Winestate Magazine Annual 2017

MICHAEL COOPER’S BEST OF 2016 RELEASES new zealandThe Darling ½ Brightwater Coal Pit Tiwha Obsidian Waiheke Saint Clair PioneerMarlborough Vineyards Lord Central Otago Island Reserve Block 20 CashChardonnay Aurum Central Rutherford Pinot Noir The Mayor Block Marlborough2013 HHHHH Otago Pinot Noir Barrique Nelson 2014 HHHH1/2 2012 HHHH1/2 Sauvignon BlancCertified organic, 2014 HHHH1/2 Chardonnay This elegant red Delicious now, this is 2015 HHHH1/2this very elegant, Still very youthful, this 2013 HHHH1/2 was grown and a blend dominated by Highly scented, thistightly structured, deeply coloured red Still very youthful, hand-picked in the cabernet franc (36%), is a mouthfilling winesingle-vineyard wine was estate-grown at this fragrant, estate- Gibbston (principally) petit verdot (32%) and with penetrating, ripewas grown in the Lowburn, barrel-matured grown wine was and Bannockburn malbec (24%), with melon, capsicum andSouthern Valleys and for a year, and bottled hand-harvested sub-regions. Full, bright a splash of merlot. lime flavours. Slightlyhandled in seasoned unfined and unfiltered. and fermented and ruby, it is fragrant and Still youthful, it is a peachy and salty, it isoak casks. The Mouthfilling and supple, matured for over a supple, with strong, graceful, concentrated, very fresh, harmoniousbouquet is fragrant it has concentrated, ripe year in French oak ripe cherry and plum supple red, with strong and lingering. $27and complex; the plum, cherry and spice barriques (25% new). flavours, a hint of blackcurrant, plum Walnut Blockpalate weighty, with flavours, with finely Concentrated, with dried herbs, good and herb flavours, Nutcrackerpenetrating grapefruit integrated oak adding vibrant, peachy, complexity, and a finely seasoned with nutty Marlboroughand nut flavours, good complexity, and obvious citrusy, slightly biscuity textured finish. $42 (A) French oak and gentle Sauvignon Blancacid spine and a finely cellaring potential; open flavours, woven with Folding Hill Central tannins. Drink now or 2015 HHHH1/2poised, lasting finish. 2017+. Certified organic. fresh acidity, and Otago Pinot Noir cellar. $45 Certified organic,Best drinking 2017+. $35 (A) finely integrated oak, 2013 HHHH1/2 Obsidian Waiheke this weighty, finely$33 (A, US) Bald Hills Central it should be at its best Grown at Bendigo, this Island Syrah textured wine wasYealands Estate Otago Riesling mid-2016+. $40 mouthfilling, sweet- 2014 HHHH1/2 hand-harvested andSingle Vineyard 2015 HHHH1/2 Brightwater fruited, youthful red Dark and youthful, fermented partly withAwatere Valley Full of youthful impact, Vineyards Lord is built to last. Deep this mouthfilling red indigenous yeasts.Marlborough this is a medium style Rutherford ruby, it is weighty, has concentrated, Sweet-fruited, it isSauvignon Blanc of riesling (23 grams/ Nelson Pinot Gris with dense, ripe well-ripened plum, mouthfilling and dry,2015 HHHHH litre residual sugar) 2014 HHHH1/2 cherry, plum and spice spice and black pepper with excellent delicacyClassic Awatere with fresh lemon/ Finely textured, with a flavours, complex, flavours. Vibrant, with and depth of fresh,Valley style, intensely lime flavours, showing persistent finish, this is savoury and firm. Best good density and tropical fruit flavours,aromatic, with lovely good intensity and an instantly attractive drinking 2017+. $45 supple, fine-grained balanced acidity and adelicacy and depth of vigour, a lovely sugar/ wine. Hand-picked and Moutere Hills tannins, it’s well worth smooth finish. A verymelon, lime and green acid balance, and a made in a medium Sarau Reserve cellaring. $35 harmonious wine, it’scapsicum flavours, long finish. Already style (28 grams/litre Nelson Pinot Noir Saint Clair already delicious. $24very pure, vibrant and approachable, it’s a residual sugar), it is 2013 HHHH1/2 Marlborough (A, UK)lingering. A great buy. tightly structured wine, still fresh and youthful, Fragrant and full- Sauvignon Blanc Ataahua Waipara$23 (A, UK, US) well worth cellaring. $28 with concentrated, ripe coloured, this savoury, 2015 HHHH1/2 GewurztraminerThe Elder Bald Hills peach, pear and spice sweet-fruited red This flavour-packed, 2014 HHHH1/2Martinborough Single Vineyard flavours. Best drinking was hand-harvested, fine-value wine is Exotically perfumedPinot Noir Bannockburn mid-2016+. $30 matured for almost two from sites in the and mouthfilling,2014 HHHHH Central Otago Brightwater years in French oak lower Wairau Valley. this is a partly barrel-Fragrant and supple, Pinot Noir Vineyards Lord barriques, and bottled Mouthfilling, it is fermented wine (20%)this is a top year of 2014 HHHH1/2 Rutherford Nelson unfined and unfiltered. vibrantly fruity, with soft, rich flavours.this single-vineyard Showing excellent Sauvignon Blanc Drinking well now, with with strong melon, Peachy, spicy andred, grown at Te cellaring potential, this 2014 HHHH1/2 strong personality, it is passionfruit and lime slightly gingery, it isMuna. Deep ruby, it deeply coloured red This appetisingly crisp, full-bodied, ripe, plummy flavours, a slightly concentrated, withis mouthfilling and is mouthfilling, with mouthfilling wine and spicy, with excellent ‘salty’ streak, and good complexity,savoury, with a strong youthful vigour and has strong, ripely texture, complexity and excellent harmony and gentle sweetness andsurge of well-ripened strong, ripe cherry, herbaceous flavours, depth. $53 length. $22 (A, UK) a seductively smoothplum, cherry and spice plum, spice and nut showing a touch of Obsidian Waiheke Saint Clair Pioneer finish. $26flavours, showing good flavours. A stylish wine bottle-aged complexity. Island Reserve Block 3 43 Degrees Ataahua Waiparacomplexity, and a rich, with integrated oak Drinking well now Chardonnay Marlborough Rieslingfinely textured finish. and good complexity, but also ageworthy, it 2014 HHHH1/2 Sauvignon Blanc 2014 HHHH1/2Already delicious. $65 it should be at its best is sweet-fruited and Weighty and 2015 HHHH1/2 Already open and(A, UK) 2017+. $45 tightly structured, with concentrated, this Showing excellent expressive, with a lingering finish. $25 youthful wine has rich, depth, this is a very a fragrant, slightly (A, UK) ripe stonefruit flavours, aromatic, fresh and honeyed bouquet, this Church Road overlaid with biscuity, vibrant, intensely is a lush, gently sweet Hawke's Bay Pinot nutty oak (French, 40% varietal wine. style (19 grams/litre Gris 2015 HHHH1/2 new), and a creamy- Mouthfilling, sweet- residual sugar). Light This bargain-priced wine smooth texture. fruited and smooth, lemon/green, it is full- was estate-grown in the Powerful, with northern it has tropical fruit bodied, with strong, relatively cool, elevated warmth and roundness, flavours, a herbaceous peachy, citrusy and Matapiro district. A it should be at its best undercurrent, and a spicy flavours, hints powerful, Alsace-style mid-2016+. $45 dry, persistent finish. of passionfruit, ginger pinot gris (14.5% $27 (A) and honey, and good alc/vol), it is fleshy, complexity. $26 with concentrated, ripe, peachy, slightly spicy flavours, gentle sweetness and a rich, rounded finish. Delicious already. $20 Annual 2017 W I N E S TAT E 151

