Rocland 2007 Chocolate Box Barossa Shiraz

90/100 Wine Enthusiast Magazine & Editors Choice
When you taste this lush, full, chocolaty Shiraz that is so, so smooth, rich and mouthfilling you will know why. It has the power to cellar for up to 5 years.
2007 was an outstanding vintage, this is luscious wine.
Stunning packaging.
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Beach House Hawkes Bay Syrah 2008

Great New Release
Spice and red berryfruits on the nose. Leading to a palate with its hints of rich chocolate, dark berries and spicy undertones. Great balance and style.
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Eradus Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2009

Best White Wine Buy of the Year. 2010 Michael Cooper's Wine Companion.
5 Stars Winestate
"This is a weighty, rich and rounded wine with sweet-fruit delights, deep gooseberry and lime flavours, a slightly minerally streak and the 'tomato stalk' characters typical of the Awatere. Notably concentrated, it's priced sharply." Michael Cooper
The Wine has been a stand out each year in its short life span it has 18 Gold or Gold equivalents plus a Trophy from '06-'08

Breaksea Sound Central Otago Pinot Noir 2008

Wine of the Month Metro Magazine April Edition: "Cherrycake and spice aromatics, solid, chunky berry flavours and a ripe, round mouthfeel. This vintage has finesse and structure and is the best value Otago Pinot on the market." Paul Tutor
Intense black cherry fruit, hints of spice, chocolate and coffee. Full and rich. If the critics said the first one would embarrass many of our top labels then this one will have them weeping into their wine barrels. Huge potential to age: yummy now.
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Whitehaven 2009 Marlborough Riesling

Almost forgotten in the Whitehaven range. Tasting the 2009 we thought wow; so did Cameron Douglas MS (Master Sommelier) in Thirst, he said..
"Nose: White flowers, pear and golden delicious apple are the first suggestions; stone and chalk mineral undertones follow. Palate: Dry, but immediately very fruity with a light fruit sugar lift, apple flavours and an emerging lemon and grapefruit-citrus flavours then ensue. Light bodied, crisp and tasty."
It is excellent, leaning toward dry with a great mineral streak that adds complexity and class.
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George Wyndham Langhorne Creek 2006 Shiraz

Trophy Langhorne Creek Showcase
Gold NZIWS 2009
Gold Royal Adelaide 2009
Gold NZ Top 100 2009
Gold 2010 Critics Challenge International Wine Competition
plus nine Silver Medals at top National & International Wine Shows. Now that's consistent.
Its colour is dark cherry with bright purple hues. A spicy choc mint nose with lifted violets and vanilla bean.
Dense palate of ripe blackberry fruits with a luscious mid palate and a velvety tannin finish.
News Flash: 92/100 J Halliday's Wine Companion 2011
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6 pac = $126.00

Tiffen Hill 2009 Wairarapa Viognier

Under its original label this wine sells for over $25.00.
This is a lovely Viognier varietal, rich and morish. Peach, ginger, spice on the nose and palate. An incredible bargain.
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Beach House Hawkes Bay Chardonnay 2009

New Release
Made in a vineyard very close to Clearview Estate. This wine is always outstanding in terms of class and value. 2009 won't disappoint.
All the fruit is micro managed right through to bottling. "Aromas of mandarin, pineapple and peach with a nutty seductively powerful ripe citrus palate. Barrel fermented and lees stirred, a fine textured and complex wine."
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Glenmorangie 10 year old Original 700ml

94/100 Jim Murray's Whisky Bible 2009
Best in Class & Gold International Wine & Spirit Competition 2009
A very very smooth single malt. The perfect spring tipple.
"The original expression of Glenmorangie's elegant floral spirit that is renowned the world over."
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Beautifully Boxed with a bonus Glenmorangie Glass

Glenmorangie Quinta Ruban 700ml

Best in Class & Gold International Wine & Spirit Competition 2009
Extra matured in Port cask.
"A voluptuously smooth spirit with a complex balance of sweet and dry flavours that engage the entire palate."
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Pauletts Polish Hill River Clare Valley 2005 Shiraz

4 1/2 stars 92/100 J Halliday, he said...
"Developing slowly but surely; a mix of red and black fruits with spice and pepper complexity to the medium-bodied palate."
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Armantes Old Bush Vine Garnacha 2008

New Release: Outstanding; deep, rich and full. Grenache with body and style. Delicious & modern.
Made by Norrel Robertson MW
“The 2008 Tinto is 100% old-vine (40-50 years) Garnacha. Aromas of spice box, leather, and black cherry lead to a tasty, ripe, intense crowd pleaser that will drink well for another 3 years.” Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
“Old bush vines in the northern Spanish region of Calatayud have yielded garnacha with impressive depth of flavour: spicy with raspberry fruit and food-friendly tannins.” Tim Atkin MW, The Sunday Times
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Beach House Gimblett Gravels Cabernet Franc 2007

