Wine - White
Chardonnay
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Mission Estate VS Chardonnay 2010 NZD $16.99
The colour is pale straw and the nose is packed with complex peach and citrus and hints of toasty caramel. In the palate, white peach and nectarine flavours come though and there is a delicate, creamy finish. The efforts we put into lees stirring show through in a rich, integrated mouth-feel. Cellar for up to 5 years. -
Kumeu River Cellar Door Chardonnay 2009 NZD $11.00
This Chardonnay has warm citrus aromas, stylish notes of pink grapefruit and delightful texture. It's a well made, well priced Chardonnay from one of the legends of Chardonnay in New Zealand -
Storm Crossing Reserve Chardonnay 2010 NZD $12.99
Classic lifted tropical notes of pineapple and peach, and a soft textural palate with a hint of nuts and cream. Enjoy with chicken and cheeses. -
Wild Rock Pania Chardonnay 2009 NZD $21.00
Medium straw colour flecked with youthful green hues. Aromas of peach, cream and hazelnut elements combine for a rich and complex bouquet. The palate is intense with ripe fruit, seamlessly melded savoury oak and tempered by citrus flavoured acidity. Immaculately balanced and prolonged aftertaste. -
Matawhero Chardonnay 2010 NZD $21.00
This Gisborne Chardy is unoaked, but it's so rich with ripe fruits and an incredible creaminess that you'd never know. Impressive. Pale straw with golden highlights. Ripe melon and peach abound with butterscotch and fig. Rich ripe fruit, with peach and an inherent creaminess. -
Marisco The King's Bastard 2010 NZD $20.99
A long slow ripening period ensured the true flavours of chardonnay came through in the fruit for the 2009 vintage.
Careful fruit exposure and crop balance has ensured a smooth full chardonnay has been produced.
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Trinity Hill Chardonnay 2009 NZD $15.00
The 2008 harvest has produced a round, soft wine with overtones of Grapefruit and Pineapple. The small proportion of oak aging on yeast lees has added some complex, mealy biscuity characters to the wine, but it still shows the fresh fruit of Chardonnay.
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Clearview Estate Reserve Chardonnay 2010 NZD $39.99
Situated on the coast line of Hawke's Bay, the Te Awanga sub-region has a virtually frost free microclimate, a warm extended growing season and cleansing sea breezes. A producer of award winning wines with great fruit intensity, Clearview's proximity to the Pacific Ocean also offers stunning views of Cape Kidnappers, "the fish hook of Maui". Consistently rated as one of New Zealand's top Chardonnays. Fermented and matured in predominatly new French oak barrels. Stylish, creamy, mealy with stonefruit, ripe tropical flavours and substansial body. Cellar up to 2013. Food match with seafood, chicken and pork.
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Hihi Oaked Chardonnay 2009 NZD
$18.00$12.95A wild ferment has produced a wine of character, power and complexity. Notes of stonefruit and almonds follow through to toasted caramel and butterscotch. Ideal with cornfed chicken or gamey poultry dishes.
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Trinity Hill Gimletts Gravel Chardonnay 2008 NZD $32.00
Pinapples, citrus and "toast and honey" from the oak. A full-mouth feel of ripe pineapples,pear, figs and grapefruit. The texture is silky and concentrated with a long lasting finish. -
Emeny Road Reserve Chardonnay 2007 NZD $20.00
We believe the 2007 vintage is our best yet. Elegant and aromatic with peaches, tangerine and floral notes. Full bodied with smooth and creamy stonefruit flavours. Dry finish. -
William Thomas Chardonnay 2005 NZD $26.00
This wine displays citrus and mineral notes with a subtle underlying wood influence. Extended barrel maturation means that this wine has a lovely rich texture, though still elegant and understated on the palate. Made exclusively from the Mendoza clone, fruit for this wine was sourced from two separate vineyard sites in the Brancott Valley. Hand harvested and pressed into old French barrels, juice for this wine was fermented using wild yeast and then aged in barrel for a further 16 months, of which 10% is in new barrels.
Pinot Gris
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The Ned Pinot Gris 2011 NZD $17.99
Classic fresh pear, nectarine, peach and rose petal aromas and flavours have been produced from fruit beautifully ripened during the 2008 harvest. Dry in style, this memorable wine has been left with a hint of blush in colour. -
Dry Gully Pinot Gris 2010 NZD $25.00
This wine has classic Pinot Gris aromas. -
Trinity Hill Pinot Gris 2009 NZD $15.00
Gentle pressing and cool fermentation in stainless steel tanks has retained the delicate Nashi pear, spice and honey characters typical of top quality Pinot Gris. Soft acidity, with a small amount of retained sugar, has resulted in a great food wine with potential for bottle aging for 2-4 years.
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Chard Farm Pinot Gris 2010 NZD $26.99
Chard Farm is a small family owned winery located close to Queenstown in Central Otago. This Pinot Gris is made from hand picked grapes in the Cromwell vineyards. Each lot has been fermented and matured separetly in small tanks resulting in a full bodied Pinot Gris.
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Bascand Pinot Gris 2010 NZD $17.00
This wine displays delicate floral aromas and has a full rich palate weight.
