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"stunning value"

91/100 points: Sam Kim, Wine Orbit

"It's beautifully perfumed on the nose displaying dark cherry, plum, spice and floral notes. The palate is equally attractive with a succulent mouthfeel and velvety texture. The wine shows excellent fruit richness and offers stunning value. At its best: now to 2015." - Sam Kim, Wine Orbit

Intense Pinot Noir with a beautiful bouquet of sweet cherry and blackberry complimented by violets and herbal notes.

Deep and dark with layers of juicy berry fruit, dark plums,... Read more »

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"An Elegant Pinot With lovely persistent flavours"

4.5 Stars (90/100) : Sam Kim, Wine Orbit

"Ripe and complex, the bouquet shows dark cherry, plum, game and subtle nutty characters. It's succulent and nicely weighted on the palate with velvety texture and plenty of fine tannins. An elegant pinot with lovely persistent flavours. At its best: now to 2015. 13.5% Screw cap. March 2013" - Sam Kim, Wine Orbit

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soft and generous

This wine displays lifted aromas of ripe cherries and spice. The palate is soft and generous with delicate primary fruit characters of wild berries shadowed by subtle toasty oak. Fine ripe tannins provide weight and add structure resulting in a long and seamless finish. Savour over slow food and sparkling conversation.

Hand tended in small batches from vine to bottle , low crops and ultra-ripe fruit are utilised to produce premium wine that has become renowned for exhibitingintense fruit characteristics and classical elegance.

Wairau River (pronounced why-raow) produces wines exclusively sourced from our family estate vineyards first established in 1978 by Phil & Chris... Read more »

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instant charmer

4 Star: Sam Kim, Wine Orbit 2013

“This is a superbly priced, instant charmer showing the quality of the excellent 2012 vintage. The fragrant bouquet shows aromas of red cherry, plum, spice and a touch of mushroom complexity. The palate is ripe and nicely weighted with silky texture, finishing long and refreshing.” Sam Kim, Wine Orbit 2013

Bright garnet colour with a light edge. This wine has an expressive nose full of red berry fruits, hints of aromatic spices and savoury oak.

Medium body with juicy fruit flavours... Read more »

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velvety pinot

4.5 Star (91/100 Points) : Sam Kim, Wine Orbit 2013

“Warm and generous, this velvety pinot shows perfumed aromas of red/dark cherry, plum, spice and subtle vanilla. The palate is ripe and beautifully weighted with silky texture and lovely fruit intensity. It's flavoursome and satisfying, and offers outstanding value for money.” Sam Kim, Wine Orbit 2013

Bright floral aromas of ripe red cherries, black currants and aromatic spices. A fruit driven wine with fresh flavours of ripe black currants, fresh black cherries and coffee.... Read more »

rich, silky wine with juicy ripe cherries and a lingering savoury finish

World’s first winery to be carboNZero since inception

World’s Most Sustainable Medium Business – 2012 International Green Awards

400+ wine medals awarded since launch 08.08.08

The Peter Yealands Pinot Noir is a rich, silky wine with juicy ripe cherries and a lingering savoury finish. An ideal partner with lighter meat dishes like lamb fillet and fresh rosemary, roasted duck, or tomato based pasta recipes

The Yealands Estate Winery was created to operate sustainably at every level.  Opened August 2008, the winery was built under the draft Green Building Code and was the first winery in the world to be accredited CarboNZeroCERT™ from inception.

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"RIPE CHERRIES AND SPICE WITH FOREST FLOOR AROMAS"

"This West Auckland red is different to the floral, buoyant reds grown in the south – less overtly varietal, more savoury and ‘red-winey’. The 2008 vintage is lightish in colour, with earthy, ‘forest floor’ aromas. Mouthfilling and supple, it is cherryish, slightly spicy, earthy and nutty, with a smooth finish. It’s enjoyable now." Micheal Cooper

"The 2008 vintage was terrific and we achieved a beautiful ripeness in the Pinot Noir that is reflected in the wine. We now have 5 separate Pinot Noir sites and we selected one single site that stood out from the rest to bottle as Kumeu River Pinot Noir. The vineyard is situated on a... Read more »

"Luscious, full-bodied and concentrated"

4.5 Star (90/100): Sam Kim, Wine Orbit

"The wine shows lovely complex aromas of dark cherry, plum, game and savoury mushroom, leading to a silky palate beautifully padded with rich texture and excellent fruit weight. The finish is long and smooth. It's rare to find such complex pinot at this price. At its best: now to 2015." Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, April 2013.

