Sauvignon Blanc 2008

This youthful and lively wine presents lovely passionfruit, feijoa, gooseberry and tomato leaf aromas and flavours. Multilayered, it is rich and creamy with a long weighty palate and balanced acidity that finishes crisp and dry. Delicious on its own, it is also an ideal accompaniment with food.

Pinot Gris 2008

This elegant Marlborough Pinot Gris has delightful aromas reminiscent of honeysuckle and lemon verbena, pear and peach, interwoven with citrus lemon and melon fruit flavours. Medium-bodied with a lovely oily texture, it bursts with flavours of peaches and pears, dappled with water melon and lemon. A fresh easy drinking style with classic lively acidity, finishing soft and silky.

RESERVE Chardonnay 2007

This rich full bodied Chardonnay is packed with peach, tropical stonefruit, and fig flavours, complimented with vanilla and butterscotch notes, toasty oak seasoning, finely balanced acidity and a lovely creamy texture. It lingers to a satisfyingly long warm dry finish. Delicious now, it will also mature gracefully for several years.

Merlot Malbec 2007

This deeply coloured red has lovely fruit-driven aromas and flavours with a medley of ripe Black Doris plums, boysenberry and blackcurrant, intertwined with spicy savoury oak, fine tannins, all beautifully integrating for a lovely lush medium weight wine with silken texture. Very enjoyable now, this wine will continue to develop and reward cellaring for 3 to 5 years.

Syrah 2007

This classic deep purple-red Hawke’s Bay Syrah is attractively scented, with vibrant aromas of blackcurrant, white pepper, spiced dried apricots and floral notes. The palate is rich and silky with fine supple tannins, oak complexity and pronounced forest berry fruit, white pepper, caramel and coffee flavours. Already immensely enjoyable, this wine will continue to flourish and reward cellaring for up to 5 years.

Elspeth One”

Deep ruby red in colour, the nose is adorned with white pepper, spice, blackcurrant, liquorice, cedar and hints of mint, with appetizing aged characters of leather, cigar box, and fruit cake.  The palate is weighty, rich, intense and velvety, giving it generous complexity with round luscious brambly fruit, black olives, plum, toffee and chocolate, on supple ripe tannins. The finish is equally intense and lingering. Very satisfying, it is drinking beautifully now but will also continue to reward cellaring. This is an opulent wine – a meal in itself !

Port 2004

Delicious almond, marzipan and fruit cake aromas with sweet ripe brambly blackberry on the nose with a fusion of spicy black doris plum, boysenberry with almonds, marzipan and licorice flavours. Excellent length, with ripe, well integrated tannins, finishing soft and fruity. This already harmonious wine will continue to mellow, bringing deeper complexity, with further bottle age.