kim – 93 Points
RRP $19.99
$17.99
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"This wine certainly has the X Factor"
"This wine certainly has the X Factor"
Read more...- The Attorney Pinot Noir - one of NZ's finest Pinots and released to mark Villa Maria's 60th anniversary
- 95/100 & Top Rank (Bob Campbell MW), 97/100 (Sam Kim), 95/100 (Cam Douglas MS)
- "Deliciously easy to drink with power and fruit purity making it hard to resist a second glass—this wine certainly has the X Factor" (Bob Campbell MW)
- "This is awe-inspiring" (Sam Kim)
- Named after the vineyards former owner, former Attorney General of NZ Chris Finlayson
Cam Douglas MS – 95+ Outstanding
Sam Kim – 97 Points
The Real Review – Top Rank
Bob Campbell MW – 5 Stars
Michael Cooper 5 Stars
$120.00