MICHAEL COOPER’S BEST OF 2016 RELEASES new zealandAurum Mathilde Brancott Estate Invivo Organic Pegasus Bay Prima Spy Valley EnvoyCentral Otago Letter Series ‘T’ Marlborough Donna Pinot Noir Johnson VineyardPinot Noir Marlborough Pinot Sauvignon Blanc 2012 HHHH1/2 Marlborough2013 HHHH1/2 Noir 2015 HHHH1/2 2015 HHHH1/2 Still youthful, this ChardonnaySturdy and built to Still very youthful, this This is a top buy. elegant, savoury 2014 HHHH1/2last, this mouthfilling, is a classy, vibrantly Grown at Renwick, in Waipara, North Elegant and youthful,savoury red was estate- fruity red, well worth the Wairau Valley, and Canterbury red is deep this tightly structuredgrown in the Cromwell cellaring to 2018+. 50% barrel-fermented, ruby, with vibrant wine was hand-picked,Basin. Full, bright ruby, Bright ruby, with a it has a freshly scented cherry/plum flavours, barrel-fermentedit has strong, ripe fragrant, ripe, cherryish bouquet, showing good a hint of dried herbs, and oak-aged for 15cherry, plum, spice and bouquet, it is full- complexity. Mouthfilling and excellent depth, months. Fragrant,nut flavours, showing bodied and supple, and tightly structured, it complexity and it has fresh,excellent complexity, with strong, ripe cherry has strong, ripe melon/ harmony. A classy, concentrated, peachy,and the structure to and plum flavours, lime flavours, enriched subtle, ‘feminine’ wine, slightly toasty andmature gracefully. savoury notes adding by subtle oak/lees it should be at its best creamy flavours, with aClearly a top vintage, it’s complexity, and a characters, and a long, 2017+. $90 (A, UK, US) minerally streak, gooda drink now or cellaring persistent finish. $33 dry, finely balanced acid spine and obviousproposition. $55 Brennan Gibbston finish. Drink now-2017. cellaring potential. BestAwaroa The Dan Central Otago $19 (A) drinking 2017+. $35 (A,Syrah Cabernet Pinot Noir Locharburn UK, US)Malbec 2012 HHHH1/2 Central Otago2014 HHHH1/2 Catalina Sounds This impressively Pinot Noir Rosé Spy ValleyDeeply coloured, Marlborough rich, complex wine 2015 HHHH1/2 Marlborough Pinotfragrant and very Sauvignon Blanc was estate-grown at This bright pink, Gris 2015 HHHH1/2youthful, this is 2015 HHHH1/2 Gibbston and matured attractively scented Richly fragrant, thisAwaroa’s first Tightly structured and in French oak casks wine was estate-grown mouthfilling winereserve blend of youthful, this richly (44% new). Full, bright and 15% fermented was hand-picked andsyrah (65%) and scented wine was ruby, it is mouthfilling in seasoned French fermented in smallcabernet sauvignon mostly handled in and savoury, with oak puncheons. Very oak vessels. Already(23%), with a splash tanks; 5% of the blend cherry, plum, spice and floral, vibrantly fruity and delicious, but alsoof malbec (12%). was barrel-fermented. dried herb flavours, smooth, with a strong worth cellaring, it’sMatured in all-new Mouthfilling, it is showing excellent surge of ripe, plummy an intensely varietalFrench oak barriques, crisp, with intense, concentration and flavours, woven with wine with rich, peachy,it is powerful, with vibrant melon, lime harmony. Drink now- fresh acidity, it’s full of spicy, slightly toastyconcentrated, ripe and capsicum flavours, 2018. $55 drink-young charm. $28 flavours, a sliver ofplum, blackcurrant showing a touch Fifth Bridge Nevis Bluff sweetness, and strongand spice flavours, of complexity, and Central Otago Vendanges Tardives personality. $22 (A,good tannin backbone, excellent delicacy and Pinot Noir 2014 Central Otago UK, US)and obvious cellaring length. $24 (A, UK, US) HHHH1/2 Pinot Gris 2014potential. $65 Awaroa Waiheke Already delicious, this (500ml) HHHH1/2 Saint Clair Stoneleigh Latitude Island Syrah floral, supple red was This floral, gently Pioneer Block 17 Marlborough Rosé 2014 HHHH1/2 French oak-aged for sweet wine was Plateau Hawke's 2015 HHHH1/2 This is a very nine months. Deep picked at Pisa, in Bay Malbec Already delicious, this harmonious red, ruby, it is full-bodied, the Cromwell Basin, 2014 HHHH1/2 inviting, pale pink rosé hand-picked and savoury and generous, six weeks after the Instantly attractive, was grown at Rapaura, matured for a year in with strong, ripe main harvest. Bright, this deeply coloured in the Wairau Valley. French oak barriques. cherry, plum and spice light lemon/green, red was matured in Floral, full-bodied and Full-coloured, with flavours, fine-grained it is weighty, with French oak casks smooth, it has fresh a fragrant, clearly tannins and good vibrant, peachy, spicy (30% new). Fragrant, strawberry, spice varietal bouquet, it is complexity. Great flavours, hints of pears rich and supple, it and apricot flavours, mouthfilling, ripe and value. (From Ceres and ginger, a slightly is sweet-fruited and showing excellent smooth, with strong Wines.) $28 oily texture, and vibrantly fruity, with delicacy and depth, plum/spice flavours, a Georges Road excellent richness and gentle tannins and and a dryish, finely hint of dark chocolate, Williams Hill smoothness. $35 (A) concentrated, ripe, balanced, long finish. and a long, well- Waipara Pinot Noir Pegasus Bay plummy flavours. $38 $23 rounded finish. Best 2014 HHHH1/2 Aria Late Picked Tohu Hemi Reserve drinking 2018+. $38 Still very youthful, this Riesling 2014 Marlborough is a mouthfilling, fruit- (375ml) HHHH1/2 Chardonnay packed, single-vineyard From ‘a great botrytis 2014 HHHH1/2 red, matured for over year’, this sweet but not This rare wine was a year in French oak super-sweet Waipara, hand-picked from young, casks (20% new). North Canterbury wine estate-grown vines in Deeply coloured, it is bright, light lemon/ the Awatere Valley and has concentrated, green, with a honeyed, handled in old French ripe, plummy, spicy complex bouquet. Finely oak barriques. Pale flavours, a hint of dried poised, it is medium- yellow, it is mouthfilling, herbs, fine-grained bodied, with fresh, sweet-fruited and tannins and obvious citrusy, peachy, honeyed harmonious, with potential. Best drinking flavours, concentrated very generous, ripe, 2018+. $34 and long. Drink now or peachy flavours, slightly cellar. $39 (A, UK) biscuity and buttery, good complexity, and a lingering finish. It’s already delicious. $35152 W I N E S TAT E Annual 2017

MICHAEL COOPER’S BEST OF 2016 RELEASES new zealandTohu Limited Trinity Hill Gimblett Villa Maria Cellar Ballasalla Central Vidal Reserve Villa MariaRelease Raiha Gravels Tempranillo Selection Hawke's Otago Pinot Noir Hawke’s Bay Cellar SelectionReserve Noble 2014 HHHH1/2 Bay Arneis 2014 HHHH1/2 Merlot Cabernet MarlboroughRiesling 2014 This powerful, 2015 HHHH1/2 This fruit-packed, Sauvignon Chardonnay(375ml) HHHH1/2 ageworthy red was This powerful, youthful single-vineyard Bendigo 2014 HHHH1/2 2015 HHHH1/2Delicious young, this barrique-aged for 16 wine is lemon-scented, red was matured for Bargain-priced, this A great buy. Grownamber-hued, Awatere months. Dark and with substantial body 10 months in French full-bodied, savoury in the Wairau andValley dessert wine fragrant, it is full- (14.5% alc/vol) and oak barriques (20% Gimblett Gravels red Awatere valleys,is a strongly botrytis- bodied, with generous, a strong surge of new). Deep ruby, it has was matured for 20 this wine was partlyaffected style. It has ripe, blackcurrant- peachy, citrusy, slightly strong, vibrant, plum/ months in French oak hand-harvested,a richly honeyed like flavours to the spicy flavours, showing spice flavours to the barriques. Deep and fully fermented inbouquet, moderate fore, hints of plums a touch of complexity. fore, a subtle seasoning youthful in colour, it is barriques (10% new),acidity, and vibrant and spices, a gentle Vibrantly fruity, with of oak adding fragrant and generous, and barrel-maturedpeach, apricot and seasoning of oak, and fresh acidity and a dry complexity, gentle with rich, ripe plum for eight months. Ahoney flavours, sweet good complexity. Best finish, it’s a distinctive tannins and loads of and blackcurrant classy young wine,and concentrated. $28 drinking 2018+. $35 wine, well worth drink-young appeal. flavours, a hint of dark it is very fresh andTohu Mugwi Two Degrees cellaring. $20 Good value. $32 chocolate, a subtle elegant, with goodReserve Central Otago Villa Maria Cellar Bannock Brae seasoning of spicy intensity of grapefruit-Marlborough Pinot Noir Selection Hawke's Goldfields Central oak, and good tannin like flavours, gentleSauvignon Blanc 2014 HHHH1/2 Bay Syrah Otago Pinot Noir backbone. Enjoyable mealy notes and a2014 HHHH1/2 This elegant, 2014 HHHH1/2 2014 HHHH1/2 now, it should mature subtle seasoning ofExcellent now, this youthful red is from