New Zealand is most famous on the world wine stage for Sauvignon Blanc, and with good reason. But here at Moore Wilson's we hunt out the best of all the white varieties from local producers, and spice it up with some international contenders from excellent wineries. Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay and Pinot Gris (AKA Pinot Grigio) are the ubiquitous names, but there's plenty more out there: semillon (seh-mi-yohn), viognier, riesling, gewurztraminer...
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The Sec comes from a soil of flint clay. It is expressed in a nose of pear and peach vine. The palate is generous and crunchy with fruit. To drink now.$42.95 Bottle
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Golden yellow with green reflections of good intensity. The nose is marked, pleasant and intense. Candied, exotic (passion fruits, mango, papaya, lychee), floral (rose) scents. Airing enhances these scents and reveals vanilla, banana, yellow fruits, pear, peach and spices (crystallised ginger). The onset in the mouth is fleshy and sweet. The alcoholic base is full-bodied.$45.95 Bottle
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Ripe apple and the fuller figured pear saunter into view with lovely spice and vanilla trailing behind. They chatter in gentle, sweet tones.$12.95 Bottle
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Relatively dry, medium bodied Pinot Gris with lovely fresh pear and quince flavours and a touch of spice.$16.95 Bottle
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Hailing from Naboth's Vineayrd 1 Kings Ch. 21. The first vineyard in the world to see the sun. The 2019 vintage is again an energetic, luminous wine. Only 10 months on primary yeast lees offers a biscuity richness to the primary fruit. Exotic perfumes of acorns, vanilla and almonds welcome the finesse and delicacy combined with a full rich palate. A New world classic and a collectors dream.$84.95 Bottle
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Petit Manseng is native of the Juraçon region of the south west of France. Forrest have made this delicious example in Marlborough, bursting with ripe white peach and zesty lemon sherbet, balanced by zippy acidity.$24.95 Bottle
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Luscious aromas of citrus, crisp apple, pear and floral notes, the delicious palate shows intense, tight flavous of lemon / apple and honeysuckle.$17.95 Bottle
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Stonecroft Chardonnay
2021 - Listener Best Buy White Wine - Michael Cooper
A rich bouquet with stonefruit, citrus notes and a hint of toast. Mouthfilling peach and nectarine flavours, witf brioche and lingering butterscotch. Produced orgganically.$28.95 Bottle -
There is an immediate intensity to this wine that is powerful, yet at the same time clean and balanced. Stone fruit characters are slowly reveled as this textural wine unfolds on the palate. The overall mineral nature, a hallmark of Carrick’s flavor profile, is fully celebrated with the Carrick Josephine Riesling.$29.95 Bottle
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Odyssey Pinot Gris
2022
The bouquet is delicately perfumed showing pineapple, pear and white peach characters. It’s beautifully ripe and elegantly textured on the palate with lovely weight and a lingering crisp finish. The wine shows lovely fruit expression and gentle complexity, making it a most satisfying wine to drink!$22.95 Bottle -
Bright aromas of citrus blossom, apple, blanched almonds with a hint of lime leaf. The palate is focused, with a salty, mineral line and fresh flavours of lemon and coriander. This is a youthful wine that’s delicious drinking now, but it will also reward further with cellar age.$37.95 Bottle
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Tropical fruit notes dominate the bouquet with lychee, passionfruit and pineapple, plus hints of rose. On the palate the wine has a lovely texture and mouthfeel, with luscious tropical fruit flavours. The wine will benefit from bottle age. The wine is a single vineyard wine, with fruit from our Roy’s Hill Vineyard.$28.95 Bottle