A lifted nose of ripe black cherry, blackcurrants and aromatic violet notes. Luscious, full-bodied and concentrated with ripe dark berries dominating the palate.... Read more »

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"A supple, silky texture, gently supporting an array of red fruits"

Silver Medal: Spiegelau International Wine Show

Colour / Appearance: Bright ruby with a crimson hue.

Aroma / Bouquet: Ripe cherry and black plum fruit flavours supported with savoury oak char and spice.

Palate: A medium bodied wine with supple tannins and a fleshy, silky texture. The fruit and savoury, game flavours are perfectly balanced and persist on the long, clean acid finish. A supple, silky texture, gently supporting an array of red fruits and secondary game flavours. Well integrated oak provides savoury and spicy notes.

Cellaring: Will age well with careful cellaring for... Read more »

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succulent dark fruits layered over smoky oak

The nose demonstrates earthy, herbal and dark fruit characters with hints of undergrowth. The focused palate is concentrated with succulent dark fruits layered over smoky oak and fine mouth-coating tannins. Delicious with most red meats, mushroom dishes or hearty fish like Salmon. This wine has the potential to improve over the next five years, evolving and developing complexity with bottle age.

The 2011 MOMO Pinot Noir is a blend of fruit from three Marlborough vineyards with varying soil characteristics. The grapes for this wine were hand-picked, hand-sorted, de-stemmed and then cooled before a pre-fermentation soaking period. After a natural fermentation in open-top fermenters the wine was... Read more »

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concentrated black cherry

4 Star (87/100 Points) : Sam Kim, Wine Orbit 2013

"A silky-smooth pinot, the fragrant bouquet shows red cherry, raspberry, floral and subtle spice notes. It's ripe and supple on the palate with fine texture and lovely fruit richness, leading to a elegantly dry finish. A very likable pinot at a great price." Sam Kim, Wine Orbit 2012

A fresh and fragrant wine alive with floral notes and aromatic spices. Flavours of concentrated black cherry, currants and inviting fresh coffee. The Tuatara Bay Pinot has fine tannins, a silky texture and excellent fruit balance.

Fruit... Read more »

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"depth and expression in this wine"

4 stars: Sam Kim, Wine Orbit

"It's perfumed and beautifully ripe displaying red/black cherry, raspberry, floral and subtle spice notes. The palate is juicy and pristine with lovely intensity and silky texture, well supported by fine-grained tannins. This brilliantly priced pinot offers plenty of appealing flavours. At its best: now to 2015." Sam Kim, Wine Orbit

This vibrant Pinot Noir has aromas of bright red berries combined with underlying hints of spice. The palate is fresh and juicy with flavours... Read more »

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"supple, fleshy and succulent with velvety texture. Really good."

91/100 points: Sam Kim, Wine Orbit

"You'd expect to pay much more for pinot of this quality. It's youthful yet shows lovely complexity on the nose, showing dark cherry, plum, blueberry and a hint of spice notes. The palate is supple, fleshy and succulent with velvety texture. Really good. At its best: now to 2016." - Sam Kim, Wine Orbit

Raspberries, black... Read more »

bright, lifted cherries with floral notes of violets

Deep cherry in colour. A nose of bright, lifted cherries with floral notes of violets. A well defined Central Otago Pinot Noir showing ripe red fruits. The palate has light, soft tannins complement the savoury notes and a lingering bright finish. 

Akarua is the largest privately owned single estate vineyard in Central Otago with 50 hectares of stunning vineyard. First planted in 1996 by Sir Clifford Skeggs, Akarua's vineyard is planted in Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris and Chardonnay. The Akarua team are focused on managing the quality of the fruit in the vineyard through to winemaking in our winery, giving us complete control from vineyard through to bottle. The Akarua winemaking philosophy, led by winemaker Matt Connell, is to show the purity of the... Read more »

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delicious strawberry, raspberry and dark fruit

4.5 star (90/100 points): Sam Kim, Wine Orbit

"Youthful and beautifully ripe, the bouquet shows dark cherry, blueberry, floral and subtle spice notes. It's flavoursome and nicely weighted on the palate displaying lovely fruit intensity and silky texture. The wine shows fabulous fruit ripeness, well balanced by fine tannins. Great value and immensely enjoyable. At its best: now to 2016." Sam Kim , Wine Orbit , May 2013

