In its youth, this concentrated wine is pale in the glass and displays aromas of white fleshed stone fruit, flowers, biscuit and hazelnut. Intricate barrel fermentation influences meld with stone fruit and acidity on the palate, forming a refined marriage of style and length. Cellar this wine with confidence for up to 8 years from vintage.

This luscious blend of our best barrel lots of estate-grown fruit shows Matchbook's house style of extreme balance of fruit and oak. Dense flavours of pear, mandarin and melon are layered over creamy butterscotch, brown sugar and barrel spice. The lingering finish is both crisp and unctuous. The Arsonist serves up the depth and richness you want in a big Chardonnay. Pair with lobster, shrimp scampi or chicken with a rich mustard sauce.

This traditionally made wine displays lifted aromas of bright citrus fruit, crisp fresh apples and refined touches of brioche and toasted hazelnut. Extended lees aging in the bottle has resulted in a wine that displays a fine, persistent bead and rich, creamy mousse. Finely balanced with a touch of minerality, this wine leads to an elegant, long and crisp dry finish.

Good expressions of its variety with a mix of red and black fruits. Spicy aromas of cloves and white peppers. A big body of ripped tannins perfectly combined with the french oak. Long finish and good persistency.

Te Kahu means 'the cloak' in te reo Maori and refers to the mist that envelops Giants Winery in the Tukituki Valley. Legend has it that this mist was used to protect a mythical Maori maiden from the sun as she visited her lover Te Mata. This is a wine of richness and an abundance of black fruit flavours and a long structured finish. Deepest crimson red. Brooding aromatically with notes of cassis, black olive and dried tobacco enveloping a dense core of blue fruits. The wine has a lovely focus on the palate with dark fruits framed by fine tannins to deliver a classical structure with an excellent future ahead.

Made from multiple parcels of Chardonnay clones planted on the stony soils within the Gimblett Gravels Vineyard, each parcel contributes a unique character to the wine. Pale lime to pale straw. Vibrant aromas of white peach flesh, freshly toasted hazelnuts and brioche. Effortlessly flavourful and balanced, with an abundance of fruit intensity and richness wrapped by a saline acid line giving vitality.

Dry to taste, macerated cherries & raspberries are offset by blood orange & pomegranate. A beautiful mouthfeel with real presence leads to a refreshingly long juicy finish. Mouth candy with mojo... this flaming Dame recruits the coolest of admirers.

The McDonald Series wines are an expression of both their fruit and the vision of their namesake winemaker. An aromatic, textural Syrah with a core of rich berry fruit and dark plum, complimented by lifted floral notes, warm spice, liquorice and subtle oak. The palate is medium-weight and supple with a long finish. For quality reasons, this wine is unfined and unfiltered. Decanting is recommended.

Rich ruby in colour with enticing, vibrant aromas of red-berries, cloves and dark chocolate, along with a hint of sweet spice. The palate is a perfect balance of red berry fruit and soft chalky tannins. Balthasar is all about texture with the concentrated blackberry, plum and silky blueberry fruit flavours all perfectly integrated with the soft, silky tannin structure.

Organic, soft, supple and Central Otago delicious, everything you want in a Pinot Noir. Dark cherry, mixed spice, floral & toasted almond characters feature alongside subtle dark mushroom complexity. This wine shows fabulous intensity & layers of interest.

Individual parcels of Tempranillo and Merlot, grown in Craggy Range's Hawke's Bay Vineyards are carefully selected for balanced flavour and freshness. Harvested, then gently pressed for careful colour and flavour extraction. Brilliant blush rose in colour. Lifted juniper and rosewater perfume with underlying crushed wild berry fragrance. The palate has a textural succulence of raspberry and pomegranate fruits, finely balanced with a savoury phenolic line. Delicious.

Rich and lifted aromas of Satsuma plum and mulberry mingle with sweet spice, chocolate and savoury notes. Rich, sweet and spicy fruit in balance with soft, velvety tannins. A complex, meduim-bodied wine showing hints of mocha, choc-mint and vanilla, which flow through to the lengthy, fruity, peppery and spicy finish