Densely coloured, Already delicious, this gracefully for several oak adding complexity,estate-grown, upper a single vineyard at this mouthfilling, floral, savoury red years. $20 and excellent vibrancy,Awatere Valley wine Queensberry, in the flavour-packed red is fine value. Grown Vidal Reserve poise and depth.was fermented Cromwell Basin. Bright is still youthful. at Bannockburn Gimblett Gravels $18 (UK)with indigenous ruby, it is fragrant Refined, it has ripe and matured for 10 Hawke’s Bay Syrah Zephyryeasts in old French and full-bodied, with blackcurrant, plum and months in French oak 2014 HHHH1/2 Marlboroughoak barriques. vibrant, ripe cherry, black pepper flavours, casks (15% new), Priced sharply, this GewurztraminerThe bouquet is plum and spice well-integrated oak, it is fragrant and estate-grown red 2015 HHHH1/2complex; the palate flavours, woven fine-grained tannins mouthfilling, with was matured for 15 Richly perfumed, thismouthfilling, with with fresh acidity, and a long, spicy finish. strong, youthful plum, months in French youthful wine wasbalanced acidity and savoury notes adding Well worth cellaring, cherry and spice oak barriques (20 per estate-grown in thestrong, ripe, non- complexity and a finely it offers great value. flavours, showing cent new). Deeply lower Wairau Valleyherbaceous flavours, poised finish. Best $25 good complexity, and a coloured, it has a and mostly tank-savoury and lingering. drinking 2018+. $38 (A) Waiheke Road persistent finish. Drink complex bouquet, fermented; 5% was$30 Two Rivers Juliet Waiheke now or cellar. $30 (A) leading into a rich, handled in old oak.Trinity Hill Marlborough Island Reserve Te Awa Single youthful, well- Light lemon/green, itGimblett Gravels Riesling Chardonnay Estate Hawke’s Bay structured palate is sturdy (14.5% alc/Chardonnay 2015 HHHH1/2 2014 HHHH1/2 Chardonnay with fresh acidity and vol) and smooth, with2014 HHHH1/2 Showing strong Refined, youthful 2015 HHHH1/2 vibrant plum, spice, ripe pear, lychee andThis tightly structured, personality, this tangy, wine, with a fragrant, Refined and subtle, black pepper and spice flavours, showingyouthful wine was gently sweet wine slightly creamy and this is a mouthfilling, nut flavours, finely excellent delicacy andfermented and is from 20 year-old biscuity bouquet. Full- sweet-fruited wine with textured and lingering. depth. A powerful,matured for 10 vines in the upper bodied, with strong, obvious potential. It has An obvious candidate harmonious wine withmonths in French Wairau Valley. It has ripe grapefruit and delicious, ripe peach for cellaring, it should a touch of complexity,oak puncheons. The good intensity of ripe, peach flavours, mealy and grapefruit flavours, be at its best 2018+. it shows strongbouquet is fragrant peachy, slightly spicy and toasty notes showing excellent $25 (A, UK) personality. $24 (A, UK)and complex; the flavours, a minerally adding complexity, and delicacy and depth, Villa Maria Cellar Crossroadspalate mouthfilling, streak, firm acid spine a finely balanced, long finely integrated oak Selection Hawke’s Winemakerswith fresh, ripe peach, and lots of early- finish. Best drinking and lovely poise and Bay Viognier Collectionmelon and grapefruit drinking charm. Drink 2018+. (From Awaroa harmony. Best drinking 2015 HHHH1/2 Gimblett Gravelsflavours, biscuity, now or cellar. $25 (UK) Vineyard.) $38 mid-2017+. $30 Is this the country’s Hawke’s Bay Syrahmealy notes adding Villa Maria Cellar Wooing Tree The Landing Bay of best value viognier? 2014 HHHH1/2richness, and a long, Selection Gisborne Central Otago Islands Syrah Partly hand-harvested, Sturdy, youthful, clearlyfinely balanced finish. Albariño Pinot Noir 2013 HHHH1/2 it was fermented, varietal red, grown inBest drinking 2017+. 2015 HHHH1/2 2012 HHHH1/2 This stylish Northland with some use of the Elms Vineyard.$35 (A, UK) Showing strong Still youthful, this deep red was estate-grown indigenous yeasts, Concentrated plumTrinity Hill Gimblett personality, this bright, ruby red is a single- at a coastal vineyard in barrels (60%) and and spice flavours,Gravels Syrah light lemon/green vineyard Cromwell and matured for 18 tanks (40%). Powerful, seasoned with nutty2014 HHHH1/2 wine was mostly wine, matured for 10 months in French oak sturdy (14.5% alc/ oak, earthy notesThis stylish, youthful handled in tanks; a months in French oak barriques (30% new). vol) and fleshy, it has adding complexity, andred is a blend of syrah small percentage was (33% new). Sturdy and Fragrant, with dark, gentle acidity, with a good tannin backbone.(97%) and viognier barrel-fermented with sweet-fruited, with rich youthful colour, it has strong surge of fresh, Best drinking 2018+.(3%). Dark and fragrant, indigenous yeasts. Full- plum/cherry flavours, deep, vibrant plum, peachy, slightly spicy $40 (A, UK)it is a medium to full- bodied, crisp and dry, savoury notes adding spice and nut flavours, flavours, showingbodied, vibrantly fruity, it has strong, vibrant, complexity and good fine-grained tannins, excellent ripenessintensely varietal wine peachy, spicy flavours, tannin backbone, it’s and excellent ripeness, and richness, and awith strong, ripe plum, showing excellent a well-structured red, varietal definition and fully dry, well-roundedspice and black pepper poise, delicacy and maturing gracefully. harmony. Best drinking finish. Best drinkingflavours, savoury notes depth. Drink now or Drink now-2018. $48 (A) 2018+. Fine value. $28 2017+. $18adding complexity and cellar. $26good cellaring potential.Best drinking 2018+.$35 (A, UK, US) Annual 2017 W I N E S TAT E 153

MICHAEL COOPER’S BEST OF 2016 RELEASES new zealandGreystone Sand Maude Central Spy Valley Envoy Ataahua Waipara Invivo Marlborough Two Rivers ofDollar Waipara Otago Pinot Noir Outpost Vineyard Chardonnay Sauvignon Blanc MarlboroughPinot Gris 2015 HHHH1/2 Marlborough Pinot 2015 HHHH1/2 2016 HHHH1/2 Convergence2015 HHHH1/2 Floral, finely textured Noir 2014 HHHH1/2 Fragrant, with a slightly Punchy and intensely Sauvignon BlancFragrant, fleshy, wine harvested From hill-grown vines buttery bouquet, this varietal in its youth, 2016 HHHH1/2basically dry style (4 from sites including in the Omaka Valley, is a high-flavoured, this is a medium This classy wine isgrams/litre residual the home vineyard this youthful wine sweet-fruited wine, to full-bodied wine from five sites, in thesugar), mostly lees- at Wanaka and was hand-picked, barrel-fermented with incisive melon, Awatere and Southernaged in tanks, but matured for 10 fermented with and given a full, gooseberry, capsicum Valleys and at Rapaura,10% of the blend months in French indigenous yeasts softening malolactic and lime flavours, dry, in the Wairau Valley.was fermented with oak barriques (30%). and barrel-aged for fermentation. appetisingly crisp and Fresh and sweet-indigenous yeasts in Instantly appealing, 16 months. Showing Mouthfilling, with lasting. $20 (A, fruited, it has strong,old French oak barrels. sweet-fruited red excellent complexity, it generous, peachy, UK, US) vibrant melon, limeMouthfilling and richly with concentrated is full-bodied, with ripe slightly spicy and mealy Leveret Estate and green capsicumvarietal, it has pure, cherry, plum and cherry, plum and nut flavours, a hint of Reserve Hawke's flavours, a slightlydelicate peach, pear spice flavours, well- flavours, complex and butterscotch and good Bay Chardonnay salty streak, a touch ofand lychee flavours integrated oak, supple savoury, and a firmly complexity, it is well 2014 HHHH1/2 complexity, and a finelyto the fore, hints of tannins and a long, structured finish. Open worth cellaring, but This elegant, still balanced, persistentginger and spice, and harmonious finish. $32 2018+. $55 (UK) already delicious. $30 youthful wine was finish. $24 (UK, US)a poised, long, very (A, UK, US) The Elder Ataahua estate-grown atharmonious finish. Saint Clair Pioneer Martinborough Waipara Rosé cool inland sites and Drink now or cellar. Block 12 Lone Pinot Gris 2015 HHHH1/2 barrel-fermented.