Fruit for this wine was sourced from some specifically chosen low cropping... Read more »

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"an immediately appealing pinot"

4 stars: Sam Kim, Wine Orbit

"Supple and silky, this is an immediately appealing pinot with red cherry, plum and gentle savoury mushroom aromas. The palate is well fruited and rounded with soft tannins, making the wine very friendly and approachable. This well-priced pinot is harmonious and fruit-forward, and very easy to like.”At its best: now to 2015." Sam Kim, Wine Orbit

Bright savoury aromas of wild berries, red plums and earthy spices. This is a fruit driven wine with  fresh flavours of... Read more »

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A pure Marlborough style Pinot Noir with intense red berry aromas.

4 Star (88/100 Points) : Sam Kim, Wine Orbit

"The perfumed bouquet shows lovely complexity - cherries and plums with hints of game and spice. It's full of tasty flavours on the palate with a flowing mouthfeel and beautifully integrated acidity, providing a pleasing dry finish. Great value for money, this will be lovely with savoury dishes. At its best: now to 2016." Sam Kim, Wine Orbit

The palate is smooth and silky consisting of mouth-watering juicy plums and raspberries.
Complexity is added with savoury oak and a toasty finish. Palatable and drinking beautifully at present but will... Read more »

"Silky, soft and seductive"

Silky, soft and seductive, this wine is all about being pretty without pretence. Fragrant red roses, summer ripe berries and sweet toasty aromas fill the glass whilst delicious layers of dark cherry, spice and a slight hint of cocoa flaunt their charm.

The vineyard selections includes fruit from the Belsham Awatere Estate and from select vineyards that provide sustainably certified grapes specifically for Foxes Island. Meeting exacting quality requirements, the sub-regional fruit sources provides the opportunity to craft wines that represent the best of a region.

* Please note orders to Waiheke Island addresses and Rural Delivery will incur a suppliment charge of $8.00 per case

"Smooth and soothing"

4 Stars: Sam Kim, The Wine Orbit

Smooth and soothing, this is a comforting pinot with ripe cherry, plum, floral and subtle spice characters on the nose followed by a juicy palate. It's nicely fruited and well balanced, finishing long and tasty. The wine offers wide appeal and immense drinkability. 

From the spy-watching frontier of Marlborough’s Waihopai Valley comes the integral link in the Spy Valley portfolio of fine wines – Satellite.  Satellite is the vital link that connects people, regions, place and time.  A fruit driven range of wines showing varietal typicality with balance and poise.  Satellite represents the lighter side of life –... Read more »

"LOVELY STRAWBERRY AND CHERRY FLAVOURS SUPPORTED BY A SUBTLE OAK INFLUENCE"

COLOUR: Bright, vibrant purple/red.

NOSE: Ripe strawberries and cherries with an underlying hint of oak

PALATE: A vibrant, fruit-driven style that delivers lovely strawberry, cherry flavours supported by a subtle oak influence. Soft tannins and a delightful dry finish.

"a finely textured and delicately framed pinot"

90/100 POINTS: Sam Kim, Wine Orbit

"A lovely elegant pinot showing complex aromas of red cherry, game, savoury mushroom and spice. The palate is ripe and expressive with a rounded mouthfeel and flowing texture, leading to a juicy finish. A finely textured and delicately framed pinot with bottle matured complexity. At it's best now to 2014." - Sam Kim, Wine Orbit

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"Rich in flavours of cherry, raspberry and Asian spices"

A fine and silky Pinot Noir with a beautiful floral, redcurrant and spice perfume. Rich in flavours of cherry, raspberry and Asian spices. The Peregrine Saddleback Central Otago Pinot Noir 2011 has been maturated in French Oak for 10 months.  This wine goes great with Lamb or duck, salami and cold meats and can be cellared for 1-4 years.

