Wine from New Zealand

MW Bob Campbell, 96 points: Reasonably light in colour but there is nothing light about the aroma and flavour of this elegant and quite complex pinot noir. It’s a bright, high energy wine that’s rippling with light. A nice mix of berry and cherry...

MW Bob Campbell, 98 points: An intense, velvety Pinot Noir, with strong sweet cherry, Oriental spices, plum, violet and nutty oak flavours. A powerful wine in a style that often attracts criticism for being too big and lacking varietal identity, but...

MW Bob Campbell, 95 points: Richer, weightier and more developed than the 2015. Still fairly austere with pronounced struck flint character. Quite fleshy with good, ripe and fruity acidity. Approachable now but with plenty of cellaring potential.

Burghound, 92 points: A deft touch of wood sets off the reserved but ripe, cool and airy aromas of dark orchard fruit, plum liqueur and soft floral aromas. There is excellent volume to the attractively textured and admirably well-concentrated...

Wine Enthusiast, 91 points: Editors' Choice. Veteran Kevin Judd has turned out another fine effort. Passion fruit and pea tendril aromas impart a welcome green edge that's never overwhelming, picking up layers of white grapefruit on the plump...

MW Bob Campbell, 95 points: This latest release sports a slightly tweaked label and different coloured capsule, although the wine is much the same; a crisp, bone-dry sauvignon blanc with passion fruit and tropical fruit balanced by capsicum...

jamessuckling.com, 97 points: A super-polished wine that has a broad array of fruits: raspberry, blackberry and cassis, with white pepper, graphite and a clear whole-bunch lift. The palate has a powerful, focused core of concentrated dark plum and...

MW Bob Campbell, 95 points: Unusually rich, fleshy Chardonnay in a mouth-filling and accessible style that makes a change from the rather more steely wine I expect under this label. Quite oaky with ginger, ripe peach, tree fruits and a hint of...