$29 (A, US) Gum Marlborough 2015 HHHH1/2 ‘Serious’ but delicious, Light lemon/green, Aurum CentralMatawhero Gewurztraminer Distinctive, youthful, this estate-grown it is mouthfilling Otago ChardonnayChurch House 2015 HHHH1/2 single-vineyard wine, wine was made from and finely poised, 2014 HHHHBarrel Fermented Attractively perfumed, tank-fermented pinot noir grapes. Pale with concentrated, Already drinking well,Chardonnay this softly seductive with indigenous pink, it is full-bodied, grapefruit-like flavours, this creamy-textured2015 HHHH1/2 wine is already yeasts and lees- with excellent depth slightly smoky and wine was fermentedGenerous, ‘upfront’ delicious. Grown in aged for six months of fresh strawberry, toasty notes adding with indigenousstyle, already offering the Omaka Valley, it in old barriques. peach, spice and complexity, and a yeasts and barrel-a lot of pleasure, is fleshy and smooth, Mouthfilling, with apricot flavours, a sliver long, tightly structured aged for 16 months.but worth cellaring. with concentrated, vibrant, pure lychee, of sweetness, gentle finish. Best drinking Light lemon/green, itFull-bodied and sweet- peachy, spicy flavours, pear and spice tannins and plenty of 2017+. $30 has strong, citrusy,fruited, with a hint of a slightly oily texture flavours, showing personality. $26 Rockburn Central appley, slightly peachybutterscotch and ripe, and a gently sweet excellent delicacy and Catalina Sounds Otago Pinot Noir flavours, showing goodpeachy, slightly creamy (16 grams/litre residual depth, a very subtle Sound of White 2015 HHHH1/2 complexity, balancedand toasty flavours, sugar), rich finish. $27 oak influence, and a Marlborough Floral and finely acidity, and a rounded,showing excellent Spy Valley Echelon dry, lingering finish. Sauvignon Blanc textured, this is a lingering finish. Bestvigour and richness. $26 Marlborough $45 (A, UK) 2015 HHHH1/2 mouthfilling, supple, 2016-17. $45Matawhero Church Methode Tiki Estate Complex, very youthful fruit-packed red. Deep Aurum CentralHouse Gisborne Traditionnelle Marlborough wine, hand-picked ruby, with strong Otago Pinot GrisChenin Blanc 2011 HHHH1/2 Pinot Noir Rosé and barrel-fermented. cherry, plum and herb Rosé 2015 HHHH2015 HHHH1/2 Elegant blend of 2015 HHHH1/2 Light lemon/green, flavours, it is very Delicious young, thisFresh, medium-bodied, pinot noir (59%) and Instantly appealing, with mouthfilling body harmonious, with very pale pink wine isfinely balanced wine, chardonnay (41%), very floral and and concentrated, ripe plenty of drink-young attractively scented andenjoyable from the disgorged after three charming rosé, fresh grapefruit/lime flavours, appeal, but also good mouthfilling, with strongstart. Clearly varietal, and a half years on and vibrantly fruity. seasoned with nutty potential. Best drinking strawberry, peach andwith vibrant, peachy, its yeast lees. Tightly Salmon pink, with oak. Tightly structured, 2018+. $50 spice flavours and a fullyslightly sweet flavours, structured, very crisp good body and strong with excellent vigour, Soho Havana dry, well-rounded finish.lively acidity, and and lively, with good yet delicate plum, depth and potential. Marlborough Pinot Certified organic. $26 (A)impressive poise and intensity of citrusy, strawberry and spice $31 (A) Noir 2015 HHHH1/2 Bald Hills Centraldepth. Best drinking yeasty, slightly nutty flavours, smooth and Domain Road This elegant, Otago Pinot Gris2018+. $26 flavours, dry and vivacious. $23 Bannockburn ageworthy red is full- 2015 HHHH persistent. $37 Akitu A1 Central Central Otago coloured, mouthfilling This fleshy, weighty Spy Valley Envoy Otago Pinot Noir Pinot Noir and generous, with wine is very fresh and Johnson Vineyard 2015 HHHH1/2 2013 HHHH1/2 ripe, sweet-fruit vibrant, with strong Marlborough Pinot Estate-grown at Built to last, this is characters. Tightly peach, lychee, pear Noir 2014 HHHH1/2 Wanaka, this bright, a tightly structured structured, it is finely and spice flavours, Mouthfilling, ripely ruby-hued red was red, with full, youthful balanced, with rich, showing good delicacy flavoured, savoury red, matured for 10 colour and a fragrant youthful plum/spice and purity, and a dryish estate-grown in the months in oak barrels bouquet, suggestive flavours, a hint of finish. Best drinking Waihopai Valley and (25% new). Fresh, of spices and dried dried herbs, and good mid-2016+. $28 French oak-aged for savoury and supple, herbs. Concentrated, complexity. Best 16 months. Slightly it has generous, ripe it has plummy, nutty drinking 2018+. $38 (A, ‘masculine’ style, with cherry, plum and spice flavours, complex UK, US) good tannin backbone flavours, showing and savoury, and a and strong plum, nut good complexity. persistent finish. $40 and spice flavours, Finely textured and (A, UK) showing excellent youthful, it’s well complexity. Built to worth cellaring. $60 (A, last; best drinking UK, US) 2018+. $55 (A, US)154 W I N E S TAT E Annual 2017

MICHAEL COOPER’S BEST OF 2016 RELEASES new zealandBald Hills Church Road Obsidian Waiheke Saint Clair Aronui Nelson Catalina SoundsSingle Vineyard Hawke's Bay Rosé Island Rosé Vicar’s Choice Chardonnay Marlborough PinotBannockburn 2015 HHHH 2015 HHHH Marlborough 2014 HHHH Gris 2015 HHHHCentral Otago Delicious young, this This is a ‘serious’ style Sauvignon Blanc Youthful, creamy- This distinctive,Pinot Noir pink/pale red wine of rosé – full-bodied 2015 HHHH textured wine, single-vineyard wine2013 HHHH was blended from and dry. Merlot-based, Drinking well from hand-picked and was hand-picked andThis ageworthy red merlot, syrah, cabernet with a pink/pale red the start, this is an French oak-fermented. 20% barrel-fermented.is deep ruby and sauvignon and malbec. hue, it is fleshy and aromatic, freshly Mouthfilling, it shows Made in a dry style,mouthfilling, with Mouthfilling, it has vibrantly fruity, with herbaceous wine good complexity, it is full-bodied, withstrong plum/spice strong red berry/plum finely balanced acidity with good intensity with ripe, peachy, concentrated, ripeflavours, earthy, flavours, with hints and generous, ripe of melon and green slightly toasty flavours, peach, pear and spicesavoury, nutty notes of strawberries and flavours of berries and capsicum flavours, balanced acidity and flavours, oak and lees-adding complexity, spices, and excellent spices. $27 a slightly minerally excellent depth and aging notes adding aand a firmly structured freshness, delicacy Renato Nelson streak and a crisp, dry, harmony. Drink now touch of complexity,finish. Best drinking and depth. $20 Sauvignon Blanc lingering finish. Fine or cellar. (From Kono and a finely balanced2017+. $45 Church Road 2015 HHHH value. $19 (A) Beverages.) $28 finish. Drink now orBrightwater Hawke's Bay Enjoyable from the Terra Sancta Ataahua Waipara cellar. $25 (A)Vineyards Nelson Sauvignon Blanc start, this is a fleshy, Mysterious Chardonnay Ceres CompositionPinot Noir 2015 HHHH ripe style of sauvignon Diggings 2014 HHHH Central Otago2014 HHHH This full-bodied, dry blanc. Mouthfilling, it Bannockburn Drinking well from Pinot GrisAlready delicious, wine was estate-grown has generous, tropical Central Otago now onwards, this 2014 HHHHthis deep ruby red is in the cool, elevated fruit flavours, with a Pinot Gris barrel-fermented wine Drinking well now,fragrant and supple, Matapiro district. hint of passionfruit, and 2015 HHHH has a fresh, fragrant, this is a mouthfilling,with fresh, generous Vibrantly fruity, it is a well-rounded, dry, Estate-grown and slightly buttery fleshy Bannockburncherry, plum and spice a ripely herbaceous lingering finish. $18 hand-harvested, this bouquet. Mouthfilling, wine with strong, ripeflavours. Matured in style with passionfruit, Ruru Central Otago attractively scented it is rich and rounded, peach, lychee and pearFrench oak barriques, peach and lime Rosé 2015 HHHH wine is fleshy and with generous, peachy flavours, gentle acidityit’s full of charm, with flavours, balanced This pale pink, vibrantly fruity, with flavours, showing very and a slightly spicy, off-some aging potential. acidity and good delicious summer fresh pear, lychee and good complexity and dry, smooth finish. $28$25 (A) intensity. Drink now- wine was made from spice flavours, slightly length. $30 Crowded HouseBrightwater 2017. $20 pinot noir, grown at peachy and spicy notes, Ataahua Waipara MarlboroughVineyards Nelson Invivo Michelle’s Alexandra. Very fresh gentle acidity and a Pinot Noir Sauvignon BlancSauvignon Blanc Central Otago and vibrant, it has dryish, smooth finish. 