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Air New Zealand Wine Awards Trophy and Gold Medal Guide
Welcome
Air New Zealand is a proud and
long-time supporter of New Zealand’s
wine industry.
In fact, this year marks the 29th
year that we will sponsor the Air New
Zealand Wine Awards, an annual
celebration of the very best our wine
industry has to offer.
The 2014 competition attracted
a near record number of entries, with close to 1600 wines
submitted across 16 different classes. The exceptional quality
of wines entered once again impressed the panel of 26 expert
wine judges – and I am sure you will agree.
As one of New Zealand’s most renowned and largest wine
producing regions, best known for its chardonnay, syrah and
merlot cabernet blends, Hawke’s Bay provided the perfect
setting for the wine awards event.
Please take a look through this guide, which details the
winners of the 2014 Air New Zealand Wine Awards, how they
were selected and the regions they hail from.
Congratulations to all the 2014 medal and trophy winning
winemakers.
Christopher Luxon
Chief Executive Officer
Air New Zealand
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How the awards work
The best of the best arrive to taste New Zealand’s finest wines.
Each November for the past in the supermarket or a fine
30-something years, local and wine store, you can be sure it’s a
international judges have met to mark of quality.
swirl, spit and taste thousands of The awards are owned and run
wines for the Air New Zealand by New Zealand Winegrowers,
Wine Awards. They are among the national organisation for the
the world’s leading authorities country’s 1700 grape growers
on wine. and winemakers. They’ve always
So it’s not surprising the promoted ever-increasing quality
awards are up there with the in the country’s wine industry,
most prestigious of wine awards and the esteem with which the
– if you see a sticker on a bottle awards are held reflect that – it’s
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fair to say the wines entered ELITE GOLD PURE ELITE GOLD
back in the early 1980s at
the first awards, while show- ELITE GOLD PURE ELITE
stopping in their day, wouldn’t Outstanding quality GOLD
be a patch on the extraordinary 19 to 20 points Outstanding quality
depth the industry now shows. (0 awarded) 19 to 20 points
Judging is rigorous – (46 awarded)
conducted blind, naturally. Wines
are judged, the marks collated
and the top wines awarded Elite
Gold, Gold, Silver and Bronze. GOLD PURE GOLD
The best wines of each varietal,
including chardonnay, pinot gris,
pinot noir, riesling, syrah and
GOLD PURE GOLD
Excellent quality Excellent quality
sauvignon blanc, are awarded 18.5 to 18.99 points 18.5 to 18.99 points
trophies. The wine voted by the (0 awarded) (66 awarded)
senior judges to be the best of
those is also awarded the
Air New Zealand Champion
Wine of the Show; the runner-up
receives the Reserve Wine of SILVER PURE SILVER
the Show.
Then there’s the Pure awards.
As a mark of the New Zealand SILVER PURE SILVER
Very good quality Very good quality
industry’s commitment to
17 to 18.49 points 17 to 18.49 points
sustainability, any wine produced
(2 awarded) (224 awarded)
since the 2010 vintage must be
certified sustainable to enter the
Air New Zealand Wine Awards
– and wines that are sustainable
as well as medal-winning are BRONZE PURE BRONZE
awarded “Pure” status. A Pure
sticker is proof positive that, as
well as being a brilliant wine, it BRONZE PURE BRONZE
is also one that was produced Good quality Good quality
16 to 16.99 points 16 to 16.99 points
responsibly.
(3 awarded) (408 awarded)
Enjoy.
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Peter Gordon
For his latest television venture, Air New Zealand consulting chef Peter Gordon
delved into his own Maori heritage.
Q Tell us about travelling
around the country’s marae
for Fusion Feasts.
A My heritage is Scottish
and Maori but like many New
Zealanders, I felt I hadn’t
embraced Maori culture as
much as I should have. A few
years ago I hooked up with my
“cousin” Hinewehi Mohi and the
idea for the series – and the
next one, Peter Gordon’s Native
Kitchen – was born. I learnt
a lot about my own iwi (Ngati
Kahungunu) and found ties to
Ngai Tahu at the same time.
