310 years old and still going strong!

Gold: NZIS

Deep ruby-red colour, with garnet rim. Classic intense black fruit nose. Firm, vigorous, full-bodied palate, with powerful fruit flavours and a long finish.

Taylor's Special Ruby Port is blended from red wines produced in the Baixo Corgo and Cima Corgo areas of the upper Douro Valley, selected for their depth of colour, intense fruit and full, firm palate. These wines are matured for about three years in oak vats, where they soften and develop without losing their fresh, intense fruity character and their deep ruby colour.

Taylor's Special Ruby is bottled for immediate drinking and should not need to be decanted unless the bottle has been kept for... Read more »

310 years and still going strong

Taylor’s Special Tawny Port is characterised by smoothness and is a relatively full tawny, with a pronounced fruity character. This blended port, selected from lighter wines made in the Douro, is aged in wooden casks of around 600 litres for three years before being bottled. This provides smoothness and gives the wine the slightest hint of wood.

Taylor's is the largest and one of the oldest Port houses in Portugal. Taylor’s Special Tawny Port is particularly popular in Continental Europe where it is drunk predominantly as an aperitif. For those preferring a lighter style, this versatile port can also be enjoyed after meals and should be served slightly chilled in the summer months.

MAKING PORT SINCE 1822...THEY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING!

Of an average cask age of ten years, it is a young port of russet color with brilliant crimson highlights and a fragrant, ripe-fruit bouquet. Its smooth, silky texture and subtle oak nuances are balanced by a fresh acidity and tannic ‘grip’ that culminate in a long, elegant finish.

The Fonseca Guimaraens house style is one of richness and warmth, with a lush fruit intensity and a structure of both dimension and finesse. More voluptuous than massive, Fonseca Ports are coveted for their sumptuous yet refined body and great longevity.

Aromas of grapefruit and apricot with a hint of honey

Pale gold colour on release.  Aromas of grapefruit and apricot with a hint of honey.  A great balance of acidity and sweetness, with a long finish to savour over after dinner, cheese and conversation Enjoy now or cellar carefully for the next 5 years. Winemakers Notes

In 1989 the unlikely combination of two windsurfing mates restauranteur Chris Gambitsis and police detective Phil Binnie decided that enjoying wine was not enough and what they really wanted to do was grow grapes and make wine. In true kiwi fashion, they jumped in the deep end, and set about establishing the notoriously stony Falcon Vineyard. They named their fledgling operation Lake Chalice Wines, after the wilderness lake in the Richmond range bordering the north of the Wairau... Read more »

"Delicate flavours of apricots, mandarin, candied tropical fruits and honey" 

The wine has a golden hue. When released in Nov 2011, this late harvest wine was showing delicate aromas of ripe stone fruits, honey and subtle hints of its Sauvignon Blanc parentage. Rich & viscous with a great acid balance which keeps this wine from being cloying. Delicate flavours of apricots, mandarin, candied tropical fruits and honey make this late harvest sweetie a perfect partner for poached pears and mascarpone. Luscious.......! 

After exploring the globe's wine producing areas and working many consecutive vintages in Italy, Jules settled back into Marlborough helping to produce award winning wines for the likes of Kim Crawford, Saint Clair and Cape Campbell. Around this time she decided to... Read more »

aromas of citrus including mandarin peel, bitter orange & cumquat, intertwined with honey, stone fruit & sweet vanillin

Enticing aromas of citrus including mandarin peel, bitter orange and cumquat, intertwined with honey, stone fruit and sweet vanillin. A lush and decadent wine exhibiting a synergy of citrus and stone fruit flavours. Attractive oak and creamy honey undertones, combined with well balanced acidity, gives a beautiful
lingering finish.

