‘‘We are a proudly family-owned and run wine producer in Marlborough's Jacksons Road heartland. Our range of award winning wines come from individual parcels on our single vineyard, made to reflect the best that our special part of the world can offer!’’
Complex and richly expressed, the wine shows golden peach, rock-melon, French vanilla, brioche, and cedar characters on the nose. The palate delivers excellent concentration and plush texture, splendidly supported by finely pitched acidity, finishing impressively long and satisfying. At its best: now to 2033. ***** 95/100 Sam Kim. Wine Orbit. Feb 2025
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“Matured for a year in French oak barrels, the nose has an intriguing combination of charry, roasted chestnut depth and lifted, floral kirsch and rose fragrance. It's a lovely combination, giving layers of complexity to the aroma. On the palate, spice and meaty flavours again combine with such sweet and plush red berry fruits. Ripeness is excellent, but twin forces of silky tannin and the keen, honed edge of acidity keep the picture taut and juicy. It's a marvellous Pinot this, among the best I've tasted from the ever-improving Pinot scene in the Marlborough region: long, pure-fruited and beautifully balanced into the finish. 94/100”
Tom Cannavan. Wine-pages.com March 2024
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Generously fruited with spicy nuances, the fragrant bouquet shows sweet cherry, wild strawberry, fine leather, and toasted nut aromas. It's succulent and fleshy in the mouth, offering a silky texture, backed by layers of polished tannins, which make it structured and pleasingly dry. At its best: now to 2031. ***** 94/100
Sam Kim. Wine Orbit. September 2025
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“Offering lovely poise and elegance, the wine shows sweet berry, thyme, dried mushroom and roasted nut aromas on the nose, followed by a finely expressed palate displaying rounded mouthfeel backed by layers of polished tannins. It's charming and pleasing with a lengthy savoury finish. At its best: now to 2029. 91/100”
Sam Kim. Wine Orbit. Nov 2023
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“Sweetly fruited and beautifully fragrant with ripe plum, cherry, olive and roasted hazelnut aromas, it's succulent and supple in the mouth delivering elegant weight and silky flow. Rounded and soothing with a lingering delectable finish. At its best: now to 2026”
91/100
Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Nov 2022
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NEW VINTAGE COMING SOON: 'Made exactly like Sauternes', the 2016 vintage (5*) is a 3:1 blend of Sémillon and Sauvignon Blanc, matured for a year in oak barrels (50 per cent new). Amber-hued, with a strong botrytis influence, it has concentrated, ripe, peachy, honeyed flavours, abundant sweetness (125 grams/litre of residual sugar), finely balanced acidity, and a slightly oily richness. Lovely drinking now onwards. ***** Michael Cooper 2020
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“Bright, fresh nose, all the gooseberry, cut grass and nettle, you could ask for, fragant, hinting at exotic fruits (perhaps rock melon). Lovely texture, fine, mouthfilling, the palate echoing the nose, a little touch of fruit jelly reminding you of the ripe fruits, closing with citrussy lift keeping this fresh to the end. Very nice carry and length. Lots to enjoy. Excellent.”
Mark Henderson. ODT. January 2026
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‘“It's beautifully fruited and elegantly fragrant on the nose with peach, rockmelon, Nashi pear, and floral aromas. The palate is equally appealing with succulent fruit flavours, fleshy texture, and bright acidity, making it harmonious and lingering with delectable flavours. At its best: now to 2029.” 93/100 *****
Sam Kim. Wine Orbit. May 2026.
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Ready for this summer, the 2025 vintage (****) was made predominantly from Pinot Noir, estate-grown in the Wairau Valley. Pale pink, it is medium to full-bodied, with very good depth of peach, strawberry and watermelon flavours, fresh, delicate and vibrant, and a basically dry finish. ****
Michael Cooper November 2025
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‘‘Gorgeously fruited and elegantly complex, the wine shows grapefruit, apricot, oatmeal and cashew characters on the nose, leading to a wonderfully concentrated palate offering richly textured mouthfeel backed by bright acidity, finishing superbly long and delectable. A blend of 70% Sauvignon Blanc & 30% Semillon, matured in oak barrels for 11 months. At its best: now to 2031. ***** 95/100’’
Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, July 2022
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