"BEAUTIFULLY STYLED...SUPPLE, ROUNDED AND VERY TASTY"

4.5 STARS (90/100 POINTS): Sam Kim, Wine Orbit

4 STARS: Raymond Chan, Raymond Chan Wine Reviews

"A beautifully styled pinot displaying dark cherry, plum, floral and a hint of spice characters on the nose. The palate is focused and dense with silky texture and polished tannins providing a fabulous lengthy finish. It's supple, rounded and very tasty. It will only get better with time. At its best: now to 2016." - Sam Kim, Wine Orbit

"Fullish, dark ruby-red colour with youthful purple hues. This has a full and voluminous bouquet, showing ripe, bright dark raspberry fruit... Read more »

lively berry fruit, dark cherries

There is a youthfulness about the aromatics. There is a lively berry fruit, dark cherries, and a delicious hint of raisin. The oak is not over powering and provides solid accompaniment to the fruit aromatics. On the palate the wine has all the youthful berry fruit which strengthens to a broad mid palate and the long finish has great oak integration. The tannins are slightly dusty on the finish. With time the fruit component will settle down. 

Nobody has more experience growing grapes in Marlborough than Allan Scott. He planted some of the region's most famous vineyards, including the very first, and has worked the land there every vintage since. He physically helped plant the region's very first vineyard in 1973. Many of the vineyards he developed subsequently... Read more »

Full Bodied, Expressive and Supple

4.5 Star: Sam Kim, Wine Orbit

91/100: Nick Stock, The age Good Wine Guide 2013

"It’s beautifully elegant and stylish, displaying fragrant aromas of red/ black cherry, plum, game and a hint of truffle. The palate is ripe and silky smooth with excellent focus and length, well supported by polished tannins. A youthful pinot showing much promise. At its best: now to 2016." - Sam Kim, Wine Orbit

This vibrant ruby red coloured Pinot Noir has enticing fragrant aromas of black cherry, violets and dried herbs. The palate is moderately... Read more »

A Full bodied Pinot, showing flavours of black cherries, Plum and Thyme

"Ruby red in colour with flashes of purple and a vibrant nose of dark berries, coffee and spice. A full bodied pinot, showing flavours of black cherries, plums and thyme. The fine tannins and ripe fruit flavours layer with balanced oak to give a velvety mouth feel and long compelling finish"- Winemakers Notes

The 2012 vintage was one that suited early ripening sites. Harvest in Martinborough was several weeks later than usual. Due to a cooler than average summer, flavours developed at lower brix than is normal. Long hang time for fruit on the vines produced grapes and wine of great balance at lower than usual alcohol and all the finesse and length that comes with

smooth and harmonious

17.5/20 & 4 Stars: Raymond Chan Wine Reviews

4 Stars: Sam Kim, The Wine Orbit

It's ripe and fragrant on the nose displaying red/dark plum, game, spice and floral notes. The palate is nicely rounded with lovely intensity, finishing long and silky. A generously expressed pinot with plenty of appealing flavours. At its best: now to 2015.

There’s a place in Marlborough, New Zealand, where early pioneers used to cross the fast-flowing Awatere River. This is where we grow The Crossings... Read more »

Central Otago Legend!

A very warm vintage has produced a Pinot Noir displaying perfumed ripeness with piercing clarity; dark fruits of the forest dominate the aroma and these are underpinned by lifted floral and spice notes. The wine has an aromatic front palate, which displays these same characters in abundance. The mid palate is elegant and precise, and the wine flows beautifully into a textural finish, framing fine-grained tannin, fruit and acidity. 

Today Mt Difficulty Estate is comprised of six vineyards; Templars Hill, Pipeclay Terrace, Menzies Terrace, Mansons Farm, Target Gully and Long Gully – total plantings of 40 hectares protected by the rain shadow of Mount Difficulty in Bannockburn, Central Otago. The region provides New Zealand’s only “continental” style climate... Read more »

blackberry and dark Stella cherry fruits

Highly Commended: Sydney International Wine Competition 2013

90/100: Wine Enthusiast Magazine

This wine highlights the warm season with lovely perfumed blackberry and dark Stella cherry fruits along with a hint of spice, adding complexity. The wine has a sweet berry entry which displays these same characters in abundance. Lovely ripe textural tannins rise gracefully out of the mid-palate to finish the wine. These are balanced by the wine’s acidity and fruit, to produce a long fruit-driven finish.

