Flying Sheep Gewurztraminer 2010 4.5★
From Osawa Wines, based inland at Mangatahi, this is an exotically scented wine with loads of personality. Sturdy (14.5% alcohol), it is a medium-dry style with fresh, rich flavours of stonefruit, spices and ginger. Ready; no Rush. $23
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Flying Sheep Gewurztraminer 2010
A strong fellow. plenty of spice here, tasting pretty dry. Classically serious gewurz done properly. Medium body, food friendly and with plenty of drinkability with a wide range of courses
Prestige Collection Chardonnay 2009
Big wine, mouth-filling in its flavours and nicely balanced as winemaker Rod McDonald does so well. A fine, well constructed Hawke’s Bay wines, true to style and certainly lets us know it is present. Ideal for robust dinner flavours – and as long a future as we want to give it.
from Afternoons on Friday 27 January 2012
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