2011 "Phoebe" Pinot Gris $27.00 Order

Winemaker's Notes
Cool fermented in stainless steel tanks.

Taster's Notes
 Delicate fruity aroma and fresh crisp flavours of pear, apple and melon.  Good with antipasto, seafood, or spicy cuisine.

Smoky with a delicate floral nuance to the scent this is a fruity wine with hints of apricot then tropical fruit and melon. It's quite dry with a spicy zesty richness, an earthy undercurrent and a lightly honeyed texture and a lingering aftertaste of apricot and just ripe, late season pear.  Sue Courtney

Winemaker's Notes
Excellent ripe fruit was hand harvested from a Matakana vineyard, whole bunch pressed and cool fermented in new French and American oak barriques with extended lees contact for 6 months.

Winemaker's Notes
Made from Pinot Noir grapes hand picked in our Matakana vineyard.

This geranium coloured Rosé, made from the only Pinot Noir grapes in Matakana, has succulent flavours of cherries and strawberries.

Winemaker's Notes
Fruit from the home block was fermented in stainless steel and matured for 12 months in French oak barriques.

Savoury to the core with nutty oak and cherry fruit, this medium-bodied style has fine tannins and a lingering finish with a vinous complexity reminiscent of a Villages style from Burgundy.  Sue Courtney

Winemaker's Notes
Predominately Merlot with 12 months oak barrel treatment

Taster's Notes
This easy drinking red wine has a satisfying spicy, berry aroma with earthy, plummy flavours and soft rounded tannins

 Deep red colour. Savoury, leathery and tarry scent with chocolate coated berries coming through. In the mouth the flavours are of cedary oak and brambles with the juicy sweetness balanced by the savouriness. A soft supple wine with a dry, savoury disposition, a creamy texture and underlying grip to the tannins. Sue Courtney

Winemaker's Notes
Fermented in stainless steel and matured for 12 months in European oak barriques.

Taster's Notes
Deep, dark red in colour this wine has a savoury aroma with hints of spicy vanilla and rich plummy fruit cake flavours finishing with fine tannins.

Winemaker's Notes
100% Malbec. Matured for 12 months in French oak.

Taster's Notes
A vibrant aroma of violets and spices with rich, succulent flavours of black doris plums and dark berries balanced by a backbone of fine tannins.

Dark crimson red with a rich, bright, plummy aroma that hints also of rose hip and savoury nuances of earth, barnyard and leather - the fragrance os smooth, creamy and opulent in a cosy kind of way. Initially quite savoury to the taste with chicory and sweet vanillin oak welling through, concentrated blueberry fruit, a red liquorice brightness, firm yet svelte tannins and a very long finish with a fragrant musky infusion and classy French oak on the lingering finish.   Sue Courtney

Winemaker's Notes
The Cabernet Sauvignon grapes were hand harvested from our two small vineyards in Matakana. After crushing the must was fermented in open stainless steel tanks, with hand plunging every 4 hours. Post ferment an additional week of maceration preceded pressing then maturation in French and American oak barriques for a period of 15 months

Taster's Notes
This robust, stylish wine, has a delightful perfumed aroma with rich cassis flavours enhanced with a firm backbone of fruit and oak tannins.

"This wine is made to last forever and is already a fine example of what Matakana can produce in good vintages. Bold and intense in colour, it has vibrant black berry flavours with a rich texture and vegetal elements. This makes for an almost European style that is much admired by many. Put some in the cellar and you will be rewarded.."    TiZwine.com