One of our favourite Central Otago Pinot Noirs, from a small property in a great vintage. It's a powerful style of Pinot, with a dense, spicy core. Fresh yet ripe, black cherry and plum create a juicy mid-palate with a pleasing herbal note and some use of whole bunches creates lift and brightness. Pure, textural and fine, with great tension and structure. One to drink after a few more years in bottle.

The Collection 245 is a blend of 41% Chardonnay, 35% Pinot Noir, and 24% Meunier, and is 55% based on the 2020 harvest. The rest is reserve wines, with 10% vinified in wood. It’s a complex, chiselled Champagne, with lovely generosity in the palate. Apricot, white flowers, spice, white pepper and citrus oil unfurl in the glass.Delicious now, don’t be afraid to stash a few bottles away for the future.

Grand Siècle is Laurent Perrier's prestige cuvée that offers depth, richness and energy. It's a blend of three vintages that for this magnum release spent 16 years ageing on lees before release. In this instance: 20% 2004, 20% 2006, and 60% 2007. The split across these is 55% Chardonnay and 45% Pinot Noir, all from grand cru vineyards. This intricately built structure creates a vinous and mouthwatering Champagne, with the weight and structure to more than hold its own with food. But it’s quite frankly so delicious the bottle will be empty long before you get there.

A blend of 80% Tempranillo and 20% Garnacha, all from estate fruit, the 2019 Ardanza is an exceptional wine this vintage showing both the modern and classical side of this well established Rioja house. This opens with a very classical nose of coconut, vanilla and bright, spiced red berry fruit. There is excellent definition to the floral notes of violets with subtle aromas of dill and dried herbs. The tannins are ripe, with a fine, powdery grip and the finish is so long and bright.

A blend of 80% Tempranillo and 20% Garnacha, all from estate fruit, the 2019 Ardanza is an exceptional wine this vintage showing both the modern and classical side of this well established Rioja house. This opens with a very classical nose of coconut, vanilla and bright, spiced red berry fruit. There is excellent definition to the floral notes of violets with subtle aromas of dill and dried herbs. The tannins are ripe, with a fine, powdery grip and the finish is so long and bright.

A blend of 80% Tempranillo and 20% Garnacha, all from estate fruit, the 2019 Ardanza is an exceptional wine this vintage showing both the modern and classical side of this well established Rioja house. This opens with a very classical nose of coconut, vanilla and bright, spiced red berry fruit. There is excellent definition to the floral notes of violets with subtle aromas of dill and dried herbs. The tannins are ripe, with a fine, powdery grip and the finish is so long and bright.

The Shiraz Viognier is Clonakilla’s flagship wine.This vintage has 6% Viognier co-fermented and has 22% whole bunch fermentation, then aged in French oak for 12 months. 2023 was a cooler year, with a lot of rain. The result is a very fragrant, cool wine with pepper, spice and floral aromas. There's always an ethereal feel to this wine, almost Pinot Noir like in its structure. The fruit is everything from dark cherry to blackberry, mineral, textural and sapid with bright acidity and a persistent, peppery finish. This is made from the best parcels of vines at the Murrumbateman estate.

Always one of the most expressive wines in the Rostaing stable the 2023 Cote Blonde has a spicy nose of black pepper, juniper and wild hedgerow fruit. There is a sinewy texture to the wine with supple tannins, bright acidity and excellent intensity of dark berry fruit. The finish is so long and focused with accents of liquorice root and tapenade.

A rather profound and serious wine with a real sense of minerality. The nose opens with aromas of warm rocks, violets and ripe hedgerow fruit which also coat the palate. There are subtle notes of iodine, kelp and black olive here with a fine aniseed note on the finish.

A blend of various different sites, the Ampodium this year is a fine, detailed wine with aromas of smoked meat, violets and black cherry. The tannins are fine grained with a little grip, and there is vibrancy and energy running through the wine. This is a great showcase of the Rostaing style.