The style of this chardonnay is textural and savoury. The crisp, mineral characters of the fruit are supported by complex flavours of oak and lees maturation.
Sangiovese Rosé has a vastly different feel and flavour to rosés made from other red grape varieties. This rosé combines the great drinkability of rosé but with an added dimension of strawberry and cream flavours.
The wine has lifted berry aromas and a rose petal perfume with mulberry, strawberry, and pink grapefruit on the palate. The finish is dry and refreshing with loads of texture.
Deep salmon pink in colour, with a fine effervescence, the nose delivers fresh strawberry and red currant aromas on with citrus blossom on the finish. The palate has generous red berry flavours, finishing soft and round with a touch of citrus.
Barbera is a versatile partner with food, it is great with pizza, but also with all manner of meat sauces and grilled meats. Savoury flavours and medium bodied with fine soft tannins.
The wine is vivid purple in its youth with lifted aromas of red fruits - raspberry, cherry and red currant. The palate has savoury bramble berry and fresh mulberry notes. Touches of spicy star anise add extra interest and the tannins are soft and silky.
Sangiovese is one of the oldest known varieties in the world. This Sangiovese is a perfect example of this accessible, ready to drink style; perfectly medium bodied with red fruit flavours and a deliciously savoury finish.
Originating from France, Petit Verdot is a late ripening variety that suits Australia’s dry, sunny climate perfectly. Although it has long been used as a blending component, it is increasingly being given the chance show its true colours as a varietal wine.
Continuing his love of Italian varietals this is a new arrival from David Hook. A bouquet of dark brooding red fruits and earth, sweet and savoury, firm but smooth. The perfect antipasto wine.
The Le Fauve wines allow Kiwi winemaker PJ Charteris to roam free with his twin heartlands of the Hunter Valley and Central Otago. The addition of Shiraz to the Tempranillo and Pinot Noir creates a wine of approachability on an almost intoxicating level.
