| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
|---|---|---|
| White |
2017 Kusuda RieslingMartinborough more |
5/18/2024 - LindsayM Likes this wine: 95 pointsNot much change since my last note, a touch less acidity than I remember from last time |
| White - Sweet/Dessert |
2020 Kusuda Riesling BeerenausleseMartinborough more |
2/17/2024 - chatters wrote: NRRieslingfest 2024 (Prince Sydney, 40 Hansard Street): From half bottle. Pretty, ripe apple, cream, a little apricot, sweet, juicy acid, more obviously botrytised on the palate, a little too sweet and rich for the acid levels. |
| Red |
2019 Kusuda Pinot NoirMartinborough more |
3/8/2024 - e-stephen68 wrote: NRSavoury and herbal, framed with soft silky tannins. Excellent integration. Seems a little closed (we decanted for 1.5hrs). Extreme balance and length, will likely be excellent with further age. |
| Red |
2018 Kusuda Pinot NoirMartinborough more |
2/23/2024 - drwine2001 wrote: NRNew Zealand Trip; 2/10/2024-2/24/2024: We tasted this next to the 2019. Its color was clearly light, limpid, and less saturated in comparison. Whereas aromatically the younger wine led with its succulent red fruit, this shouted terroir and mint as soon as it was opened. Lighter weight but it gained some sappiness with air. Here, as the fruit unfolded, it was more blue than red and accompanied by cinnamon and chocolate tones. Excellent acidity and refined, barely noticeable tannins. This did not feel quite as seamless as the 2019, but was an immensely impressive, achingly delicate wine that is a far cry from most New Zealand Pinot Noir. Both of these were revelatory. |
| Red |
2019 Kusuda Pinot NoirMartinborough more |
2/23/2024 - drwine2001 wrote: NRNew Zealand Trip; 2/10/2024-2/24/2024: I had never heard of these wines until we were exhorted to try one tonight. This bottle was so extraordinary that we couldn’t help but order the earlier vintage that was also on the list. The 2019 had a regal ruby tint with breathtaking aromatics of fragrant ripe strawberry, tilled earth, and penetrating high toned menthol. With air the fruit became darker red, and the green tones settled into a lightly stemmy profile. What was most striking was the mouth feel and harmony of the wine, a silky, fluid dance of pure fruit and soil across the palate with tangy acidity and perfectly refined tannins backing it up. This showed more of its structure as it sat out, but its beauty never faded. Its elegance and slightly tart red fruit made me think of great Chambolle-Musigny. Gorgeous vin de terroir that was probably the best wine we had during our 2 weeks in New Zealand and this on our final evening here. Brilliant and a wine that Burghound would probably describe as “Zen-like”. |
| Red |
2014 Kusuda Pinot NoirMartinborough more |
1/29/2024 - wernicke wrote: 95 pointsperfect nose. middle weight on palate. very silky. worth the hefty price tag if you like cool climate pinot |
| White |
2017 Kusuda RieslingMartinborough more |
12/5/2023 - Tudz Drkl Likes this wine: NRLime nose with vegetable notes, apples and peaches, a touch tropical with diesel highlights. The palate is savory lemon/lime riding on precise high acidity. |
| White - Sweet/Dessert |
2018 Kusuda Riesling TrockenbeerenausleseMartinborough more |
12/28/2023 - Tony Ling Likes this wine: 95 points13.0% ABV. Residual sugar of 179g/L. Bottle no. 0155/1144. PNP into Grassl Liberte glass ("Flower" day): Deep orange golden to the eyes. |
| Red |
2018 Kusuda SyrahMartinborough more |
11/4/2023 - evanqian wrote: 93 pointsA Syrah night in Kampai (Auckland CBD): perfumed, dark berries and spices, bright fresh acidity, some meaty and savoury notes. smooth texture. fine grained tannins, m+ body, m++ finish. clean and pure fruity, combined with fragrant and some savoury complicity. a typical and well polished cool climate Syrah. |
| Red |
2014 Kusuda SyrahMartinborough more |
1/18/2022 - JerM wrote: NR(Mich&Bo) Violets lifted dark florals, juicy, purity. Savoury, clean leather, fine dark cocoa, sweet funk. Soft berry, soft earth, linear, tall. Sophisticated. |
| Red |
2011 Kusuda SyrahMartinborough more |
9/19/2021 - JerM wrote: NR(Paul's) Gratified, dry florals, savoury. Sweet leather, supple, blueberries. Cereally, soft blue fruit. Fresh acidity, but some well resolved age showing. Ashy earth. Clean linear transparency. Ferrous, rusty nose. Formic acid. Incense w time. |
| White |
2017 Kusuda RieslingMartinborough more |
10/20/2023 - fizz wrote: NRScrew cap. 12% alc. |
| Red |
2013 Kusuda SyrahMartinborough more |