It all began in the early 1990's, when the owners of five newly-planted vineyards in Bannockburn shook hands and decided to work... Read more »

"A fresh fruit driven style with ripe red berries that lead to an elegant complex finish"

Ripe red fruits of red cherries and red currents, followed by bright lifted aromas of raspberry. The nose is complex with spice and a hint of savoury oak.
Bright and lifted, with raspberry and red cherry combined with strawberry and red plum. Well balanced acidity leads to an inviting and structured mid palate with fine grained tannin and an elegant long-lasting finish. Winemakers Notes

Saint Clair Family Estate is owned by Neal and Judy Ibbotson, viticulture pioneers in Marlborough since 1978. Grapes were originally supplied to local wine companies; however a desire to extend the quality achieved in the vineyard through to the finished wine led to the establishment of Saint Clair Family Estate in... Read more »

"a regional style of Pinot Noir that focuses on black plum and damp earth"

This wine suggests a regional style of Pinot Noir that focuses on black plum and damp earth. To borrow a well worn phrase, keen enthusiasts of Pinot Noir often say: ‘good Burgundy (Pinot Noir) smells of wet earth’. And so it is with this wine. Other nuances, could be compared to ‘mocca’ coffee or even chocolate.

The palate is generous for a Pinot Noir. Suppleness of tannins is one of Pinot Noirs strong points and this wine delivers on that score.

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"A fruit driven, easy drinking Pinot Noir with a soft, round palate"

Kingfisher Bay is a glorious bay in the Port Underwood area of the Marlborough Sounds not far from Marlborough Valley’s Vineyards.

A fruit driven, easy drinking Pinot Noir with a soft, round palate, well-balanced acidity and flavours that linger. Ripe black currants, red cherries and black cherry dominate the palate. Well-balanced acidity and a fine powdered structure is followed by toasty oak and spice.

An ideal wine with red meat, pasta or Thai beef salad.

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Commended : 2012 Decanter World Wine Awards

Aromatics of sweet dark plums with black berry fruit, subtle dried herbs and hints of chocolate give complexity and intrigue. Intense ripe fruit flavours abound on the palate, laced with complex savoury notes. The silky texture, refreshing acidity and fine tannins give this Pinot Noir distinction and balance.

Although the 2011 growing season started slowly, with a cooler and wetter than normal spring, the warm dry months prior to harvest ensured healthy grapes with flavour and phenolic ripeness without excessive sugar levels. The resulting wines have intense bright fruit flavours and balanced acidity and tannins.

Each parcel of Pinot Noir was cold soaked for 3-5... Read more »

"red cherry and spice"

4.5 STARS (91/100 POINTS): Sam Kim, Wine Orbit

91/100: Bob Campbell Wine Reviews

Deep red cherry in colour with a complex nose showing a mix of red and blue berry fruits, florals, fennel and subtle spice, cinammon and cigar box. The palate is is sensual up front with chalky tannins supporting red cherry and spice through the palate. Showing a delicate balance and length of flavour. Reflective of the 2011 vintage with savoury notes, making it a perfect match for venison, wild pork and goat. Will continue to open up over the next five years.

Our Pinot Noir was harvested at full ripeness with the grapes in healthy condition.  A small... Read more »

Bright acid and elegant, silky tannins

4 Stars: Cuisine Magazine , November 2012

“fabulous floral perfume is the introduction to a bright mouthful, alive with red cherry and tamarillo notes. This is a lighter, elegant style of pinot, underpinned by firm acidity” Cuisine Magazine – November 2012

Aromatic nose with red cherry, cranberry, plum and darker red fruit notes. Some attractive, savoury, “smoky bacon” and meaty complexity with hints of spice. Fleshy, mid-weight palate that is immediately approachable. Savoury meat and game flavours over cherry and plum fruit, contrasting nicely with background oak char. Hints
of smoke and spice provide some complexity. Bright acid and elegant,... Read more »

"elegance, integrity and balance"

CHAMPION OPEN RED WINE TROPHY: Air New Zealand Awards 2012

The 2011 vintage yielded beautiful fruit from each of our sites, which we have simply guided gently through to the bottle with minimal handling. Our “hands-off” approach delivers a pure expression of Central Otago to your glass; an expressive nose and deeply fruited palate displaying vibrant notes of red cherry and mocha, and supple, lithe tannins leading into a very long finish. As always this wine shows classic Rockburn elegance, integrity and balance. Enjoy with friends over the next 5-7 years.

Rockburn takes its name from the harsh rock strewn, burn scarred landscape of Central... Read more »

"a silky texture with a hint of chalkiness which adds to its complexity"

This wine displays immediate uplifted cherry notes with spice on the nose which follow through to the palate to meet inviting smooth tannins.  This wine has a silky texture with a hint of chalkiness which adds to its complexity. A wine that will reward immensely when matched with great food and company.

