Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: Pale ruby in color, the 2009 Pinot Noir has an intensely scented nose of kirsch, red currant preserves and aged meat with touches of bark, yeast extract and soy. Medium-bodied...

Wine & Spirits: Nick Mills has tuned his vines to the cool elevations of Wanaka, working through natural viticulture and winemaking to produce this explosively schisty pinot noir, a Central O...

Bob Campbell, MW: A blend of Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon. Bigger, chunkier wine than the previous vintage with slightly more aggressive tannins thanks, perhaps, to the additio...

About this Wine: In 1990, Maté Brajkovich reworked the land at Kumeu River and planted a new vineyard of Chardonnay on the site of the family's original vineyard, purchased in 1944. The fi...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good bright red. Pure but restrained nose offers vague red fruits and spices, plus a hint of cinnamon. Suave on entry, then quite dry in the middle, with strawberry and rasp...

About this Wine: From the old, stony soils of the higher terrace on our Te Muna Road Vineyard, this 33 hectare vineyard is planted with eight clones of Pinot Noir in more than 40 diff...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright ruby-red. Brooding, deep nose dominated by pepper and spice. Large-scaled but youthfully clenched, with a strong peppery quality complicated by flowers and dark chocola...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good deep red. Pungently spicy, almost exotic aromas of black cherry, sassafras, licorice and caraway seed; in a rather brooding style for young New Zealand pinot. Densely pac...

Wine Spectator: This bold red offers wild blackberry flavors that take on a brambly note, with velvety tannins and notes of tobacco, campfire and mineral. Drink now through 2019. 400 cases im...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good medium-deep red. Knockout nose combines raspberry, smoke, spices and loamy soil tones. Fat, sweet, sexy and rich, but with ripe, harmonious acidity giving shape to the ...

James Suckling: Pure fruit with strawberry and flowers. Very aromatic undertones of lemon rind. Full body with firm and lightly chewy tannins. Wonderful tannin tension to the fruit. Keeps it ...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: Medium-deep ruby-purple colored, Mondillo's 2010 Pinot Noir gives fresh blackberry, wild blueberry and black cherry aromas with whiffs of baking spices and dried mint. Medium ...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: Medium-deep ruby-purple in color, the 2009 Howell Family Vineyard Hawke's Bay Cabernet Franc is a little closed, offering delicate to moderately pronounced notes of red curran...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: Receiving 15% whole cluster and aged 15 months in French oak, 33% new, on original lees, the 2007 "Eaton Family Vineyard" Pinot Noir has a medium ruby color. There's a funky/w...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2007 Pinot Noir shows a little more ripeness and exoticism on the nose, smudged at first but gaining clarity with aeration. The palate has more weight and concentration th...

About this Wine: "This wine is produced from a vineyard owned by Tim and Angela Coddington, whose grapes have been used in the Kumeu River Estate Chardonnay since 1998. It is a vineyard th...

Wine Front: Smoke, spice and earth characters. Some herbal licks and a load of charry red cherry. Has a little olive tapenade and brine complexity, driving through a smooth, slightly sour...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The multi-award winning 2008 Ironclad has a tight, leafy nose that unfurls in the glass to reveal blackberry, raspberry leaf, a touch of fresh fig and boysenberry jam. The pal...

Wine Enthusiast: Man O’ War’s 2008 Dreadnought put the winery on the map, and, although not quite as dramatic, the 2009 is a worthy successor. Aromas are lifted, peppery and cherry-filled, whi...