4 ½ Stars Michael Coopers 2010 Wine Companion
4 Stars Cuisine
From the brilliant 2007 Hawkes Bay Vintage comes an outstanding red deal.
"Grown in The Track Vineyard, in the Gimblett Gravels, the 2007 vintage (4½ stars) was matured for a year in French and American oak casks. Deeply coloured, with a fresh, spicy fragrance, it's full-bodied, with strong, youthful flavours of blackcurrants, plums and spices, hints of dark chocolate and sweet oak, and a rich, smooth finish. Enjoyable now, it should also be long-lived." M Cooper
What is Cabernet Franc? One of the parent grapes of Cabernet Sauvignon with Sauvignon Blanc; it ripens earlier than Cabernet Sauvignon. Its palate is loaded with ripe plum, black berryfruits, chocolate and a hints of spice.
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Beach House Gimblett Gravels Reserve 2007 Merlot

Silver Medal Royal Easter Show 2010
4 stars Cuisine
The Gimblett Gravels gives intensely aromatic merlot with dense fine tannins. “The wine opens with smoky, earthy, dark fruit and a dab of toasty oak on the nose. It has savoury cedary threads, supple mouthfeel and a long finish.” (Cuisine Recommendation 2009) A great value wine. A gold medal for the 2005 vintage at the Air New Zealand wine awards this wine is more than its equal.
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Three Miners Central Otago Pinot Noir 2007

Blue Gold Sydney Top 100 2010
"Cherry and new oak. A lovely, silky texture. Fine, harmonious, elegant style. Lingering fine tannins on the finish.' Jane Boyce Top 100 Judge
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Chanarmuyo Estate Syrah 2009

New Release.
Chanarmuyo's exciting Argentinean vineyards produce incredibly powerful yet beautifully sophisticated wines. This one is a superb example.
“.. Red wine drinkers will be blown away...Heady blackberry and raspberry fruit aromas, with an almost liquorice or currant secondary overtone, indicate truly ripe Syrah from an excellent vintage. This impression is supported by the ripe, rounded tannins in the mouth, the solid mid palate texture and the smooth finish. A powerfully fruited wine, soft, creamy and approachable.” Paul Tudor MW
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Kiritea 2009 Martinborough Pinot Noir

New Release. Another Great Wine from Te Hera. The 2008 was brilliant. Now to the equally impressive if not better 2009
Rich, full and morish. Dark berry, mushroom and forest floor all combine to make a real bargain. Affordable quality at its best. Te Hera Estate practices minimal intervention wine making: low environmental impact and organic practices. These practices combined with Martinborough’s natural low yields, excellent winemaking and that little extra makes this wine exceptionally good in terms of quality and value.
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Te Awa Left Field 2007 Gimblett Gravels Merlot

Gold Royal Easter Show 2010
Gold Liquorland Top 100 2010
"This is great wine. Wonderfully aromatic notes of old leather, black doris plums and sweet fertile earth. Background notes of sweet vanilla, chocolate and slightly burnt toast add to the effect." These words are from Te Awa themselves; we couldn't have done better if we tried.
From the outstanding 2007 vintage, a real winner. Great now and will cellar for up to 6 years.

Bladen 2009 Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc

Gold Sydney Top 100 2010
"Medium pale lemony yellow. Nose lifted. Bright blackcurrant aromas. The palate is full and ripe..." Adrian Atkinson Top 100 Judge
"Excellent colour. The nose shows flinty mineral notes. The palate shows minerality..with good length of flavour and a nice acid finish." Ken Dobler Top 100 Judge
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Discovery Point Marlborough Riesling 2009

5 stars Michael Cooper’s Buyer’s Guide to New Zealand Wines
“Perfectly poised for current enjoyment, it’s a distinctive, satisfyingly dry wine – and exactly the style that could turn kiwis onto Riesling.”
This elegant, dry style of Riesling is a small volume, single-vineyard wine from free draining, stony soils close to the bank of the Wairau River in the classic Rapaura sub-region of Marlborough.
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Tiffin Hill Gladstone Wairarapa Pinot Gris 2008

Last Stocks ever.
Best Buy Wines Feb/Mar 2010 Gourmet Traveller Wine
"I don’t expect much from wines under $15, so it was a surprise to find I’d given a healthy rating to a Pinot Gris with a fairly diminutive price tag. Tiffin Hill is a small family vineyard in the Gladstone area of Wairarapa. This is a concentrated wine with character. Strong nashi pear, root ginger and bready yeast lees flavours are supported by crisp acidity to give a pleasantly drying finish. Extraordinary value for a wine that stylistically is closer to Pinot Grigio than Pinot Gris." Bob Campbell
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