Match with Venison, Lamb, ostrich, tuna, swordfish, goats cheese, mushroom dishes.

This wine is approachable now and will continue to develop well over next 5 years.

Michelle is one of New Zealand's most awarded winemakers – EVER!

Easter Show *Wine Maker Of The Year - three times!

New Zealand *Wine Maker Of The... Read more »

"DARK CHERRY, CHOCOLATE & PLUM...FULL AND PLUSH"

Dark cherry, dark chocolate, damson plum, and a heady potpourri of rose petal, vanilla and spice aromas lift from the glass, flow across the palate and on through to the long finish of this powerful 2011 Pinot Noir. Tannins are plentiful and fine, creating the full, plush, fleshy texture.

A warmer than average season has delivered excellent ripeness not only to the berries but also to grape stems and seeds, allowing us to include around 10% whole and intact bunches in the ferments. This technique chosen only in warm seasons allows a portion of ripe stem tannin to supplement the skin and seed tannins in bolstering a wine’s shape and structure. Still young and firm, this brooding pinot will continue to open and develop into a more savoury expression... Read more »

dark cherries and raspberries, with subtle oak characters

Careful barrel selection has resulted in this fine elegant Marlborough Pinot Noir. The aromatics are dark cherries and raspberries, with subtle oak characters. The palate entry is soft and warming and delivers the fruit along with a little spice to a mid intensity mid palate, finishing softly with velvet-like tannins. This wine is well structured and deserves at least 4 years cellaring!

Nobody has more experience growing grapes in Marlborough than Allan Scott. He planted some of the region's most famous vineyards, including the very first, and has worked the land there every vintage since. He physically helped plant the region's very first vineyard in 1973. Many of the vineyards he developed subsequently have gone on to win world recognition.... Read more »

herb, tobacco, and red fruits intertwine perfectly with the toast and spice of the oak

Notes of herb, tobacco, and red fruits intertwine perfectly with the toast and spice of the oak. This wine shows sweet fruit on entry, landing on a broad wide palate. Tannins sit firm in the mouth lingering long into the finish. A serious wine coming from the 1996 "Le Chat" and 1994 "Cairnmuir" vineyard plantings

All the vineyard are tended by hand, allowing for careful management of the individual vines from pruning, leaf plucking, shoot-thinning right through to harvesting. The wine is fermented in small open top fermenters and typically has a 5-7 day pre-ferment cold soak with punch downs throughout fermentation, followed by 5-7 days extended maceration. All parcels are carefully de-stemmed and... Read more »

"lifted aromas of sage, thyme and strawberry"

This Pinot Noir has lifted aromas of sage, thyme, strawberry and savoury notes on the nose. Beautifully refined red berry fruit on the palate, with nuances of vanilla, savoury earthiness and a supple complexity. This is a wine that is elegant and mouthfilling, a charming Pinot Noir with character and finesse. Winemaker | Tony Bish

Named after the distinctive halo on our Sacred Hill logo, these wines are richly textured, from small parcel selections grown in our best vineyards. A genuine reflection of the land from which they come. The HALO range is crafted to bring premium wines into every day enjoyment. Fruit forward, fresh New Zealand styles with a light touch of old world, handcrafted techniques to create texture and depth.

"dark berryfruit and cherry flavours"

The Cellar Selection Pinot Noir has concentrated black cherry and dark berry aromas which follow through to the palate where dark berryfruit and cherry flavours are supported by soft tannins. This is a ripe and deeply coloured food wine, designed for early drinking but capable of cellaring for 3-5 years.

Fermented in closed top stainless steel tanks with gentle maceration to extract colour and tannins, the wine then completes malolactic fermentation prior to maturation in the cellar. It receives a light fining prior to bottling.

Pinot Noir is sourced from Sileni’s Hawke’s Bay vineyards with a range of soil types including gravels, silt and clay loam. The different characteristics of these sites provide depth and complexity of flavour in... Read more »

full and robust with complex, savoury black fruit aromas along with floral lift

5 STars: Raymond Chan, Wine Reviews

4 Stars: Dish Magazine Wine Panel

4 STARS: Michael Cooper – The Listener

"Very dark, deep, ruby-red, purple-hued colour with a little garnet on edge. The nose is full and robust with complex, savoury black fruit aromas along with floral lift, which lends a degree of style. The components are in excellent balance and... Read more »

generously fruity

On release this wine has a bright ruby hue with aromas and flavours of raspberries, blackberries and black cherries, supported by hints of cinnamon, liquorice, wood-smoke, and barbecued meats. It is generously fruity in the mouth but has a spine of muscular ripe tannins which give it vibrancy and length

The grapes were grown on a mixture of clay and stony soils. Sufficient leaves were removed from around the bunches to ensure good exposure to sunlight to help ripening and to keep the fruit well ventilated and healthy.