2013 HHHH 2015 HHHH2015 HHHH Pinot Noir strawberry, peach and It’s an excellent, all- This is an elegant, ruby Delicious in itsYouthful, crisp and 2014 HHHH slight apricot flavours, purpose wine. $23 (A) hued wine, mouthfilling youth, this is atightly structured, Drinking well in its a sliver of sweetness 8 Ranges Tussock and supple, with tangy, punchy winethis is a full-bodied youth, this fleshy, and appetising acidity. Ridge Central ripe cherry, plum with melon, greenwine with generous supple red was grown Full of charm. $22 Otago Pinot Rosé and spice flavours, a capsicum and limepassionfruit and lime at Bannockburn. Sacred Hill Halo 2015 HHHH gentle seasoning of flavours, very freshflavours, very fresh and Full, bright ruby, it is Hawke's Bay Syrah Delicious young, this nutty oak, and a finely and strong.punchy. $20 (A, attractively scented, 2014 HHHH bright, light pink wine poised, lingering finish. $20 (A, UK, US)UK, US) with mouthfilling body, This deeply coloured was estate-grown Vibrantly fruity, with Esk Valley GimblettByrne Northland very ripe cherry, plum red was hand-picked and hand-picked at good harmony, it’s a Gravels VerdelhoRosé 2015 HHHH and spice flavours, a and barrel-aged. Alexandra. Mouthfilling, drink now or cellaring 2015 HHHHFull of flavour and hint of licorice, and A mouthfilling, it is very finely proposition. $37 Fleshy, with strong,interest, this pink-hued good complexity. A generous wine, it has balanced, with vibrant Brennan B2 Central ripe, tropical fruitwine was made from powerful wine, it’s a concentrated plum, watermelon and Otago Pinot Noir flavours to the fore,syrah. Mouthfilling, it drink-now or cellaring pepper and spice strawberry flavours, 2014 HHHH this pale lemon/greenis buoyantly fruity, with proposition. $40 (A, UK) flavours, in a clearly hints of peaches and Estate-grown at wine was partly (40%)strong strawberry and Morepork Vineyard varietal style with spices, and good Gibbston, this deep barrel-fermented.spice flavours and a Northland Pinot gentle tannins and freshness, delicacy and ruby wine has a Vibrantly fruity, it isdryish finish. A good Noir 2015 HHHH lots of drink-young depth. $25 fragrant bouquet of mouthfilling and finely‘food’ wine. $22 From a small, single- appeal. $30 Akarua Rua Central plums and dried herbs. balanced, with freshChurch Road variety vineyard, this Saint Clair Pioneer Otago Pinot Noir It is full-bodied and acidity and a smooth,Hawke's Bay full-bodied wine has Block 25 Point 2015 HHHH supple, with generous, dryish finish. Drink nowChardonnay ripe pear, lychee and Five Marlborough Designed for early ripe fruit flavours, a or cellar. $202015 HHHH spice flavours, showing Sauvignon Blanc drinking, this delicious gentle seasoning of Esk Valley Hawke'sOffering fine value, excellent vibrancy, 2015 HHHH pinot noir was matured French oak (27% new) Bay Syrahthis youthful wine delicacy and depth. Grown in the lower for six months in adding complexity, and 2014 HHHHis mouthfilling and Finely poised, with a Wairau Valley at 0.5 French oak barriques a well-rounded finish. Grown in thesmooth, with ripe dryish, well-rounded metres above sea level (10% new). Full, bright Drink now or cellar. $31 Gimblett Gravels,stonefruit flavours, finish, it should be at its (hence the ‘Point Five’ ruby, it is mouthfilling this is a youthful,slightly toasty and best mid-2016+. $24 in the name), this is and buoyantly fruity, deeply colouredbuttery, and good a mouthfilling, rich, with fresh, strong red. Mouthfillingcomplexity, depth vibrant wine with fresh, plum/cherry flavours, and smooth, withand harmony. It’s still concentrated melon/ spicy and nutty notes gentle tannins, it hasunfolding; drink now or capsicum flavours, adding complexity, strong, ripe plum/cellar. $20 already very open and and a smooth, finely spice flavours, with expressive. $27 textured finish. $28 (A) hints of dark chocolate and toasty oak, and a well-spiced finish. Best drinking mid-2017+. $25 Annual 2017 W I N E S TAT E 155

MICHAEL COOPER’S BEST OF 2016 RELEASES new zealandJohanneshof Loveblock Marsden Bay of Saint Clair Tohu Rewa Reserve Waiheke RoadCellars Marlborough Sweet Islands Pinotage Gimblett Gravels Marlborough Blanc MarlboroughMarlborough Pinot Moscato 2014 2014 HHHH Hawke's Bay Syrah de Blancs Sauvignon BlancGris 2015 HHHH (500ml) HHHH You could easily 2014 HHHH 2013 HHHH 2014 HHHHFreshly scented, Estate-grown in the mistake this for a Finely balanced for This fresh, elegant This bright lemon/this medium to full- Awatere Valley, this Rhone red. Full- early consumption, but sparkling, from green wine hasbodied wine has ripe, full-bodied (13.5% alc/ coloured, it is weighty also worth cellaring, chardonnay grapes a fragrant, ripelypeachy, distinctly spicy vol), sweet but not and warm, with strong, this estate-grown, grown at Rapaura, herbaceous bouquet,flavours. Showing super-sweet wine was plummy, spicy flavours, single-vineyard red is was disgorged after showing bottle-good concentration, fortified with grain ripe tannins and some full-coloured, with a 20 months on its yeast aged complexity.with a distinct splash alcohol, ‘in true Muscat savoury complexity. perfumed bouquet, lees. Pale lemon/ Mouthfilling, it isof sweetness (16.8 de Beaumes-de-Venise Drink now or cellar. $32 strong plum and black green, it is refined and full-flavoured andgrams/litre residual style’. Light lemon/ Misty Cove Ella pepper flavours, gentle poised, with citrusy, sweet-fruited, withsugar) and a smooth green, it is invitingly Maria Marlborough tannins, and excellent appley flavours, slightly generous tropicalfinish, it’s already perfumed, with fresh, Sauvignon Blanc harmony. $27 (UK) yeasty and nutty, and fruit and herbaceousdrinking well. $28 pure muscat aromas 2014 HHHH Spy Valley very good delicacy and characters. It’s and strong, vibrant Showing considerable Marlborough length. $34 drinking well now.Johanneshof peach, lemon, orange complexity, this wine Sauvignon Blanc Tohu Single (From AwaroaCellars and grape flavours. A was estate-grown at 2015 HHHH Vineyard Vineyard.) $26Marlborough highly distinctive wine, Rapaura, hand-picked Fresh and punchy, Marlborough Walnut BlockRiesling in NZ terms. $30 and fermented and this partly barrel- Sauvignon Blanc Nutcracker2015 HHHH Marsden Bay matured for 10 months fermented wine has 2015 HHHH Marlborough PinotThis is a full-bodied of Islands in French oak casks ripe, passionfruit/lime This lively, aromatic Noir 2014 HHHHstyle of riesling, with Gewurztraminer (20% new). Mouthfilling, flavours to the fore, a wine was estate-grown Certified organic,strong, citrusy, peachy 2015 HHHH it has strong, lively, herbal undercurrent, in the upper Awatere this ruby hued redflavours, a gentle Who says you tropical fruit flavours, and a crisp, dry finish. Valley. Mouthfilling, is mouthfilling andsplash of sweetness can’t make good seasoned with toasty Still youthful, with a it has fresh, ripely savoury, it is youthful,(15 grams/litre residual gewurztraminer in oak, and firm acid spine. touch of complexity, herbaceous flavours, with strong, ripesugar) and appetising the north? Grown at Drink now-2017. $30 (A, it has good intensity showing good intensity, plum, spice and nutacidity. Finely balanced, Mangawhai, this pale UK, US) and vigour. $18 (A, and a finely balanced, flavours, showingwith a touch of straw, faintly pink Misty Cove UK, US) dry, tangy finish. $20 good complexity, and acomplexity, it’s already wine has a spicy, Marlborough Saint Clair Pioneer (A, UK, US) fragrant bouquet. Bestdrinking well. $25 gingery bouquet. Riesling Block 9 Big John Vidal Reserve drinking 2017+. $40 Mouthfilling, it is 2015 HHHH Marlborough Hawke's Bay (A, UK)Moutere Hills gently sweet, with This fleshy, full- Riesling Chardonnay Wooing Tree BeetleNelson Chardonnay strong, peachy, spicy, bodied ‘Signature’ 2014 HHHH 2015 HHHH Juice Central2014 HHHH vaguely honeyed riesling was hand- Still very youthful, Fragrant, smoky Otago Pinot NoirSturdy and flavours, ripe and picked at Rapaura this gently sweet bouquet. Mouthfilling 2014 HHHHconcentrated, this fresh, and a long, and lees-aged for (53.6 grams/litre and sweet-fruited, with Delicious youngpowerful, estate- well-spiced finish. 