Latest wines: March 2012

The shelves are being stocked with fresh wines that have wide appeal.

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17th March, 2012

Review

The latest releases include something for all wine lovers – from a classy, organically certified sauvignon blanc to New Zealand’s second albarino, an impressive chardonnay made without oak, a delicious rosé and a hard-to-resist Waipara red. Dry River Lovat Vineyard Gewurztraminer 2011 Grown a few hundred metres down the road from the acclaimed Martinborough winery, this beauty is from vines approaching 20 years old. Weighty (14% alcohol), gently sweet and intensely varietal, it has deliciously concentrated stone fruit, ginger and spice fl avours, already highly enjoyable. ...

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