Jim Jerram is the leading pioneer of the developing Waitaki Valley viticultural region. His Ostler label is based in the hamlet of Kurow (where Richie McCaw played his first rugby) and has developed a fine reputation for Pinot Noir and aromatic whites. The name comes from Jim’s great-grandfather, William Ostler, who came from Yorkshire to this area in the 1850s. The Waitaki climate is cooler than Central Otago, thanks to afternoon easterly breezes sucked in from the coast, however the ripening season is longer and lower frost risks.

Showing lightly caramelised red apples and pears on the nose this richly bodied Pinot Gris delivers a delightful blend of spices on the palate. Gingerbread, cinnamon and rose petal dance on the tongue accompanied by green fruit and a hint of lychee. These flavours and its generous texture make it a perfect match for pan-fried scallops or Munster cheese.

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.

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The 2013 Chardonnay is a funked-up, full-on sulphide led wine, which is OK because there’s plenty of intense fruit to back-up the winemaking. The nose has a stuck-match and savory / minerally appeal supporting the ripe peach, passion fruit and spiced apple pie scents plus a nutty undercurrent. Medium-bodied, it fills the mouth with creamy, stone fruit and marzipan characters supported by a lively acid line and finishing with great persistence.
Lisa Perrotti-Brown, The Wine Advocate. 31st December 2015.

Pale to medium ruby-purple in color, the 2013 Pinot Noir has an expressive nose of red currant preserves, warm mulberries and cloves with hints of lavender, fallen leaves and menthol. Medium-bodied, the palate is delicately fruited with a god structure of finely grained tannins and balanced acidity, finishing with lingering earth and stewed tea notes.
Lisa Perrotti-Brown - Wine Advocate, April 2016

Having worked at wineries around the world, Steve Davies decided to go it alone in 2002, buying Doctors Flat, a single three-hectare vineyard. Farmed organically, the vines are tended carefully, while the wine is made with minimal intervention to reflect its place of origin.

The 2013 is a lifted, aromatic yet generous style of Pinot Noir with a fresh raspberry and blackberry nose and a savoury touch of grilled meat on the finish. The fruit turns to ripe red cherries on the palate – juicy, succulent and sweet – but with a beautiful freshness that makes this eminently drinkable now. The tannins are soft, supple and fine with a corduroy smoothness and the finish is supremely long. Steve Davies has yet again made a truly lovely wine; fruit-forward yet so elegant with an impressive capacity to age, this has to be one of the finest Pinot Noirs in Central Otago. Drink now to 2025.

Pale ruby in color with a touch of purple in the rim, the 2013 Moutere Pinot Noir has aromas of fresh raspberries, kirsch and lavender with a chocolate and cinnamon laced undercurrent. Medium-bodied, it offers delicate red fruit and a gentle spiciness, supported by fine-grained tannins, finishing with good length.
Drinking window 2016-2020.
Lisa Perrotti-Brown, The Wine Advocate. 31st December 2015.

Attractively bright red fruit on the nose – Raspberry, red currant and plum fruit combined with notes of sous bois and vanillin spice. Elegant and svelte on the palate. Lovely persistent fruit that extends onto a lovely spicy length. Excellently balanced with nice hint of tannin material that grips and gives the wine a certain gravitas. A gentle caressing Pinot Noir but with serious intention. Lovely now but will gain great complexity over the next 5 – 8 years.
Stuart Rae, Fine Wine