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What We've Tasted
from Our Cellar in 2008
We rated these between 1
and 5 Stars on the day of tasting. The latest wines are at the top of each section.
This is not everything we
have tasted, just bottles from our cellar - it does not include wine sampled at
Wine Tastings, Restaurants, Wine Shows or Festivals etc.
To see what we
tasted up to the end of 2007 go
here.
Latest Update - 31 December
2007
Absolutely
brilliant - Gold or Trophy here!
Above average - excellent value for $$$.
Average
- good everyday drinker / quaffer.
Below
average - a few faults evident.
Poor
- not enjoyed at all.
Swill - Won't be drinking that again!
WHITE WINES

Coopers Creek Pinot Gris
2007
Framingham Marlborough
Dry Riesling 2003
Vavasour Awatere Valley Marlborough Riesling 2003
Vavasour Marlborough
Sauvignon Blanc 2006
Alan McCorkindale Waipara Riesling 2004
Villa Maria Cellar
Selection Marlborough Pinot Gris 2006

Alpha Domus "The Pilot"
Leonarda Late Harvest Semillon 2005
Domaine Georges Michel Marlborough La Reserve Sauvignon Blanc 2006
Wairau Valley Marlborough Chardonnay 2005
Waipara Hills Waipara Riesling 2006
Omihi Road Waipara Sauvignon Blanc 2006
Domaine Georges Michel Marlborough La Reserve Chardonnay 2003
Hunters Winemaker's Selection Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2003
The Crater Rim Waipara
Sauvignon Blanc 2007
Mudhouse Marlborough Sauvignon
Blanc 2007
Wairau Valley Marlborough Chardonnay 2005
Lansdowne Estate Marlborough Pinot Gris 2006
Clifford Bay Estate Marlborough Riesling 2006
Lindemans Bin 95
Sauvignon Blanc 2006
Matua Valley Sauvignon Blanc 2007
Esk Valley Ltd
Release Heretunga Plains HB Sauvignon Blanc 2006
Torlesse Canterbury
Riesling 2006
Tollana Riesling 2006
Alan McCorkindale Waipara
Valley Riesling 2004
Whisper Rock Hawkes Bay
Chardonnay 2006
Esk Valley Hawkes Bay
Verdelho 2006

Tollana Sauvignon Blanc
2007
Vasarelli Santaro Bianco (Colombard/Chardonnay/Riesling) 2007
Stonyfell Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 2007
Villa Maria Riverstone Pinot Gris
Morton Estate Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2006
Mission Estate Reserve Viognier 2007
Kemblefield The
Distinction Hawkes Bay Gewurztraminer 2006

RED WINES

Penfolds Bin 407 South
Australian Cabernet Sauvignon 2004
Thorn Clarke Sandpiper
Barossa Shiraz 2006
Herzog Marlborough Pinot
Noir 2004 (Stunning Pinot)
Beresford McLaren Vale
Shiraz 2004
Villa Maria Cellar Selection Hawkes Bay Syrah 2004
Ingoldby McLaren Vale Shiraz 2004
Palliser Estate
Martinborough Pinot Noir 2004
Bremerton Selkirk Langhorne
Creek Shiraz 2005

Nerola Syrah / Monastrell
Cataluna Spain 2005
Domaine Georges Michel Marlborough La Reserve Pinot Noir 2004
The Crater Rim Central Otago Pinot Noir 2006
Red Rock "The Underarm Syrah" Hawkes Bay (Gimblett Gravels) 2005
CJ Pask Hawkes Bay Gimblett
Road Syrah 2006
Stoneleigh Marlborough Rapaura Series Pinot Noir 2006
Penfolds Bin 28 Kalimna
South Australia Shiraz 2004
Red Rock Gravel Pit Red
Hawkes Bay Merlot Malbec 2005
Jacks Canyon Hawkes Bay Cabernet / Merlot 2005
Morton Estate Stone Creek Marlborough Pinot Noir 2004
Leasingham Clare Valley Magnus Shiraz 2005
Peregrine Saddleback
Central Otago Pinot Noir 2005
Melness Waipara / North Canterbury Pinot Noir 2004
Heron's Flight Matakana
Il Rosso (Sangiovese) 2003

Le Grys Marlborough Pinot Noir 2004
Stefano de Pieri Due Viti Cabernet Sauvignon Tempranillo 2007
Casa De Maule Reserva Camenere 2005 (Chile)
Torlesse Waipara Pinot Noir 2006
Le Grys Marlborough Pinot
Noir 2004
Whisper Rock Hawkes Bay Merlot 2006
Dorrien Estate Bin 7
Barossa Cabernet Sauvignon / Shiraz 2006
Valle Reale Montepulciano
D'Abruzzo 2005 (Italy)
Matua Shingle Peak Merlot 2006
Fergusson Victorian
Cabernet Sauvignon 2006
Chevalier Un-wooded Cabernet Sauvignon / Cabernet Franc 2006
Tolley Cellar Reserve Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon 2006
Mildara Victoria Yellow Label Shiraz / Cabernet Sauvignon 2006

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