Loose Unit of Wine Lovers with no credibility whatsoever
Craig, Mark, Ross, Sarah, Will, Melanie, Jay, Kate and David have just voted six Hawke’s Bay wines as their Wines of the Year for 2009.
No they’re not the new cast of FRIENDS (although that was a good guess), they are in fact the group of writers behind the Kiwi Wine Fan Club website, a self-proclaimed “loose unit of wine lovers” and “wannabe wine writers” who’s only qualifications are “the fact that we have tastebuds”. But what they lack in ambition and credentials, they make up for with excellent self-deprecation skills and wine consumption experience, and hey; Hawke’s Bay will take the praise anywhere we can get it…
www.kiwiwinefanclub.co.nz has just announced its list of 2009 Wines of the Year with wines from Hawke’s Bay dominating the field. Stonecroft Syrah 2007 again showed the Gimblett Gravels to be a syrah nirvana as it took the title of Syrah of the Year. “A regal wine rippling with rose-like fragrances and dark fruits” were the notes published on the site. “The palate is so pure, fresh and invigorating. The oak sits nicely behind the fruit, not dominating - fantastic purity and great cellaring potential”. Stonecroft’s syrah was followed by four finalists – all sourced from exactly the same stony sub-region. Stonecroft was also runner up for the Gewurztraminer and Chardonnay titles.
Sacred Hill’s Rifleman’s 2007 was named Chardonnay of the Year followed by kiwi icon
Te Mata Estate Coleraine 2007 which scooped Bordeaux of the Year and two of the finalists also hailed from the Bay.
Viognier from the Gimblett Gravels also snaffled the ‘Other White’ title (Villa Maria Omahu Gravels Viognier 2008) while the Alluviale Anobli 2008 secured the Sweet Wines award.
Surprise of the year however, was that a Hawke’s Bay wine stole the Sauvignon Blanc of the Year award from under the noses of Marlborough’s big guns. Te Mata Estate’s Cape Crest Sauvignon Blanc 2008 is a wine that “oozes sophistication, complexity and class” according to the website. “It is a sauvignon blanc that non-sauvignon blanc drinkers will enjoy, a formal wine and a celebration of this grape. This is absolutely stunning. Anyone that thinks Marlborough is the only place on Sauvignon earth needs sitting down and the truth spelt out!”
For more information and additional comment please contact Stonecroft Wines
+64 6 879 9610 stonecroft@xtra.co.nz
No they’re not the new cast of FRIENDS (although that was a good guess), they are in fact the group of writers behind the Kiwi Wine Fan Club website, a self-proclaimed “loose unit of wine lovers” and “wannabe wine writers” who’s only qualifications are “the fact that we have tastebuds”. But what they lack in ambition and credentials, they make up for with excellent self-deprecation skills and wine consumption experience, and hey; Hawke’s Bay will take the praise anywhere we can get it…
www.kiwiwinefanclub.co.nz has just announced its list of 2009 Wines of the Year with wines from Hawke’s Bay dominating the field. Stonecroft Syrah 2007 again showed the Gimblett Gravels to be a syrah nirvana as it took the title of Syrah of the Year. “A regal wine rippling with rose-like fragrances and dark fruits” were the notes published on the site. “The palate is so pure, fresh and invigorating. The oak sits nicely behind the fruit, not dominating - fantastic purity and great cellaring potential”. Stonecroft’s syrah was followed by four finalists – all sourced from exactly the same stony sub-region. Stonecroft was also runner up for the Gewurztraminer and Chardonnay titles.
Sacred Hill’s Rifleman’s 2007 was named Chardonnay of the Year followed by kiwi icon
Te Mata Estate Coleraine 2007 which scooped Bordeaux of the Year and two of the finalists also hailed from the Bay.
Viognier from the Gimblett Gravels also snaffled the ‘Other White’ title (Villa Maria Omahu Gravels Viognier 2008) while the Alluviale Anobli 2008 secured the Sweet Wines award.
Surprise of the year however, was that a Hawke’s Bay wine stole the Sauvignon Blanc of the Year award from under the noses of Marlborough’s big guns. Te Mata Estate’s Cape Crest Sauvignon Blanc 2008 is a wine that “oozes sophistication, complexity and class” according to the website. “It is a sauvignon blanc that non-sauvignon blanc drinkers will enjoy, a formal wine and a celebration of this grape. This is absolutely stunning. Anyone that thinks Marlborough is the only place on Sauvignon earth needs sitting down and the truth spelt out!”
For more information and additional comment please contact Stonecroft Wines
+64 6 879 9610 stonecroft@xtra.co.nz
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