medium size bubble, push gold flakes up and down, looks fancy, very simple flavours, white peach and citrus, sweet and not well supported by acidity.

Ap 4/5, Ar 11/15, Palate 13/20, overall 1+0/10
Total 79/100

Green pear and apple, fresh acidity, highlighted yeast notes, creamy texture , dry finish.

Ap 5/5, Ar 12/15, Palate 16/20, Overall 3+4/10
Total 90+/100

Medium dry, lime, peach, apple, 5-10% botrytis bunch, fresh acidity, well balanced and running smooth in mouth.
TA 7.5 gL, Alc 13.5%, RS 23.2 gL, pH 3.03

BC 95

Ap 5/5, Ar 12/15, Palate 17/20, Overall 4+3/0
Total 91/100

Passion fruit, crispy acidity, balanced by a little round and sweet notes, elegant dry finish.

Ap 5/5, Ar 13/15, Palate 17/20, Overall 3+1/10
Total 89/100

Medium ruby with slightly brick rim. Red/dark cherry and berries. Comfortable savoury notes, set floor and earth. Mild spices, herbals. All mellowed ver well, running smoothly, supple tannins but still grippy in finish, comfortable acidity. Alcohol warm in the end, which shows it’s just over the peak, lost a little concentration during aging. However, it’s a decent Martinborough PN.

20% whole bunch, 12 month in French oak, 31% new

RC 18.5+

Ap 5/5, Ar 13/15, Palate 16/20, Overall 4+3/10
Total 91/100

Beautifully mellowed, fragrant and smooth, cherries and berries, rose, herbals, earth, all in a harmony way with a juicy fruity core. Fine grained tannins, m+/full bodied. That’s a perfect Martinborough Vineyard! Good concentration and length, flawless. Can feel the potential of further developing in the next 2-3 years.

RC 19.0-, 10% whole bunch, 12 months in French oak,23% new.

Ap 5/5, Ar 13/15, Palate 18/20, Overall 4+3/10
Total 93/100

M+ depth ruby. rich flavours in nose, dark cherry, dry herbals, earth and spices. young and a little rustic, with obvious whole bunch tannins and bitterness. big structure but not integrated yet. creamy notes in m+ finish.

BC 90, SK 95

Ap 5/5, Ar 13/15, Palate 16/20, Overall 4+3/10
Total 91+/100

dark red. breath in bottle for half hour. still tight tannins, very dense and concentrated, dark fruits, packs of dark herbals, intense savoury notes, mushroom, earth and meat. a bit mineral and salty adding another layer on the complexity. grand structure, long potential ahead (another 7 years probably).

This wine shows how much can be extracted from NZ terroir (or just Martinborough), it shows a muscular style of NZ PN, has good concentration, strength, weight, length, full pack of flavours, and most important, a very high level harmony, smoothly running all together.

RC 18.5

Ap 5/5, Ar 13/15, Palate 18/20, Overall 5+4/10
Total 95/100

Dark berries and plum. Intensive earthy and herbals flavours, some spices and oak, medium grained tannins. Some black tea notes, come from whole bunch I assumed (blend three ranges, 11-25%). M/m+ bodied, long finish. it has good potential to cellar.

11.5 months in French oak, 20% new. RC 19.0-, CD 95, SK 95. A great and thoughtful work from Jen Parr (the winemaker of Valli)

Ap 5/5, Ar 13/15, Palate 16/30, Overall 4+3/10
Total 91+/100

medium ruby, red/dark cherries and berries. creamy texture and super balanced. some forest ground and earthy notes, herbals and spices, with a concentrated juicy fruity core. medium bodied, fine grained tannins. this baby Burn Cottage is elegant and balanced, shining by her own label.

CD 94, BC 94, MC 5 stars

Ap 5/5, Ar 13/15, Palate 17/20, Overall 3+2/10
Total 90+/100