16 weeks. It has residual sugar), slightly strong, ripe, peachy but still unfolding,grown wine was Drink now-2017. $29 generous, ripe minerally wine is fresh flavours, French oak this single-vineyardhand-picked and grapefruit/lime and light-bodied (8.5% complexity and a dry, Cromwell red wasFrench oak-fermented. flavours, with a hint alc/vol), with vibrant, lengthy finish. Still French oak-aged forBright, light yellow/ of honey, gentle citrusy, appley, peachy youthful; best drinking eight months (27%green, it is mouthfilling, sweetness and flavours, showing very mid-2017+. $20 new). Deep ruby, it iswith generous, ripe, balanced acidity. good delicacy and Vidal Reserve mouthfilling, sweet-stonefruit flavours, Already enjoyable, depth. It should be at Marlborough Pinot fruited and smooth,toasty and buttery notes it’s a drink now or its best 2018+. $27 Noir 2014 HHHH with strong plum/spiceadding complexity, and cellaring proposition. The Fifth Innings Delicious now, but still flavours, gentle tanninslots of current-drinking $24 (A, UK, US) Marlborough Pinot unfolding, this bright and good complexity.appeal. $34 Saint Clair Hawke's Noir 2014 HHHH ruby, floral, supple $28 (A, UK) Bay Malbec This sturdy red was red was matured for Bird Marlborough 2014 HHHH estate-grown at 10 months in French Sauvignon Blanc This generous, single- Rapaura, fermented oak barriques. A very 2015 HHHH vineyard red from the with indigenous yeasts graceful wine, it is Showing good vigour Gimblett Gravels was and matured for over sweet-fruited, with and intensity, this is a handled in seasoned a year in French oak strong cherry/plum single-vineyard wine, oak. Deeply coloured, puncheons. Deep ruby, flavours, integrated grown at Rapaura. with strong, ripe plum it is fleshy, with strong, oak and gentle tannins. Full-bodied, it has and spice flavours, it ripe, plummy, spicy, Good value. $26 ripe, strongly varietal is sweet-fruited and nutty flavours, a hint melon/lime flavours, fragrant. Delicious of coffee, and good fresh, tangy and young. $25 tannin backbone. Still strong. $20 (A, US) youthful, it should be at its best 2017+. (From Misty Cove.) $70 (A, UK, US)156 W I N E S TAT E Annual 2017

MICHAEL COOPER’S BEST OF 2016 RELEASES new zealandBlack Peak Wanaka Left Field Hawke’s Spy Valley Villa Maria Cellar Zephyr Loveblock CentralCentral Otago Bay Chardonnay Marlborough Pinot Selection Gisborne Marlborough Pinot Otago Pinot NoirRiesling 2015 HHHH Noir 2014 HHHH Chardonnay Noir 2014 HHHH 2013 HHHH2015 HHHH Mouthfilling, partly This refined, 2015 HHHH Still unfolding, this Bright ruby, single-This instantly barrel-fermented ageworthy red was Immediately appealing, sweet-fruited and vineyard red withappealing, vivacious style with strong, grown in the Southern this weighty, dry savoury red was grown a fresh, youthfulwine is light (8.9 alc/ ripe, grapefruit-like Valleys. Bright ruby, it wine offers fine in the Southern Valleys bouquet, showing goodvol) and gently sweet flavours, woven with is very finely balanced, value. Showing and matured for 10 complexity. Sweet-(48 grams/litre residual fresh acidity, savoury, with strong, ripe good complexity, it months in French oak fruited, with vibrantsugar), with a freshly smoky notes adding cherry, plum and spice is mouthfilling and casks (15% new). cherry, plum and spicescented bouquet, complexity, and a flavours, a subtle vibrantly fruity, with Ruby hued, it is floral flavours, showing goodstrong, vibrant lemon/ lingering finish. Fine seasoning of oak, and generous, ripe, peachy and supple, with vigour and potential.lime flavours, good value. (From Te Awa.) good complexity. Drink flavours and a long, dry ripe cherry and spice Best drinking 2017+.acid spine and a $18 now or cellar. $32 (A, finish. $18 flavours, showing $40 (US)lengthy finish. Drink Left Field Hawke’s UK, US) Villa Maria Cellar good complexity, and a Murdoch Jamesnow or cellar. $26 Bay Merlot Squawking Magpie Selection Gisborne lingering finish. $32 (A, Blue RockClearview Cape 2014 HHHH The Chatterer Viognier UK, US) MartinboroughKidnappers Already drinking well, Gimblett Gravels 2015 HHHH Cable Bay Awatere Pinot NoirHawke’s Bay Syrah this is a Gimblett Hawke’s Bay Syrah Bargain-priced, this Valley Marlborough 2014 HHHH2015 HHHH Gravels blend of 2014 HHHH powerful wine is Pinot Gris Delicious young, butDelicious young, this merlot (85%), cabernet Still very youthful, sturdy (14.5% alc/ 2015 HHHH also worth cellaring.deeply coloured, sauvignon (10%) and this barrel-aged red vol) and fleshy, with Pale gold, this Bright ruby, floralgenerous red was cabernet franc (5%), is deeply coloured, strong, ripe, peachy, characterful, estate- and supple, with ripegrown at Te Awanga matured for a year in with a fragrant, spicy slightly biscuity grown wine was cherry, plum andand matured in French French oak barrels. Full bouquet. A strongly flavours, a hint of ‘pushed’ for fruit spice flavours in aoak casks (10% new). and bright in colour, it varietal wine, it is honeysuckle, gentle ripeness, given ‘lots ‘feminine’ style withMouthfilling and is fragrant and fleshy, mouthfilling, with acidity and a dry finish. of skin contact’, and gentle tannins, goodsupple, it is vibrantly with rich plum/spice vibrant plum and Drink now onwards. lees-aged for seven complexity and afruity, with plummy, flavours, savoury, black pepper flavours, $18 months. Full-bodied smooth, harmoniousspicy flavours, showing nutty notes adding showing excellent Villa Maria and dry, it has strong, finish. $50 (A, US)excellent depth and complexity, and a very ripeness, depth and Cellar Selection peachy, spicy, Peter Yealandsharmony. $27 smooth, harmonious harmony. Priced Hawke’s Bay gingery, vaguely ReserveDe Vine Reserve finish. (From Te Awa.) sharply. $25 Merlot Cabernet honeyed flavours, a MarlboroughWaipara Pinot Gris $25 (UK) Toi Toi Reserve Sauvignon touch of tannin, and Sauvignon Blanc2014 HHHH Nevis Bluff Reserve New Zealand 2014 HHHH loads of interest and 2015 HHHHThis fragrant, full- Central Otago Chardonnay Sharply priced, this personality. Drink now- Lively, intenselybodied wine was hand- Pinot Noir 2015 HHHH fragrant blend of 2017. $23 (US) varietal wine, estate-picked and handled 2012 HHHH Fruit-focused, with merlot (60%), cabernet Cable Bay Reserve grown in the Awaterein tanks (mostly) and Drinking well now, this finely integrated oak, sauvignon (32%) and Marlborough Valley. Fresh, incisivebarrels. It is generous, ruby hued, moderately this full-bodied, barrel- cabernet franc (8%) Sauvignon Blanc melon, green capsicumwith concentrated, mature red was grown fermented wine has was matured for 20 2015 HHHH and lime aromas andpeachy, spicy, slightly at Pisa and matured for vibrant, ripe, citrusy, months in French oak Complex style, estate- flavours, showing ahoneyed flavours in a a year in French oak peachy, slightly barriques (15% new). grown in the Awatere hint of ‘tomato