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Turtle Bay is the negociant label of the award-winning Hatton Estate. This good value Syrah has perfumed aromas of violets, white pepper, ripe plums and summer fruits, suggestive of northern Rhone Syrah. Smooth, juicy, summer fruit flavours mask ripe tannins and are followed by a lovely aromatic finish... more details

Distant Land is one of those boutique wineries that we wish we had discovered earlier. Petar Fredatovich, a native Croatian founded Distant Land in 1937 and it is still family owned. Varieties are planted in the most appropriate regions: Sauvignon is grown in Marlborough and this Merlot Malbec from... more details

We are now on the second release of Pinot Gris from award-winning winemaker Fiona Turner. Working alongside a specialist grower, she has sourced some very special grapes. Bright pale straw colour and intense aromas of ripe pear, bread crust and almonds. Fresh and surprisingly flavoursome on the palate... more details

Star winemaker Fiona Turner has won a host of awards for this wine and this new vintage promises to be the best ever. It is named after an old mustering hut in the remote hills between the Wairau and Awatere Valleys. Fresh and aromatic with distinctive flavours of crushed herbs and gooseberry and notes... more details

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The estate wine from Tohu is a real step up from the Kono Sauvignon. Bright in appearance, this wine has pungent notes of passionfruit, gooseberries and fresh herbs. The intense and full flavoured palate is bursting with tropical flavours of melons and pineapple with a dash of herbaceous fresh cut grass... more details

The mix of plum and cassis is rich and sweet on the nose and there is an almost fleshy feel on the palate. The weight of fruit on the mid palate is satisfying and mouth filling but the mid freshness and structure towards the back gives the wine a more classic finish. Derek Smedley MW more details

Delta Vineyard is situated to the west of Blenheim, on the old Delta Farm that was first developed in 1848 by Constantine Dillon. It is located at the mouth of the Waihopai Valley on the West Coast Highway where the steep-sided triangular shaped hill splits the wide valley. The shape of this land mass... more details

This elegant, silky Pinot Noir from Tohu Estate comes from the premium Awatere sub-region of Marlborough. The grapes are hand-picked and fermented at relatively high temperature in a typically Burgundian fashion. After fermentation the wine is asked in oak barrels, one third of which are new, though... more details