We use traditional Burgundian winemaking methods. The fruit was picked in late April and the grapes, without the stems, were put into small fermenting vats, retaining as
many whole berries as possible. After several days of being kept cool, primary... Read more »

"lush and rounded"

91/100 POINTS: Sam Kim, Wine Orbit

17.0+/20: Raymond Chan, Raymond Chan Wine Reviews

A lovely ripe pinot showing perfumed aromas of dark cherry, plum, game and mushroom. The palate is lush and rounded with velvety texture, leading to an expansive finish. A fabulous combination of fruit richness and savoury complexity. At its best: now to 2014. 14% Screw cap. March 2013.

"Light ruby-red colour with some youthful purple hues and a pale edge. This has a soft, concentrated and intense... Read more »

"dark ruby in colour and shows an aroma of dark cherries, plums and spice"

GOLD MEDAL: Royal Easter Show 2012 

5 STARS: Decanter Magazine

The 2010 Nautilus Pinot Noir is dark ruby in colour and shows an aroma of dark cherries, plums and spice. The palate is medium to full-bodied with generous fruit sweetness and succulent tannins combining to give a long warm finish.

The 2010 growing season was characterised by a cool slow start but a warm dry finish. Low crops in two of our premium Pinot Noir vineyards with yields as low as 1kg per vine resulting in great flavour concentration. This is a carefully selected blend of hand... Read more »

"ripe black fruits with dark herb and spice notes"

18/20 Points: Raymond Chan, Wine Reviews

Martinborough, predominantly from company vineyards, the fruit given a cold soak and mostly indigenous yeast fermented to 14.0% alc., the wine spending 17 days on skins and aged 10 months in French oak. Dark, deep, black-hued red colour, lighter on rim. This has a tightly bound, but intense and penetrating nose of ripe black fruits with dark herb and spice notes as well as violet-like florals. Medium-full bodied, the flavours promise to unfold and reveal more with time. There are flavours of black fruits and florals, concentrated and densely packed, and supported by... Read more »

"Ripe Doris plum, fleshy sweet cherry pie, cranberry"

Ripe Doris plum, fleshy sweet cherry pie, cranberry, with wet rock undertones. Medium bodied, deliciously light yet intense expression of Pinot Noir prettiness. Very fleshy, fine, with charming texture and flow, lovely fresh strawberry, clean acidity, and dry sweet fennel.  Finish has a fine tryst of calcy tannins, but overall impression is elegance and silky beauty.

Active and careful vineyard management is vital for growing quality grapes. Good grapes make good wine. 2009 vintage presented us a long growing season allowing the fruit to ripen well and catch the best of the late autumn sun. Hawkshead Pinot Noir aged for 11 month in French oak barrels (40% new).

Vines have been grown in the Gibbston Valley, Central Otago since... Read more »

"an ethereal nature showing red berry fruits and red florals"

4 stars: Raymond Chan

"Light ruby-red colour with some purple hues.  The bouquet is elegant, quite tightly bound with an ethereal nature showing red berry fruits and red florals, underscored by some funky earth, mineral and minerally complexities.  Medium-bodied, the fruit flavours of black cherries, red berries and fresh herbs are tightly concentrated forming a good core to the palate line, and oaking is balanced and unobtrusive.  Fine-grained tannins show with some youthful firmness, and lead to a moderately sustained, dry finish with herb and minerally nuances.  This is a... Read more »

"juicy and silky with lovely fruit intensity"

4 stars: Sam Kim, Wine Orbit

It's beautifully ripe on the nose displaying red cherry, floral and subtle spice notes. The palate is juicy and silky with lovely fruit intensity, finishing long and supple. An elegant pinot, it's well balanced and very easy on the palate. At its best: now to 2014. Sam Kim, Wine Orbit

We make this Pinot Noir from our vineyard in the Bendigo sub-region of Central Otago, a region renowned for producing concentrated and flavourful Pinots. Our vineyard's free draining loam soils over schist gravel makes it a... Read more »