Created by Darren De Bortoli in 1982, for more than 20 years, Noble One has been regarded as Australia’s benchmark dessert wine. Darren, a fan of French Sauternes recognised the potential to make a dessert wine from grapes aff ected by botrytis cinerea or ‘Noble Rot’ in the Riverina, where the family wine company is based. The... Read more »

A delightful Ruby Port showing excellent freshness and appeal on the nose with dark fruits and spice characters

4 Stars: Sam Kim; The Wine Orbit

A delightful Ruby Port showing excellent freshness and appeal on the nose with dark fruits and spice characters. The palate is lush and flavoursome showing lovely fruit intensity and a smooth sweet finish. It beautifully delivers with the classic Ruby Port vibrancy combined with fruit richness. Sam Kim; The Wine Orbit

This NV Ruby Port has flavors and aromas of plums, blueberries, raisins, vanilla, and caramel. It is nicely balanced by a touch of sweetness on the palate.

The tradition of making Port has been handed down in the rugged Douro valley unchanged for... Read more »

Warm and soothing, this complex Tawny shows dark plum, fruit cake and roasted nut characters

4.5 Stars: Sam Kim; The Wine Orbit

Warm and soothing, this complex Tawny shows dark plum, fruit cake and roasted nut characters. It's sumptuous and rounded on the palate with attractive sweetness and velvety texture leading to a lovely layered finish. A lovely Port to sip and savour, it will also be stunning with a rich dessert. Sam Kim; The Wine Orbit

The tradition of making Port has been handed down in the rugged Douro valley unchanged for centuries. The valley is flanked by steep, rocky slops of schist, and is the birthplace of this exceptional wine. The rain batters the hillsides in winter, then comes the spring with its... Read more »

subtle bouquet with notes of hazelnuts and figs

Gold Medal: Wine Masters Challenge

Porto Cruz Special Reserve is a refined selection of Ports, some of which over 20 years of age are chosen from numbered vintages, and slowly matured in oak casks.  This prestigious reference offers a deep brick red colour and a subtle bouquet with notes of hazelnuts and figs.  

The tradition of making Port has been handed down in the rugged Douro valley unchanged for centuries. The valley is flanked by steep, rocky slops of schist, and is the birthplace of this exceptional wine. The rain batters the hillsides in winter, then comes the spring with its bitter gales and hailstorms that eventually give way to the scorching sun of... Read more »

"Lemons, honey, sweet golden hay"

4.5 Stars (91/100 Points): Sam Kim, Wine Orbit

4 stars (17.5+/20 Points): Raymond Chan

Semillon fruit from the Maraekakaho district with botrytis infection, WBP, given 6 hours skin contact and indigenous yeast fermented in barrel to 13.5% alc. and 83 g/L rs, the wine aged on lees.  Brilliant lemon-golden yellow colour, pale on rim.  The bouquet is full and firm with solidly packed aromas of ripe yellow stonefruits, herbs, savoury honey and grapefruit marmalade from the... Read more »

"rich, luscious and unctuous"

On release the wine has a bright lemon gold hue. It is packed with impressions of yellow fleshed peaches, apricots, guavas, lychees, fresh figs and honeycomb. The palate is rich, luscious and unctuous but there is a lively minerality and acidity which course through the wine and prevent it from being cloying. There is a long lingering aftertaste.

The outcrop of land on which these were grown consists largely of weathered stones. Millions of years ago these were shorn from the high mountain peaks of the South
Island’s Southern Alps by an ice-age glacier, which deposited them in selected sites in the Waipara Valley. The individual mineral rich terroir has helped shape this wine
and our vines, which are up to about a quarter of a century in age and... Read more »

“Gorgeous sweet wine... long delicious finish”

4.5 STARS: Sam Kim, Wine Orbit

4 STARS: Raymond Chan, Raymond Chan Wine Reviews

“A gorgeous sweet wine made from late harvested viognier, the bouquet is superbly lifted showing dried apricot, honey, marmalade and floral characters. It's appealingly sweet on the palate with velvety texture and well balanced acidity, leading to a long delicious finish.” – Sam Kim, Wine Orbit

“Late harvested Viognier from the ‘Goss Corner' vineyard in the McLaren Vale, left to dry out in small crates for 3... Read more »