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| NEW ZEALAND | Vintage | Price/Case |
| AOTEA | ||
| AOTEA - from Nelson in the North Island. Margaret Harvey, M.W. own label offering excellent value for money. Aotea was the name of one of the canoes of the great migration to Aotearoa in about 1350 A.D. Aotearoa being the Maori name for New Zealand. | ||
| AOTEA TWO TERRACE RED | 1997/8 | £102.00 |
| ATA RANGI | ||
| ATA RANGI - MARLBOROUGH - North Island A family comncern run by Clive Paton, Phyll Patie, Clive's sister Alison and husband Oliver Masters. Ata Rangi is famous for Pinot Noir which is an extraordinarily well-structered and stylish Pinot Noir. Deep-scented with plenty of body and strong, almost sweet cherryish flavours, supple yet firm. The Celebre is a blend of 45% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, 12% Syrah and 3% Cabernet Franc resulting in a wine with a very deep colour and a bouquet of casis and dark plumb with minty and slight gamey complexity. The palate has rich, sweet fruit with hints of cedary, sweet tobacco oak; firm, fine tannins with good structure. The wine has spent 21 months in French oak (25% new);unfined and unfiltered. | ||
| PINOT NOIR | 1998 | £290.40 |
| CELEBRE ENCORE | 1996 | £211.20 |
| TE MOTU,WAIHEKE ISLAND | ||
| TE MOTU WAIHEKE ISLAND - North Island Te Motu means "the island" in Maori, and lies some 15 miles off Auckland City in the Hauraki Gulf. The area is recognised as one of the best producers of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot blends in New Zealand. This is a stunning example of a top class wine with a rich blackcurrant and cedar-box couquet and flavour. Richness of colour and body plus the ageing, some 20 months in French oak barriques and American oak. Presented in flat wooden boxes(six bottles per box) | ||
| CABERNET MERLOT | 1996 | £325.80 |
Half bottles per 12
| 1994 | £165.00 |
| MILLTON | ||
| MILLTON VINEYARD POVERTY BAY - North Island James and Annie Millton established their winery on the banks of the Te Arai River near Manutuke in 1984. This region is situated on the East Coast of the North Island of New Zealand in the winegrowing region known as Gisborne. No insecticide, herbicide, systematic fungicide or soluble fertiliser are used in the vineyard making the Milton Vineyard New Zealand's First commercial fully certified organic wines growers. Malbec Te Arai Vineyard is a new and invigorating red from the Milltons, made from an unsung Bordeaux variety that is idealy suited to New Zealand. Maturation in new and older large oak barrels has lent spice and vanilla tones to this wine with a smooth velvety texture. | ||
| MALBEC | 1999 | £108.00 |
| REDWOOD VALLEY ESTATE OF NELSON | ||
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REDWOOD VALLEY NELSON-South Island A family owned property making clean, fresh styles.The Cabernet Sauvignon is intense and very blackcurrant in style. | ||
| CABERNET SAUVIGNON | 1998 | £121.80 | WAIPARA WEST | WAIPARA WEST VINEYARD,Waipara, North Canterbury Waipara, a recognised viticultural region is situated some 45km north of Christchurch. Grapes were first planted in the district in 1981 although commercial winemaking really only started in 1990. The soils have a high limestone content, long dry autumn, shelter from the cold easterly winds but exposure to the hot north-west winds. The vineyard is situated on the north facing terraces along the Waipara River some six miles inland from the Pacific Ocean but nestling in the foothills of the Southern Alps. The Pinot Noir has good colour with a bouquet of raspberries, strawberries and toasty oak. |
| WAIPARA WEST TWO TERRACE | 1998 | £102.00 |
| WAIPARA WEST PINOT NOIR | 1998 | £192.00 | RIPPON VINEYARD | RIPPON VINEYARD-WANAKA, Central Otago BIO-GROtm certified Rippon Vineyard Not only is this one of the most stunning vineyards in the world but is one of the world's most southern. Rolfe & Lois Mills were pioeer grape growers and winemakers in Central Otago planting their vines in 1974 on the shores of Lake Wanaka. The climate is continental, the area being 1000 feet above sea level and lying 45 degrees latitude south. Temperatures range from minus 15 degrees in a winter to 30 degrees in summer with peak temperatures in the late afternoon. Rippon is famous for Pinot Noir which has won much acclaim. The nose on this wine has a glorious ripe berry perfume and a silky texture on the palate. |
| PINOT NOIR | 1995/7 | £208.80 | STONYRIDGE | STONYRIDGE --WAIHEKE ISLAND, Vintage 1998 for Red Wines in New Zealand has been hailed as one of the best this decade. In particular, Pino Noir as well as Merlot have produced some astounding wines showing vibrant colour and pure fruit driven aromas and flavours. The Stonyridge 1998 Hawkes Bay Merlot from Stephen White's winery is a superb wine. Deep dark purple black in colour with berry fruits, ripe plums and vanilla oak on the nose. Very intense flavours of spice, cassis, plum and cedary oak, backed by firm, but subtle tannins, on the palate. Huge in the mouth, but despite it's grand scale, promises to be one of the outstanding New Zealand Merlots. |
| MERLOT | 1998 | £273.60 |
| Prices exclusive of V.A.T. at 21% | ||
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