Q How did it affect your own
cooking?
A I realised that most cooks on
the marae get as exhausted as
professional chefs do, and that
even if you plan things really
well, a few dozen extra guests
at dinner can cause chaos!
I learnt about ingredients
I hadn’t used much before, or
never before, but I also realised
I use far more herbs and spices
than the average marae. The
best thing I ate for the first time
was a paua hua – the stomach.
Because paua only eat algae,
the hua tasted like a fabulously
rich nori seaweed pate.
Q What’s the key to getting it
right on the marae?
A Good hospitality with plenty of
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Opposite page: Peter Gordon.
This page, clockwise from
left: Tietjen Vineyard in
Gisborne; Bellota; Fusion
Feasts features plenty of
kaimoana.
food. The food has to be good, or A At Bellota, many of our
there could be trouble, but it also ingredients are sourced from
has to be plentiful. Spain, but we do rely on New
Q Many visitors comment Zealand vegetables, and fish of
that New Zealand is highly course, and then you need to
seasonal and quite regional take into account the fact that
in its ingredients. What has what you might want to eat in
that done to our food? summer isn’t what you’ll feel like
A You have to learn to plan in winter.
menus according to the seasons, At The Sugar Club we use as
which I enjoy. In the UK you can much local produce as we can,
pretty much get any ingredient which works well for us, and
“The food has to be good, or
at any time of the year. In New the quality of produce here is
there could be trouble, but it
Zealand it’s so much more second to none. On the airline,
difficult bringing in fresh produce,
also has to be plentiful.” because we fly from many ports
so you learn to adapt to what’s around the world, while it might
available. I like the fact asparagus be spring in New Zealand, it’s
has a short season, but I do wish autumn in the UK, so the dishes
feijoas were available all year. are forever moving through the
Q How much do you think seasons. Different ports also
about these issues in your have different ingredients due
Auckland restaurants – to the country they’re located in,
and in the menus for Air New so there’s always a challenge
Zealand? waiting to be solved.
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Jim Harré
Jim Harré uses his experience as a former airline steward and international wine judge when
selecting the wine served on board Air New Zealand flights.
much less complicated in New
Zealand than other parts of the
world – in France, you have
white burgundy, chablis or blanc
de blancs champagne, but all
three are chardonnay grapes.
In New Zealand, you buy a
chardonnay and the regional
differences are proving to be
just as fascinating.
“Because we have such
a cool climate, primary fruit
flavours and aromas are
a major component of our
wines,” he says. “These aromas
and flavours can change
dramatically as you go down the
After more than 30 years country – and that to me is the
in both the wine and airline “Because we have such a fun of New Zealand wines.”
industries, Jim Harré has gone cool climate, primary fruit All of which is a far cry from
from serving wine on board to flavours and aromas are when he first started. “In the
writing the wine list. As one of a major component of our past 40 years New Zealanders
Air New Zealand’s two wine wines.” have evolved a sophisticated
consultants, Harré conducts palate,” he says, noting that
a blind tasting twice a year we’ve moved as a country rather
– a serious business. “John to stay for 18 months, but fell in than as individuals from sweeter
Belsham and I select the best love with the job. As his interest whites, through sauvignon
wines the industry has to offer,” in wine grew, he studied both blanc to elegant reds and flinty
he says. “You’ve got award- viticulture and winemaking, rieslings. Now, the world is
winning wines and spectacular before qualifying as an learning about the astonishing
food being introduced to our international wine judge. Along variety of New Zealand wine.
customers in the best way the way, he set up the airline’s “The world is starting to see
they can, with all of the implied wine-training programme, some of those discoveries,”
endorsement that goes with it.” eventually becoming one of its says Harré. “I suspect the next
Harré grew up in a wine family wine consultants. change will be New Zealand
and trained as a teacher, before The key to New Zealand wine, Inc. as a wine producing country
he became a flight steward with he says, is in the relationship – rather than being famous for
Air New Zealand. He intended between region and variety. It’s a single variety.”
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New Zealand wine varieties
CHARDONNAY
Chardonnay is experiencing a
resurgence as winemakers turn
to lighter, less oaky versions.