stalk’,medium style, drinking casks (50% new). It buttery flavours. Deeply coloured, it is Valley and fermented and a dry, crisp finish.well now. (From Manly has cherry, spice and Showing considerable rich and supple, with with indigenous yeasts $21 (UK)Liquor.) $20 nut flavours, with a hint complexity and very strong, ripe plum, in barrels. Mouthfilling, Sacred Hill HaloEsk Valley Hawke’s of dried herbs, supple good depth and spice and slight herb with impressive weight Hawke’s BayBay Chardonnay tannins and good harmony, it’s enjoyable flavours, a gentle and depth of youthful, Merlot Cabernet2015 HHHH complexity. $85 (A) from the start. $30 seasoning of nutty oak, ripe, tropical fruit SauvignonBargain-priced, Petit Clos by Clos Vidal Hawke’s Bay and finely balanced flavours and a slightly 2014 HHHHmouthfilling, very Henri Marlborough Chardonnay tannins. Best drinking creamy texture. Still Showing goodyouthful wine, with Sauvignon Blanc 2015 HHHH 2018+. $18 (US) unfolding. $28 potential, this deeplycomplexity from 2015 HHHH This is a top buy Zephyr Cable Bay Waiheke coloured blend offermentation (partly Certified organic, and delicious young. Marlborough Island Chardonnay merlot (88%) andwith indigenous this full-bodied, ripely Partly oak-aged, it Chardonnay 2015 HHHH cabernet sauvignonyeasts) in French oak flavoured wine is from is mouthfilling, with 2014 HHHH Youthful, creamy- (12%) was hand-barriques, 15% new. young, estate-grown strong, ripe, citrusy, This subtle wine textured wine, picked in the GimblettGrapefruit-like fruit vines in the Wairau peachy flavours to the was estate-grown estate-grown, Gravels and barrel-flavours to the fore, Valley. Light lemon/ fore, and toast and in the lower Wairau barrel-fermented with aged. Mouthfilling, itwith mealy, smoky green, it has tropical fruit butterscotch notes Valley, hand-picked indigenous yeasts and is still very youthful,notes and a fully dry, flavours, with lees-aging adding a real touch of and fermented with oak-aged for a year. with fresh, strongpersistent finish. Best notes adding a touch of complexity. Showing indigenous yeasts Medium-bodied style, plum, blackcurrantdrinking mid-2017+. complexity, and a crisp, excellent freshness, in large oak barrels. with lively, citrusy, and spice flavours, a$20 (UK, US) dry, lingering finish. vigour and depth, it’s a Light lemon/green, appley, mealy, slightly subtle seasoning of Priced right. $20 (A, stand-out selection for it is full-bodied and biscuity flavours, oak and ripe, supple UK, US) now-2017. $16 fleshy, with generous, showing very good tannins. Best drinking ripe, citrusy flavours, depth, vigour and 2018+. $28 a gentle seasoning complexity. Best of nutty oak, and a drinking 2018+. $45 finely textured, lengthy finish. Drink now or cellar. $32 (A, UK) Annual 2017 W I N E S TAT E 157

MICHAEL COOPER’S BEST OF 2016 RELEASES new zealandSacred Hill Halo Saint Clair Spy Valley Akitu A2 Central Graham Norton’s Leveret Hawke'sMarlborough Pinot Marlborough Marlborough Syrah Otago Pinot Noir Own Marlborough Bay MerlotNoir 2015 HHHH Grüner Veltliner 2013 HHHH 2015 HHHH Sauvignon Blanc CabernetThis deep ruby, 2015 HHHH Elegant, cool-climate This elegant, youthful 2016 HHHH 2014 HHHHgenerous, supple red Already delicious, style, hand-picked red is already From “chief Still unfolding, thiswas hand-picked from this is a full-bodied, at up to 24.6 brix, enjoyable. Estate- winemaker Graham deeply coloured blendOmaka Valley slopes dry wine (2.5 grams/ fermented with grown at Wanaka and Norton”, Invivo’s is rich, with generousand French oak-aged litre residual sugar), indigenous yeasts and barrel-aged for 10 release has a punchy, plum, spice and nutfor 10 months. It has grown in the Omaka barrel-aged for over months (13% new), it aromatic bouquet. flavours. Showing goodgood concentration and Wairau valleys, two years. Deep, bright has a fragrant, savoury Medium-bodied, it concentration, withof plummy, cherryish and made with ruby, mouthfilling and bouquet, leading is vibrantly fruity, ripe, supple tanninsflavours, a sense of some use of old supple, with strong, into a moderately with strong, ripe and a well-roundedyouthful vigour, and fine- oak and malolactic vibrant plum, spice and rich wine with ripe melon, lime and finish, it’s a drink-nowgrained tannins. Best fermentation. nut flavours, showing cherry, plum and spice capsicum flavours, a or cellaring proposition.drinking 2018+. $28 Vibrantly fruity, it good complexity, and flavours, showing very slightly salty streak, a $22Sacred Hill Halo shows very good a tightly structured good delicacy and vague suggestion of Mahinepua BayMarlborough vigour and depth of finish. Best drinking complexity. Drink mid- sweetness and a crisp, ChambourcinSauvignon Blanc citrusy, spicy flavours, 2018+. $32 (UK) 2017+. $40 (A, UK, US) lingering finish. $20 2014 HHHH2015 HHHH with hints of peaches The Darling Ataahua Waipara (A, UK, US) Estate-grown inTangy, punchy, and ginger, gentle Marlborough Pinot Merlot 2014 HHHH Northland at a coastalintensely varietal acidity and a well- Noir 2014 HHHH Delicious young, this Loveblock site well north ofstyle, with strong rounded finish. $21 Ruby hued, estate-grown red was Marlborough the Bay of Islands,aromas and flavours (A, UK) mouthfilling, supple matured for a year Gewurztraminer this sturdy, boldlyof melons, limes and Saint Clair red, with moderately in seasoned French 2014 HHHH coloured red is freshgreen capsicums. Marlborough rich, well-ripened oak casks. Fragrant Certified organic, this is and fruit-packed, withMouthfilling, with Riesling cherry, plum, spice and and full-coloured, it a mouthfilling, fleshy, generous plum andfresh, lively acidity and 2015 HHHH nut flavours. Savoury is mouthfilling, with soft wine, with slightly spice flavours, showingvery good delicacy and Very open and and finely textured, fine-grained tannins sweet, ripe flavours of good vigour andlength. $25 expressive in its youth, with good complexity. and a strong surge of lychees, peaches and concentration. $25Sacred Hill this tangy, slightly Drink now or cellar. fresh plum/blackcurrant spices. Richly varietal Main DivideMarlborough Pinot sweet wine (8.5 Certified organic. $33 flavours. Best drinking and finely textured, it’s Waipara ValleyGris 2015 HHHH grams/litre residual (A, UK) mid-2017+. $30 drinking well now, with RieslingWeighty and sugar) shows good Yealands Estate Bishops Head an inviting perfume. 2014 HHHHvibrantly fruity, with vigour and intensity. Single Vineyard Waipara Valley $25 (A, US) Offering fine value,mouthfilling body Medium-bodied, it has Awatere Valley Chardonnay Leveret Hawke's this wine has goodand strong, ripe penetrating, lemony, Marlborough Pinot 2014 HHHH Bay Chardonnay personality. Lightlychee, pear and spicy, slightly gingery Noir 2014 HHHH This is an elegant, 2014 HHHH lemon/green, it isspice flavours, finely flavours, woven with Drinking well now, tightly structured wine. This fresh, elegant medium-bodied andbalanced for early steely acidity. Best but still youthful, Barrel-fermented, it wine offers good tangy, with strongenjoyment. Dryish drinking 2017+. $21 (UK) this finely balanced is medium to full- value. Mouthfilling and citrus and passionfruitstyle (5 grams/litre Spy Valley red was mostly bodied, with vibrant, smooth, with a hint of flavours, a hint ofresidual sugar), with a Marlborough barrel-aged. Ruby citrusy, slightly buttery gunflint, it is citrusy oranges, gentleslightly oily richness. Gewurztraminer hued, it has excellent flavours, good acid and peachy, slightly sweetness and lively$20 2015 HHHH depth of ripe cherry/ spine, and mealy, buttery and toasty, acidity. Drink now orSacred Hill Pale straw, perfumed, plum flavours, finely biscuity notes adding with lively acidity and cellar. (From PegasusHawke’s Bay mouthfilling wine, integrated oak, good complexity. Drink now good complexity and Bay.) $21Merlot Cabernet partly