3/6/2017 - rikipedia Likes this wine: 89 pointsTerroir-istes International - New Zealand Assorted (Groot Constantia): (Tasted Blind): Matured 21 months in 23% new French oak, with 92% of the grapes being destemmed. Deep crimson to purple colour; the nose is shy and rather reductive to start with diesel oil that opens to incense, black pepper and lavender balm. A rich entry with good concentration there is plenty of black fruits, medium acid and sinewy yet pliant tannins. Fairly smooth in the mid-palate the wine feels slightly one-dimensional almost winemaking by numbers. The wine has a good length, a little complexity and medium finish, finishing dry but not that compelling. |
| Red |
2016 Kusuda Pinot NoirMartinborough more |
9/30/2023 - oxwombat Likes this wine: 91 pointsOpened at Mosu HK. Slow-oxed for a few hours before being served blind. |
| Red |
2013 Kusuda Pinot NoirMartinborough more |
9/23/2023 - JerM wrote: 95 pointsSlight bricking, otherwise mid-light ruby transparency in glass. Nose is still classic vibrant Kusuda - lifted elegant leafy notes, alongside forest floor and mushrooms and juicy young leather. Twist of wood spices, and the inevitable bloom with time. Fresh acidity, expressive mouthful of flavours, balanced berries, fresh black earth, hint cocoa, with roses and dark florals. Supple velvety texture, easy and effortless. Certainly some development and tertiaries, complex yet accessible at the same time. Long finish of berries, drinking really nicely at this point. Magic! |
| Red |
2011 Kusuda Pinot NoirMartinborough more |
9/22/2023 - AndyMcL Likes this wine: 92 pointsNice. |
| Red |
2011 Kusuda Pinot NoirMartinborough more |
8/12/2023 - kingkanu wrote: NRLight and fine boned, even by Kusuda standards, some bricking but still bright with lovely clarity, benefits from a bit of air before serving, red cherry and red currant fruit is still there, dried rose petals and saffron, cardamom, it’s a really evocative nose. The palate is silky smooth and really fresh, maybe the fruit is starting to lose against the acidity now ?it doesn’t stop it being really delicious and far too easy to drink. A beautiful wine. |
| Red |
2016 Kusuda SyrahMartinborough more |
8/2/2023 - Fermented Wolf Likes this wine: 93 pointsVery pretty and elegant made with a very light hand, it has a lifted hearby note which made me think (before i looked it up on Kusuda's website) there were a lot more stems in the maceration than the 6% noted on the website. How wrong I was! The wine is still very youthful and feels like it has just come our of it's cocoon. I have no doubts it will continue improving for the next 8/10 years. |
| Red |
2014 Kusuda SyrahMartinborough more |
7/16/2023 - JerM wrote: 94 pointsDark, effusive dark fruit, leafy and lifted. Elegant clarity, juicy acidity, pure and clean. Layered transparency, silky, with great control and finesse. Enjoyable and hedonistic! |
| Red |
2013 Kusuda Pinot NoirMartinborough more |
6/18/2023 - sharonandroland wrote: 94 pointsVery old world. Excellent |
| Red |
2016 Kusuda Pinot NoirMartinborough more |
6/9/2023 - HowardNZ Likes this wine: 92 pointsBrief note. A bottle drunk at home over three evenings, during which it barely changed. Under cork, a sound bottle. I was a little underwhelmed compared with last year's bottle. Stalky herbs, including some cut, green herbs, damp earth and sous bois, more red than black fruit, bramble and minerals. Persistent, Kusuda-signature driven acidity but overall very Martinborough Terraces. Savoury and gravelly, not at all sweet-fruited. Below mid weight with fine but firm tannins. Drink now or by say 2030. |
| Red |
2016 Kusuda Pinot NoirMartinborough more |
4/16/2023 - cortoncharlie wrote: 92 pointsLight touch wine-making. Very elegant. Stems. The New Zealand dirt was still evident but kind of reminded me of a chambolle. |
| Red |
2014 Kusuda SyrahMartinborough more |
4/13/2023 - Tony Ling Likes this wine: 94 pointsPNP into Grassl 1855 glass (“Fruit” day): Medium bright purplish ruby with a garnet rim. |
| Red |
2016 Kusuda Pinot NoirMartinborough more |
4/1/2023 - wineian Likes this wine: 94 pointsgarnet/ruby colour, elegant wine. Red cherries with floral notes, spice and some mild oak on the nose. Has more palate weight than some other Kusudas I have had, but still has the grace and elegance expected. Cherry with stalk, herbs and some minerality float on the tongue. Fine tannins. Still has lots of life. |
| White - Sweet/Dessert |
2020 Kusuda Riesling BeerenausleseMartinborough more |
3/11/2023 - fizz wrote: NRJB and SH for dinner: Cork. 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (1) |
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