Good to add variety to your wine flavour palette
www.trinityhill.com 2020 Pegasus Bay Maestro Merlot Malbec
Price RRP $67
Rating Outstanding
Delightful perfume soars from the glass, backed by earth, tobacco, humus, a core of sweet, ripe fruit. Sumptuous, luscious, fine tannins in perfect balance with the fruit depth. Ripe yet not ''sweet'', lovely energy and freshness with wonderful carry. Picks up a hint of chocolate, tannins now more evident, circling the palate. Flavours hang on the
finish. Really smart.
www.pegasusbay.com 2021 Saint Clair Plateau Block 17
Gimblett Gravels Cabernet Merlot
Price RRP $42
Rating Excellent to Outstanding
Plum, blueberry, darker, more brooding, a wisp of crushed leaf. Super depth of flavour, fine tannins underpinning it all, notes of blackcurrant and leaf fill the palate, ripe, engaging and attractively dry. The nose develops wonderful fragrance driven by leaf nuances, opening up beautifully, growing in power, yet remaining wonderfully
light on its feet. Super.
www.saintclair.co.nz 2023 Riverby Estate Single Vineyard Marlborough Syrah
Price RRP $28
Rating Excellent
Perfumed, sweetly fruited, spice, a wisp of toffee. Real juiciness to the fruit, freshly crushed summer berries, more medium-weighted, open for business with real drinkability, feeling ready to enjoy now. Air time brings a change as this gathers weight and depth, spice notes, a cooling feel to it, showing the more serious side of its
charms.
www.riverbyestate.com 2021 Pegasus Bay Cabernet Franc
Price RRP $38
Rating Excellent
Bolder, darker fruited, brooding yet fresh as it flirts with some crushed leaf, a touch of gunflint with air. Blackcurrant and dark plum notes, that darker side matched by wonderful freshness as the acidity gets into gear. Bright, juicy, crunchy vibrancy that just screams ''drink me''. Lovely, crisply fresh close with great carry. Another glass
please?
www.pegasusbay.com 2022 Trinity Hill Hawke's Bay Syrah
Price RRP $24.99
Rating Very Good to Excellent
Red fruits, fruit pastille that leans towards Turkish delight, spices. Youthful, fresh, a tangy zestiness reminding me of cranberry, picking up lead pencil influences on nose and palate with time, also an iron filings-like minerality, bright acidity adding to the freshness. Very easy drinkability, all about the refreshing
tanginess.
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