Sauvignon Blanc
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Storm Crossing Reserve Sauvignon Blanc 2011 NZD $12.99
Notes of crushed herbs and black currant give way to a palate bursting with flavours of lychee, that follow thru to a zingy citrus finish. Enjoy with seafood and pasta. -
Jules Taylor Sauvignon Blanc 2011 NZD $24.99
This wine has a delightful light lime colour. Aromas of passionfruit, currants and jalapeno peppers spill out of the glass. Hints of citrus are also evident. On its wonderfully rich palate grapefruit flavours again come to the fore. It has a lingering intensity that is very mouth filling, rolling out to a dry finish - a distinct example of Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc. -
Stanley Estate Sauvignon Blanc 2009 NZD $22.00
The 2009 vintage shows a mineral purity with intense herbaceous flavours, ripe gooseberries, and a hint of blackcurrant. Serve chilled. A refreshing glass of wine for all occasions to enjoy with friends, with food; to experience... -
Greywacke Sauvignon Blanc 2009 NZD $27.00
Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2009 New Zealand Wine Named after New Zealand's prolificbedrock, Greywacke (pron: greywacky) is the new label of Kevin Judd, one of Marlborough's pioneer winemakers whose career is intrinsically linked with the international profile of Marlborough Sauvingon Blanc. Created from selected parcels of fruit grown in prime vineyard sites, this is a deliciously aromatic, finely balanced wine. -
Dog Point Sauvignon Blanc 2009 NZD $26.00
Bright straw green. Bouquet Ripe citrus and tropical fruits underpinned by a degree of minerality and a hint of basil. Palate Fresh, concentrated and full bodied showing excellent balance between fruit and acidity. Food Match White meats, pale cheeses and seafood - especially scallops and oysters. Cellaring Ideally enjoyed as a young wine but may be cellared for several years. -
Oyster Bay Sauvignon Blanc 2011 NZD $20.00
“Alluring tropical fruit and zesty lemon citrus flavours - youthful, elegant and fresh with a vibrant, lingering finish.” is zesty and aromatic with lots of lively fruit characters. A concentration of assertive passionfruit and tropical fruit flavours with an abundant bouquet, it is a wine that is always crisp, elegant and refreshing.
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Astrolabe Sauvignon Blanc 2011 NZD $24.00
Powerful gooseberry, greengage, capsicum, passionfruit and lime peel aromas. Medium to full-bodied with strong gooseberry, passionfruit and currant flavours, a hint of freshly-cut red capsicum, and a refreshingly smooth lingering finish.
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Lake Chalice Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2011 NZD $18.99
Pale straw colour with green hues. Intense aromas of passionfruit and blackcurrant. A crisp medium bodied dry wine bursting with classical varietal flavours of passionfruit, blackcurrant and gooseberry. Mouth-watering acidity is balanced by a long elegant mineral finish.
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Brightwater Nelson Sauvignon Blanc 2008 NZD $21.50
Intense aromas of passionfruit and sweet citrus introduce this fresh, aromatic, full bodied wine. The palate is well balanced with gooseberry and citrus characters, long lingering summer grass finish."
Aromatics/Others
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Summerhouse Gerwurztraminer 2009 NZD $26.00
The intense aroma is of lychees, turkish delight and honey. The palate is mouthfilling with abundant spicy, sweet ginger, and turkish delight flavours. The noticable residual sweetness is nicely balanced giving a lovely lingering mouthfeel. -
Trinity Hill Arneis 2008 NZD $15.00
Arneis (pronounced: are-NAYS) is an ancient white grape variety originating near Alba in the Piemonte region of north-west Italy. After gentle whole-bunch pressing of the grapes, the juice was fermented in stainless steel and older barrels. Following a short maturation on yeast lees, the wine shows delicate aromas of pears with a hint of almond and a soft, round palate with good acidity. -
Pasqua Grappa di Amarone NZD $75.00
Watch out, you might get what you're after. This is a fierce and fiery Italian specialty made from the distilled spirit of leftover pressed grape skins. Potent yet appealing. -
Johanneshof Gewurtztraminer 2009 NZD $30.00
Medium in style this exotically perfumed wine has a bouquet of lychees, roses and turkish delight. The lusciuos and opulent palate is full of ginger, marzipan and spices. A great wine to drink with spicy dishes. -
Siefried Gewurztraminer 2008 NZD $23.00
The Brightwater Vineyard vines are grown in an extremely stony area of the vineyard, where water and nutrient levels are low. This helps us to restrict the plants vigour and to crop at low levels. To further enhance the aromatics, leaves were removed to allow light penetration and air movement around the fruiting zone. Gewürztraminer is an early ripening variety with an aromatic, fragrant bouquet. It is naturally a low yielding vine which can produce wonderful concentration and flavour. After harvest the grapes were de-stemmed and left for a period of skin contact before pressing. The clear juice was inoculated with a pure yeast strain and then a cool, temperature-controlled fermentation began. The fermentation was stopped prematurely to allow 10g/L residual sweetness in the wine.
Riesling
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Blind Trail Riesling 2009 NZD $20.00
This is a gorgeous and gratifying Riesling with lovely fruit intensity, displaying lemon, candied apple and stonefruit characters on the nose. The palate is beautifully flavoured showing gentle sweetness, bright acidity and a lingering finish. -
Forrest Estate The Doctors Riesling 2010 NZD $19.00
Described brilliantly by Helen Morrison assistant winemaker at Forrest estate Wines as "Toffee apples; sweet on the outside but apply and tart in the middle". It is all juicy granny smith apples, lemon sherbet and grapefruit flavours - sweet mid-palate balanced with a zingy acidity to give a refreshing finish. It is lower in alcohol making it perfect for lunchtime, especially when you have to return to work. -
Pegasus Bay Riesling 2009 NZD $27.00
This wine has aromas and flavours of lemons, limes, white peaches, nectarines and spice. With careful cellaring it should become intensely perfumed with impressions of honey-suckle, mandarin, orange and marmalade. It is concentrated, but yet, not heavy in the palate, and well balanced with a fresh crisp finish.