Wine Tasting Notes
Moët Champagne 750ml$99
The classic blend produces notes of green apples and citrus fruits. Golden straw yellow with green highlights. The bouquet is vibrant, fill of intense green apple and citrus fruit. The delicious palate shows white-fleshed fruits and an alluring caress of fine bubbles.
Bollinger Champagne 750ml$139
With aromatics of toasted oats, honey, lemon zest and floral notes. Bollinger Champagne is well-known and celebrated for its full-bodied style and complexity.
Veuve Clicquot Champagne 750ml$109
The initial notes of fruit are followed by more discreet aromas of brioche and vanilla. It has a fine persistent sparkle and golden Champagne color.
Prosecco Italian Sparkling Wine 750ml$47
This sparkling wine from Northern Italy is light, bright and delicate to the palate. Fruity notes with citrus and apple aromas.
Black Cottage Pinot Noir$47
Sustainably grown in Central Otago. Berry fruits, plum, hints of wild thyme and smoke to add plush tannins. A glossy mouth feel with a smooth, slightly peppery finish.
Cloudy Bay Pinot Noir$77
Appealingly aromatic, the 2016 Pinot Noir reveals notes of Morello cherry, bramble and dark chocolate. Fine, silky tannins and juicy acidity provide an elegant structure, with complexity coming from gentle oak and woodsmoke characters.
Peregrine Pinot Noir$65
This Pinot Noir is elegant and bright with aromas of dark cherry and spice. A layered palate of wildberry and blackcurrant fruit combined with a lovely texture and fine tannins. A bright, focussed Pinot Noir with red fruits, spice and pretty floral aromatics. Depth of fruit, brightness of acidity and fine tannin combine to give a lovely tension and texture to the wine.
Akarua Pinot Noir$59
Wine of Central Otago, New Zealand
Akarua Pinot Noir is a velvety pinot noir wine with hints of violets, brambles, dark fruits and spice. It spends 10 months in French oak, and six months in bottle before release.
Gibbston Valley Pinot Noir$95
Wine of Central Otago, New Zealand. Delicate, with fragrant red spice. A lovely varietal core of fruit greets the nose with scents of black cherry and plum, dried raspberry then smoky wood spices of French barrel and quiet savoury complexity.
Mt. Difficulty Pinot Noir$59
Wine of Central Otago, New Zealand. A wonderfully complex wine with distinctive aromas of cherry and plum augmented with delicate traces of herbs and spice, layers of sensuous fruit enhanced by a velvet-lined textural presence.
Rockburn Pinot Noir$63
Wine of Central Otago, New Zealand
Deeply fruited palate displaying vibrant notes of red and black cherry, rich mocha and supple, silky tannins leading into a very long finish. Classic Rockburn elegance, integrity and balance.
Ara Pinot Noir$39
Single Estate Pinot Noir from Ara, Malborough. This Pinot Noir shows complex bright red fruits and deep mocha spice burst from the glass. On the palate, the tannins are fine and slightly grippy, with a rich mid palate.
Church Road Cabernet Sauvignon$49
McDonald Series Cabernet Sauvignon is one of only a handful of Cabernet Sauvignons made in Hawke’s Bay and reflects a renewed interest in this grape variety in the region. It is a Bordeaux style red wine!
Man O’ War Waiheke Island Ironclad$69
Waiheke Island 2022 - Ironclad Bordeaux Blend. The bold flavours are balanced with some very firm tannins which draw out the finish and, along with the natural vibrancy of the Petit Verdot, provides balance to the richness.
Church Road Merlot$49
The McDonald Series Merlot is a serious, full-bodied Merlot with aromas of rich plum and berry fruit underpinned by a savoury oak and earthy complexity. The palate is rich and long driven by a powerful yet fine-grained tannin structure.
Barossa Ink Shiraz$44
The wine has a dense inky appearance, a dark and opulent wine . Rich aromas of plums, raspberries, dark chocolate and blueberry jam with underlying mint and cinnamon. Australian grown and produced wine.
Taylors’ Shiraz Clare Valley 2020$47
Rich white spice married with subtle hints of ripe cherry with a long, soft finish. The wine is medium-bodied with a soft mid-palate & pleasing tannin structure.
Pegasus Bay Merlot Cabernet$54
This wine has aromas of dark fruit, wood smoke and spice. Impressions of bramble, cherry and plum followed by hints of roasted red pepper, aniseed, tobacco leaf, leather, and mint. The mouthfeel is impressively concentrated, with confident tannins.
Ink Cabernet Sauvignon$42
This wine is a dark, inky, syrupy like red full of lashings of rich, bold juicy fruit and luxuriously smooth tannins
The Barossan Shiraz$47
Crafted by the next generation of Peter Lehmann winemakers, the Barossan showcases the superb fruit sourced from the many fabled sub-regions across the Barossa Valley. A complex and layered wine with fruit intensity and suppleness.
Rapaura Springs Sauvignon Blanc$42
A Sauvignon blanc wine with tropical and citrus flavours. Water from underground aquifers make the Raparua Springs that feed the Rapaura Vineyard and this Sauvignon is the delicious result.
Rabbit Ranch Rose$45
Made from 100% Central Otago Pinot Noir fruit, lightly pressed to extract just enough colour to deliver the provençal-esque pale pink. Fermented dry to allow the delicate Pinot red fruit characters and cool climate minerality to hop across your palate. We know this will be a favourite with our customers so make sure you don't miss out.
Astrolabe Sauvignon Blanc$49
A linear, pure wine with clean flavours of currants, gooseberry and citrus. Finishes savoury, crisp and dry.
Man O’ War Valhalla Chardonnay$65
Valhalla Chardonnay 2022 offers intense savoury aromas on the first pour with brioche, cashew, and hazelnut over ripe stone fruit characters with a final hint of green smoke.
Church Road Grand Reserve Chardonnay$59
Church Road Grand Reserve Chardonnay is a blend from our best vineyards in the Tuki Tuki river valley, grown and crafted to deliver a full-bodied yet refined wine. This cooler wine growing district delivers beautifully fragrant Chardonnay with weight, minerality and fresh natural acidity. The 2021 vintage is made with our very best parcels of Chardonnay produced under outstanding conditions at our Tuki Tuki and Terraces Vineyards.
Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc$63
Bright, light lemon/green, the 2019 vintage is ripely scented, weighty and intensely varietal, with rich, ripe tropical-fruit flavours to the fore, a herbaceous undercurrent, a very subtle seasoning of oak adding complexity.
Peregrine Pinot Gris$47
Dry in style with fresh flavours of pear, nectarine and ripe citrus.
Peregrine Riesling$47
Just-dry organic, award-winning Riesling. Mandarin pith, kaffir lime and grapefruit on the palate, fused with a steely, saline backbone and intense mandarin and ripe lemon.
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