New Zealand

100% Pinot Noir from 12 hectare vineyard in Central Otago. Akitu are masters of New Zealand Pinot Noir producing just two wines. Akitu A2 is made from a certain amount of whole bunch pressing and aged in 12% new oak.

From the hastings area of hawkes Bay, this 100% Pinot Noir fruit from a 100ha site. A nose of juicy red fruit character is followed by a delicate, soft Pinot Palate.

The Cellar Selection Chardonnay has citrus and nectarine flavours backed up with sweet oak and lees stirred complexity. It is made in an early drinking style, but will comfortably cellar for the next 2-3 years.

This Pinot Noir very much a New World style with typically varietal black cherry aromas along with dark berry and cherry flavours, backed up with ripe, smooth tannins and a long finish. This is a food-friendly style that will benefit from cellaring for up to 6 years.

Staete Landt is a reference to the great Dutch explorer Abel Tasman. This is a wonderful, ripe, oily, fat example with gooseberry and passion fruit.

This is a really great value Sauvignon Blanc made by Graham Avery. This is a ripe and opulent Sauvignon Blanc with an outstanding gooseberry and passion fruit palate and keen acidity. Delicious.

This is a beautifully crafted and most delicious Chardonnay from a 52ha site in Marlborough. Wonderfully integrated fruit and wood on the nose with an excellent palate of unctuous citrus fruit and wood.

This is really wonderful full flavoured yet elegant viognier from Marlborough. A cool fermentation with 8 months on lees with honeyed peach notes on nose and palate. The best New World Viognier.

Ruud Masdaam and partner pursue the dream of excellent Marlborough wine. This is achieved with sweet fruit, rustic nuances and fine textures. Top drop.

The aim of Staete Landt is to produce wines of elegance and restraint with a nod to the Old World. This Syrah meets all those ambitions with fine black fruits on nose and palate and a gamey, rustic edge.