Dry on the palate, this wine has crisp, bracing acidity, cool herbaceous fruit flavours, along with gooseberry and passionfruit notes and asparagus-like nuances. Good depth and gentle textured, drying finish. Serve with antipasto and shellfish. Excellent for drinking now and will maintain its quality for up to five years.
Before the palate sensation, the aromas display ripe and fruity peach, melon and a little citrus. These aromas are in turn accentuated by the taste experience of fresh, textured ripe fruit, without the sometimes intrusive complexity of an oak overlay. An elegant wine, with a long and seamless finish.
Pale lemon straw. Vibrant aromas of nectarine, green apple, honeysuckle and a hint of nettle. Lovely precision on the palate with a core of zesty fruit and a long satisfyingly dry textural finish. Food match with Seafood. Cellaring from 1 to 4 years.
4.5 STARS – New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc Tasting – Cuisine Magazine, January 2018
“In 1984 they thought we were crazy to grow our grapes organically. We’ve spent the last thirty years proving that they were right! Now, it seems everybody wants to be crazy, and that’s just what this planet needs. Crazy by Nature – makes perfect sense.”
Complex aromas of violets and ripe black fruits, layered with floral notes and a dark pepper spice. Nuances of fine-grained French oak support the fruit aromas. An initial burst of dark and rich Syrah fruit is supported by very fine tannins and toasty French oak. The flavour is both long and persistent and highlights the impeccable balance between fruit, tannin and acidity.
Pale straw with clear hues, our Water Race Riesling is a dry style with balanced crisp acidity. Aromas of lime and mandarin dominate on the nose with hints of floral and ginger. Lemon, lime and stonefruit flavours show on the palate leading to a long mineral finish. An excellent food wine, full of flavour, so it can hold its own against quite strong flavoured cuisine. Also excellent with fish and seafood.
An off-dry style fermented cool in stainless steel tank after gentle whole bunch pressing. Lifted aromas of melon and citrus fruit with honey and lemon on the nose. A small amount of residual sweetness is well balanced and allows subtle flavours of lime and ginger on the palate.
The 2013 Paradise Pinot Noir is a vibrant deep purple in colour. On the nose it displays lifted perfumed notes of dark fruit, spice and violets. The palate has rich dark fruit with spicy, chary oak, leather and tobacco. A complex wine with fine grained silky tannins and a long lingering finish.
The 2014 Pinot Noir is a vibrant deep purple in colour. On the nose it displays bright red and dark fruit with dried herbs, spice, hints of vanilla and toasty oak. The palate has rich red berry fruit and black cherry with a touch of liquorice and leather. A complex wine with good concentration, fine grained silky tannins and a long lingering finish.
GOLD MEDAL – New Zealand Winegrowers Bragato Awards 2017
There are attractive vibrant and fresh aromas of summer fruits (strawberries, raspberries, peaches and stone fruits). The palate is soft and rounded, exhibiting the same fresh summer fruits. The ferment was stopped to retain a hint of residual sugar, but this wine is dry in style. The perfect wine to serve chilled with summer platters.
The Sauvignon Blanc shows attractive aromas of pink grapefruit, gooseberry, pineapple and hints of capsicum on the nose. A mouth filling wine with good weight and texture on the palate, well balanced with great length on the finish. Food matches, fish and seafood.
On release this wine is a classic reflexion of Drumsara’s Pinot Noir, showing dark and wild fruits of cherry, plum, blueberry and marama strawberry, with an underlying hint of spices – thyme, liquorice and vanilla. The palate abounds in deep fruits, supplemented by vanilla beans and dark chocolate. The fine grained tanins and lively acidity give the wine length aging potential. Enjoy now – 2018.
The 2015 Pinot Rose has a bright pink colour. A very aromatic Rose with aromas of strawberry, raspberry & passionfruit. A generous palate with fresh strawberry, concentration and lingering finish.