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Buy OnlineWinery notes (2024 Vintage)
"Fragrant with aromas of sweet plum spice, tart blackberry, cherry, and subtle notes of star anise. Delicious with juicy acidity and fine tannins, on a palate full of concentrated tart berry fruit flavours.
This wine was made from grapes grown on the sandy silty top terrace of the Askerne vineyard. The grapes were fermented in open top tanks with inoculated yeast to bring out the best of the Barbera aromatics. Gentle hand plunging was used for extraction, and the wine was then held on skins for an extended period of 3 weeks of post ferment maceration for tannin development. The wine was then pressed and racked to French oak barriques where it was aged for 9 months. The final blend has a 25% new oak component."
92/100 Cameron Douglas MS, April 2025 (2024 Vintage)
"A rustic and classic bouquet sending scents of Italy and old school aromas of wine and earthy soil ideas. Dark berries and plums, old leaves and violets, terracotta pots and clay. Dry, taut, fruity and delicious, a wine that speaks of variety first then place, memories of old world style red wines that tease the palate with firmer tannins yet soften with a core of red berry fruits that make for a great drinking expression. Well made with flavours of blackberries and plums, a dried leaves and petals, low oak intervention, well made and ready to drink."
90/100 David Walker Bell, WineFolio.co.nz, July 2025 (2024 Vintage)
"An unusual varietal to be found growing in New Zealand – this one comes from the top terrace of the Askerne vineyard in Hawke’s Bay. A pale, translucent ruby colour in the glass. The perfume is quite exotic – think Pinot Noir, with more plum, bramble and spice. Also a touch of green with nettle, tomato leaf and crushed herbs. Light and juicy in the palate, with very fine tannin and tart acidity. Cherry cola, cranberry and raspberry flavours shine plush and mouth-watering through to a drier, crisp finish."