oak-fermented. complexity and a well- or cellar. $30 length. Drink now or Mount Brown2015 HHHH Richly varietal rounded finish. $27 Bishops Head cellar. $22 Grand ReserveA top buy. A full- and weighty, with (A, UK, US) Waipara Valley Waipara Valleycoloured blend of generous, ripe, peachy, Yealands Estate Chenin Blanc Pinot Noirmerlot (80%), cabernet gingery flavours and Single Vineyard 2015 HHHH 2014 HHHHsauvignon (14%) and a slightly sweet, Awatere Valley Fresh, ageworthy wine, Drinking well now butsplashes of malbec seductively soft finish. Marlborough barrel-fermented with still unfolding, thisand cabernet franc, $23 (A, UK) Tempranillo indigenous yeasts. ruby hued, moderatelyit is mouthfilling, Spy Valley 2015 HHHH Vibrant and youthful, youthful red waswith strong, ripe Marlborough Enjoyable young, this with peachy, slightly matured for 18 monthsblackcurrant, plum Riesling rare example of South mealy and toasty in oak barriques (25%and spice flavours, 2015 HHHH Island tempranillo was flavours, showing new). Fragrant, it hashints of herbs and Mouthfilling, dry style, matured in French good complexity, and strong, ripe plum,dark chocolate, and fermented in tanks oak barriques (partly a slightly buttery, dry, spice and nut flavours,gentle tannins. Already and old oak. Bright, new). Deep ruby, it lingering finish. $30 good tannin supportdelicious. $20 light lemon/green, with is fresh and supple, and a savoury, earthy good body and depth with generous, ripe complexity. $35 of ripe, citrusy, slightly blackcurrant, dried herb peachy and spicy and spice flavours, flavours, moderate gently seasoned with acidity and a touch of oak and savoury notes complexity. Distinctive, adding complexity. ageworthy riesling, Worth cellaring. $27 unusually fleshy and dry for New Zealand. $23 (A, UK, US)158 W I N E S TAT E Annual 2017

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aftertasteELISABETH KINGGETTING INTO THESPIRIT OF THE MOVIEEXPERIENCEThe most popular duo at my local PalaceCinema is a Connoisseur choc-top and a glassof prosecco.WE’VE all been there. You’re relaxing in your seat Australia and the introduction of alcohol into the movie- cinema concept. Year-on-year, premium audiencesenjoying the film and behind you another patron is going experience. Not without protest from those have improved 50 per cent, he says, and Hoytsadding their own special effects to the soundtrack. worried about under-age drinking or the prospect of plans to apply for more licences to serve alcohol andConstant, noisy chomping of popcorn and high- an audience turning into the Wild Bunch. But going restaurant-style food in a bid to stave off increaseddecibel sucking on a straw. One of my film reviewer to the movies became a regal viewing experience. competition from Foxtel and video-on-demandfriends never fails to point out that if movie directors You entered a pair of frosted double doors and were services like Netflix.intended their films to be punctuated with “chomp, suddenly a member of an elite clique where upscalechomp, gurgle, gurgle” they would have added the food and impressive wines and beers, along with the Hoyts Lux menus offer traditional favourites likeextraneous noise. It’s a losing battle. Most cinemas celluloid diversion, were yours for the asking. The classic hamburgers, potato wedges with sour creamonly warn moviegoers to turn off their mobile phones asking was a bit pricy and still is. and nachos, long a staple in US cinemas. But theand refrain from talking during the film. upscale audiences are also tempted by karaage fried But in spite of the sceptics, the “premium” cinema chicken, pulled pork, duck pancakes, cous cous, Why would they do otherwise? Cinemas have long experience was such a success that most of the major smashed pavlova and Ben & Jerry’s ice cream. Themade a large part of their income from the sales cinema chains launched their own versions. So did really tough decision-making comes next. The wines,of popcorn, sweets and soft drinks. With movie more exclusive operators such as Palace Cinemas, spirits and beer list makes the lineup from 20 yearsdistributors walking away with the lion’s share of whose popcorn is cooked in olive oil and merits the ago look like war rations. Celebrating? Choose fromdollars spent on tickets, income from food and description vegan. I recently read a letter sent to a Billecart-Salmon Brut Reserve or Andre Delormebeverages can make or break a cinema’s profits. US regional newspaper, where the writer had health Sparkling Blanc de Blanc. Most of the wines willThe traditional triumvirate is still popular, but in the issues and wanted to take their own food into the set you back $50 or just over from Right Reverend1980s cappuccinos, bottled waters, sandwiches, cinema. The agony aunt advised asking a doctor to V Cabernet Sauvignon to Vinaceous Sirenya Pinothamburgers and more started to pull in people who write a note that he couldn’t consume movie theatre Grigio. The emphasis is on premium if you’re lookingweren’t even going to the movies. food and beverages for health reasons. for a shot of vodka, gin, bourbon and whisky, whether your fancy is for Glenfiddich 12-Year-Old Scotch There was nothing new about the idea back then. This isn’t so much of a problem in Australia where whisky or Jose Cuervo 1800. Beers veer from on tapAccording to Barbara Stone’s marvellous book gluten-free, nut-free, vegan and healthier food through imported to craft. Or ask the bartender to mixAmerica Goes to the Movies: 100 Years of Motion choices are plentiful. Even at multiplexes, patrons are up a lychee and passionfruit martini.Picture Exhibition, major movie theatres held out demanding air-popped corn, fresh juices, fruit andagainst serving food and candy throughout the 1920s wholemeal sandwiches. They don’t want rock-hard There’s still a way to go. In the US, the Hollywoodand ’30s because they didn’t want popcorn and choc-tops, either. Flourless cakes, cheese boards Theater in Pittsburgh launched Beer Cinema recently,sweets ground into expensive upholstery and hand- and premium ice creams such as Murray River salt offering monthly tastings from a local brewery. Wineswoven carpets. Once they discovered that certain and caramel have become commonplace. The and beers have opened up lots of new ways ofmovies promoted sales of candy and sweets in the most popular duo at my local Palace Cinema is a promoting events. A retro showing of Night of the1940s there was no going back. Films starring matinee Connoisseur choc-top and a glass of prosecco. Living Dead goes well with a beer called Night of theidols such as Robert Taylor and Clark Gable moved Living Stout. While Italian, German, Greek and Frencha lot of chocolate mints. Westerns meant big sales of Two years ago, Wang Jianlin, China’s richest man, film festivals cry out for the wines and beers of theirhard candies. And “class” pictures just weren’t the acquired Hoyts for $840 million. Pocket change from respective countries. Movies will remain the mainsame if the audience wasn’t sucking on LifeSavers. his personal fortune of $42.6 billion. A five year plan draw, but serving good food and wine has seriously to “reseat” the group’s 450 screens in 43 cinemas is changed the way we go to the movies, making the What simple days those were. 2017 marks the 20th costing hundreds of thousands of dollars for each experience an entire and very grown-up night out.anniversary of the launch of Gold Class cinemas in auditorium. CEO Damien Keogh introduced the Luxnext issue: Some great tastings in this issue that well and truly celebrate the start of a new year! Make the most of the sunny weather by sipping on some Chardonnay & Blends or trying an Italian & Spanish Varietal or two or trying the latest New Release. Plus, Barossa/Eden Valley, Central & Western Victoria & Marlborough (NZ).162 W I N E S TAT E Annual 2017

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