2008 Sauvignon Blanc Kumeu
The colour of this wine is pale straw, with lime and tropical fruit overtones. The palate is weighty and rich, with an excellent structure and length. Ready to enjoy now.
The grapes for this wine were grown on our home vineyard at Kumeu and harvested in April 2008. Produced in the riper style, this Sauvignon Blanc was cold fermented and is traditionally un-oaked to retain the Sauvignon Blanc zestiness. It will also benefit from a little age, this is wine to accompany white meats, pasta and seafood. Recommended very cool....on a hot summers day.
SCREWCAP CLOSURE
- Cellaring: 1-4 Years.
- DRY
- Alc. 14.6% vol.
2008 Thelma Grace Chardonnay Unoaked
This is a new wine style to our range.The fruit for this wine was grown on our home vineyard at Kumeu. Classic Mendoza fruit was used to make this wine. Light straw in colour, with a peach and apricot aromas combining with a citrus lime finish. Further complex characters will develop with aging just as they did for Wendy's mother to whom this wine is dedicated. This chic and sassy Kumeu chardonnay will enhance the enjoyment of most foods, especially chicken, fish and pasta dishes. SCREWCAP CLOSURE.
- Cellaring: 1 - 5 years.
- Dry
- Alc. 14.1% vol.
2006 Limited Release Chardonnay. Kumeu
The fruit for this wine was grown on our home vineyard at Kumeu, and displays the tropical fruit characters distinctive of this heritage wine region.
100% barrel fermented in French an American oak. The wine underwent gentle malolactic fermentation to give a balance of creamy flavour to the citrus notes.
Almost a years maturation in barrigues with weekly barrel attention has produced this wine, nicely straw in colour, with creamy peach characters dominating the aroma. The weighty Mendoza fruit ensures the full lingering finish. This stylish Kumeu Chardonnay will enhance the enjoyment of most foods.
SCREWCAP CLOSURE
SPECIAL PRICE $16 USUALLY $25
- Cellaring: 1 to 5.
- dry
- Alc. 14% vol.
2009 Bella Rosa Kumeu NEW RELEASE
This Rose wine is a new wine for us. Made from our famous Pinotage grapes, the juice was allowed to spend a few hours in contact with the skins before the it was pressed off for fermentation. This enabled the juice to pick up a delicate rose petal pink colour. It is very difficult to judge this amount of time for skin contact. If contact is too long the wine is too dark. If too short the colour is too light. Add some red wine I hear you say, the problem with this is you also add back tannin, which makes this gentle wine hard on the palate. We feel we got this skin contact time spot on!
A delicate light salmon pink in colour, with the bouquet of rose petals, watermelon and
strawberries and cream, and a hint of mandarin on the finish. Just a touch of sweetness.
SERVE CHILLED. This wine fills your mouth with pleasure.
- Cellaring: 1-4 Years.
- Off Dry
- Alc. 13% vol.
2006 Pinotage "P06". Kumeu
The 06 Pinotage The fruit for this wine was grown on our home vineyard at Kumeu. The juice was cold macerated for three days before fermentation and hand plunged during fermentation in the classic open vat method. It was then racked into French and American barrels for malolactic fermentation. Bright crimson red to the eye and to the nose, fresh wild berry fruits and that ever present earthy spice accent. The palate is well structured, velvety warm with lifted vibrant primary fruit characters.This classic Kumeu Pinotage is ready now and will develop further varietal complexities with time. Enjoy it summer long on the verandah with friends for a cruisy afternoon. Great with soups, pasta, game and other meats. Try it with chocolate and fruit cake.
SCREWCAP CLOSURE
- Cellaring: 1 to 6 years.
- DRY
- Alc. 12.5% vol.
2006 Cabernet Sauvignon. Kumeu
Grapes harvested April 2006.
This Cabernet Sauvignon was grown on our home vineyard at Kumeu. Hand and foot plunged 4 times per day during fermentation, the wine was macerated (held on the skins ) for 10 days after fermentation to maximise extraction of tannins and fruit flavours. Only light pressings were taken, and following the malo-lactic fermentation the wine was aged for 11 months in a combination of both new and 2 year old French and American oak barriques.
The resulting wine is bright crimson red colour; wild cherry berry, peppery characters dominate the nose. There is also an under-layer of earthiness, and those characters follow through on to the palate. The soft fruit tannins along with the finely intergrated oak and balanced structure make for a harmonius wine offering complex fruit and oak characters. The mid palate is warm, rich and sweet, the finish long and savoury.
Enjoy our Cabernet Sauvignon with red meats, cheeses and big buxom breads etc. Drinking well now. This wine will develop more complexities with age.
SCREWCAP CLOSURE
- Cellaring: 1 to 6 years.
- Dry
- Alc. 12.7% vol.
