Gold Medal – New Zealand International Wine Show 2023
Winery notes (2021 Vintage)
"Aromatic notes of stone fruit, white pepper and spice. Rich and sophisticated with a fusion of stone fruit and spice. The palate is focused and well structured with a good acid drive that delivers a lingering fresh finish.
Rich and sophisticated with a fusion of stone fruit and spice. The palate is focused and well structured with a good acid drive that delivers a lingering fresh finish."
5 Stars & Top 10 Cuisine Other Whites Tasting, February 2023 (2021 Vintage)
"An understated wine with lovely lifted apricot, lemon zest and white pepper spice on its restrained nose. The silky palate is dry and weighty with great complexity and mouthwatering grapefruit citrus, pear and white peach flavours and a fantastic acid presence."
5 Stars Michael Cooper (2021 Vintage)
"Already delicious, the 2021 vintage is a strongly varietal wine with mouthfilling body. Bright, light lemon/green, it has fresh, deep citrusy, peachy, spicy flavours, balanced acidity, a slightly salty streak, and a finely poised, dry, lingering finish. Best drinking 2023+."
Rated Excellent & 93/100 Cameron Douglas MS, March 2024 (2021 Vintage)
"A generous tasty wine with a bouquet and palate of apple and white spices, sweet radish and a light-weight dried herb quality. On the palate a pineapple-tin flavour develops adding complexity and a tropical fruit note. Plenty of acidity adding crispness, spice and pizzazz. Balanced and well made with best best drinking from late 2024 through 2029."
92/100 David Walker Bell, WineFolio.co.nz, October 2023 (2021 Vintage)
"From a vineyard named after the stud Jersey bulls who grazed the paddock where this vineyard is now planted in the Omaka Valley, Marlborough. A pale green-gold in the glass. Vibrant and densely aromatic, showing sliced pear, tinned pineapple juice, preserved lemon, white cherry, and nectarine on the nose. The palate is broad and generous – quite rich but cut with a saline acidity. Layers of spice, nougat, stonefruit and pepper flavours. A refreshing, dry finish with excellent persistence."