joy horn

9.0

Bought at Pine Orchard 10/21, $17. Typical yummy NZ SB. Crisp and dry. — 3 years ago

C E Long

9.0

2016 - Excellent — 5 years ago

Peter Foucher

9.5

Fresh Acidity & good length. Bright tropical fruits, stone fruit, honeysuckle, with a light minerality — 6 years ago

Kristin the Wine Girl

9.0

Tart appley yet petrolic nose. Smells like dancing through a rainy granny apple orchard on a crisp fall morning! Refreshing lemon delight! Beautiful forward astringency and minerality that lifts with slight sweetness just before finishing delicately and softly floral, a surprisingly whispered closure for such bright opener. Clean with delightful complexity.
Pairs beautifully with spicy poke, wasabied yellowtail sashimi, curried Indian cuisine... or with turkey dinner! — 7 years ago

Nancy Strother

9.6

Fun lunch at Elephant Hill winery in New Zealand. — 7 years ago

Keith Crump

9.0

A great Hawkes Bay drop — 8 years ago

Abbey

9.0

Yummy and delicious but not my favourite from elephant island — 8 years ago

joy horn

8.9

Bought at Pine Orchard, 12/20, $12. Crisp, but simple. Good basic, for the price. — 4 years ago

Keith Crump

8.9

Not a Rose but a full blown Tempranillo an echo or tribute to Spain 🇪🇸 — 5 years ago

Calvin

9.0

Slightly peppery — 6 years ago

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9.4

Luminous red. Aromas of wild strawberry, red cherry, cinnamon, vineyard peach, and pink flowers. A sweet explosion of floral red fruits and sweet spices follows through in the rich, suave mouth, firmed by a suggestion of orchard fruit pit. Penetrating and perfumed on the very sweet (240g/L r.s.) and very long finish. Remarkably well balanced (the extremely high but harmonious 9.8g/L total acidity allows this super-sweet to convey a very light on its feet quality), this wine from the beautiful but little-known island of Capraia off the Tuscan coast is an absolute knockout. Made from organically farmed grapes air-dried for 14 days. Will work equally well with a plum crumble or a chocolate cake. (Ian D'Agata, Vinous, October 2017) — 7 years ago

Andrew Lohse

9.2

Pure, lucid copper-gold. Pear, orange zest on the nose. Clean orchard fruit on the palate with some very slight grapefruit pith. Med to med+ acid. Excellent structure and some notable length. All around terrific bottle. — 7 years ago

Christine Marozick

9.0

Green pepper, orchard fruit, delicious and well balanced — 8 years ago

joy horn

9.0

Bought at Pine Orchard 6/20, $17. Good standard SB, nice and crisp. — 4 years ago

Jon Ebsworth

8.9

From Groucho club case, new world Syrah with old world character. Not quite hitting the heights for me but enjoyable. — 5 years ago

Christopher Dwan

10

This just makes me happy. Enjoying it so much. Almost the same way I enjoy a port. Just nice flavor and reminders of childhood. — 6 years ago

Lachlan Miles

9.3

Weird but wonderful! — 7 years ago

Christian McLeod

9.0

Straight up good wine. Lots of fruit - but not too much jam. — 7 years ago

with Thandi and Martin

Amer S. Ahmed

9.1

Love Croatian wine so much, such a diverse region. The server described this as sandy and minerally, a risky wine, and the chance was well worth it. Gooseberry, lemon, yellow flower on the nose, a bracing palate full with yellow orchard fruit, sea salt, and white stone. Long finish. A win — 8 years ago

David P

9.2

Lovely mix of fruit and spice. A nice mouthfeel and sculpted tannin structure. Full bodied enough to enjoy with New Zealand lamb! — 8 years ago