It has taken some time to find a suitable New Zealand Pinot Noir to rejoin our Own Selection range but our patience has been rewarded. This lovely wine is made for us by the award-winning Greystone in the Waipara Valley.

The wine is bright, fresh and lean with sweet red cherry fruit and an appealing savoury character. An herbaceous note lifts the finish and the tannins are fine, adding definition. This is a fresh, pure, mineral style of Pinot Noir which leaves the palate feeling cleansed, ready for another sip.

This delicious sweet Riesling is produced from hand-selected, overripe (noble rot) grape bunches. The young wine was given three months ageing and settling on lees in the tank before bottling five months after harvest.

The nose shows pungent bush honey, orange and jasmine flowers. A long palate is beautifully balanced by natural acidity, full of baked quince, fig, lashings of honey and citrus fruits. This wine will blossom over time and exhibit greater complexity over the coming years to 2020.