AUCKLAND
Awards: Silver, Royal Easter Show. The 2011 vintage of our classic Rose' was made with approximately 70% Cabernet Franc and 30% Merlot Fruit.
2010 was a special year in Auckland. The 2010 is one of the best wines that we have made. As featured by Cuisine Magazine.
POA. Sweet, ripe fruit characters, notable complexity and a long poised finish.
POA. A beautiful core of ripe fruit, elegant and subtly powerful in the Rhône style, and a lingering finish.
POA. 98/100 pts. Bob Campbell. Sweet and ripe blackberry, blackcurrant, violet, liquorice, anise and spicy oak flavours are easy to appreciate now, thanks to a structure of ripe tannins.
Cheaper by the dozen. Bouquet of vanilla, starwberry, cherries and black pepper.
Cheaper by the dozen. Elegant, long and delicate with lovely soft tanins and subtle spice - European on the palate. Will cellar for five years or more.
Optimally ripe concentrated fruit underlies this massive deep purple/black wine with rich blackcurrant and black plums finishing with long soft fine grained tannins.
A pure 100 per cent Cabernet Franc displaying intense varietal characteristics with great bouquet of red berry fruit and florality.

