Babich Riesling Marlborough NZ

Overview: A long and late ripening period of short sunny days and cold nights has enhanced the typically vibrant flavours of the Marlborough Region. Tasting Notes: A lifted and lively bouquet combining herbal/fennel aromas with gooseberry and bell pepper. The palate is sweet fruited and rich, flavours of gooseberry , pea and tropical fruit are apparent. The wine has good weight and a lingering yet crisp finish. Production Notes: After harvest the grapes were quickly crushed and pressed into stainless steel tanks where the juice was fermented at controlled cool temperatures to capture the intense varietal flavours. The wine was then blended and bottled. Recommended Cellaring: Best enjoyed while young. (6 x 75 cl)

Overview: The fruit of our two Marlborough vineyards were blended to produce this rich and flavoursome wine: Cowslip Valley , providing full, soft and luscious fruit weight, and Wakefield Downs , bringing strength and focus. Tasting Notes: A heady, sweet bouquet overflowing with gooseberry, pea and melon, a hint of thyme is also evident. The weighty palate exhibits a fruit salad of tropical flavours with nettles and spice on the lengthy finish. Recommended Cellaring: 1-3 years Production Notes: The grapes were harvested in April. The Awatere and a majority of the Waihopai juice was fermented in stainless steel tanks to capture the exuberant varietal character of the fruit. The balance of Waihopai juice was fermented in French oak barriques and lees stirred to contribute weight and complexity. The wine was blended in August. Grapes: 100% Sauvignon Blanc (6 x 75 cl)

Overview: The warm days and cool nights that Marlborough is well known for are ideal for the Pinot Noir grape. An early ripening variety, it benefits from the warm days, high sunshine hours and cool nights that develop intense flavour while maintaining balanced acidity in the fruit. Tasting Notes: An attractively rich bouquet redolent with cherry-spice and earthy notes is combined with a warm, soft palate full of intense berry fruit and a complex and lingering earthy-smokiness. Nicely balanced and very approachable. Production Notes : The grapes, a blend of five different clones, , were hand harvested in late March early April when physiologically ripe. They were then crushed into small open vats. After a period of cold soaking, 3-4 days, the must was inoculated and fermented at 28-30 degrees C. Frequent hand plunging over the initial ferment period ensured the gentle extraction of colour and tannin. At the completion of ferment the wine was run off into a blend of new and old French oak to undergo malo-lactic fermentation. The wine stayed on lees in barrel for 10 months. The separate batches were then assessed and blended. Recommended Cellaring: 1-4 years Grapes: 100% Pinot (6 x 75 cl)

Zippy, zesty with ripe gooseberry and lime flavours (12 x 75 cl)

Isabel Estate Dry Riesling Marlborough NZ from New Zealand, Marlborough by Isabel Estate Renwick Marlborough (12 x 75 cl)

A multi-layered aroma profile, which includes honey, fruit and flint all at the same time. As these vines gain age, more minerality and limestone hints are becoming apparent (12 x 75 cl)

Tasting Notes: A fruit-driven wine, aromas of apple and peach mingle with hints of orange blossom leading to a palate full of clean and fruity character. Lively and crisp the wine also displays a creamy texture, balance and pleasing length. Production Notes: The grapes were harvested in perfect condition in late March. Fermentation took place in stainless steel vats at cool temperatures to capture primary fruit aromas and freshness, there was no malo-lactic fermentation. Recommended Cellaring: 2-4 years (6 x 75 cl)

Pale colour and lovely vibrant, fleshy Riesling fruit. Superb balance and terrific finesse. (6 x 75 cl)

Vavasour Riesling is a pale straw colour. The nose shows lifted ginger and lime notes with a hint of floral aroma. The palate is full and luscious, and exhibits lime and mineral characters with rich stone fruit flavours on the finish. The style is rich (12 x 75 cl)