This is a most changeable grape,
radically different from region to
region – mouth-filling in Gisborne
and Hawke’s Bay, zesty in
Marlborough – though it always
has good fruit.
MERLOT / CABERNET
SAUVIGNON BLENDS
RIESLING
An ancient and noble blend.
With pure, plummy fruit, merlot Often misunderstood, riesling
is the bass note to the more is a champion wine whether it’s
aggressive cabernet sauvignon made sweet or bone dry. It’s best
and cabernet franc, creating grown in the South Island, where
balanced, structured wines. The the cool climate and long days
vast majority is grown in warm are ideal for the grape. Flavours
North Island regions, mostly in range from citrus to green apple
Hawke’s Bay. to stone fruit.
PINOT GRIS SAUVIGNON BLANC
New Zealand pinot gris tends With explosive, zesty flavours –
more to the French style than the passionfruit, lime, gooseberry,
Italian (pinot grigio), with fleshy, fresh-cut grass, lime – the vast
fruit-driven wines the norm, majority is grown in Marlborough,
especially in the North Island. though other regions are making
Further south, the wine tends to fascinating versions, too.
be tighter, more structured.
SYRAH
PINOT NOIR
A quieter, more sophisticated
The best New Zealand pinot noir cousin of Australian shiraz, New
is fruit driven, with good acidity. Zealand syrah grows stunningly
In Central Otago it’s distinctive well on Auckland’s Waiheke
for its bright red cherry-like fruits, Island and in the Gimblett
with herbal overtones on the Gravels area of Hawke’s Bay
nose; in Marlborough it’s fleshier – these are elegant, structured
and in Wairarapa you’ll find wines with plummy, bright fruit,
earthier notes. spice and pepper.
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Land of plenty
1 NORTHLAND and Waiheke, syrah on Waiheke
and chardonnay all over, particularly
4 GISBORNE
The northernmost winegrowing in Kumeu. With long, hot summers and high
region in New Zealand has a Climate: Warm and humid, mostly sunshine hours, it’s no wonder
small but committed community coastal. Gisborne made its name growing
of winemakers and growers – and Terroir: Varied, but generally serious amounts of fruit for big
some fascinating wines drawing volcanic, clay-rich soils and a labels – usually chardonnay. The
on a long history. maritime climate. region is also known for aromatic,
Productive hectares: 371 spicy wines.
Varieties: Chardonnay, pinot gris, Production: 1400 tonnes
viognier, syrah, cabernet/merlot Varieties: Chardonnay is the
Location: 36º South mainstay of the industry here –
blends, pinotage, chambourcin.
Climate: Almost subtropical 3 WAIKATO / BAY OF
PLENTY
powerful, fruit-driven wines. But
aromatics also do very well –
– Northland has the country’s
highest average annual especially gewürtztraminer, which
temperature and the sea is never is known for being complex and
Waikato is New Zealand’s least-
more than 50km away. spicy. Smaller plantings of merlot
known wine-producing region
Terroir: Clay-rich loam soils over and sauvignon blanc.
– and yet it has a long history of
compact clay. Most of the land lies Climate: Gisborne frequently
grape growing. These days, in
below 150m. records the highest sunshine
between the rolling hills of dairy
Productive hectares: 44 hours and the warmest climate in
country, there is a scattering of
Production: 210 tonnes New Zealand.
vineyards.
Location: 35º South Terroir: Traditionally grown on
Varieties: Chardonnay, cabernet fertile river plains, production is
2 AUCKLAND sauvignon and sauvignon blanc.
Climate: Moderately warm.
moving to the fine, silty loams of
the foothills.
Auckland became one of the Terroir: Heavy loams over clay Productive hectares: 1599
first wine regions in the country subsoils. Production: 16,000 tonnes
when it was founded, mostly by Productive hectares: 24 Location: 38º South
Croatian immigrants, in the early Production: 63 tonnes
part of the 20th century. Location: 38º South
Varieties: Pinot gris in Matakana,
Bordeaux-style reds in Matakana
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5 HAWKE’S BAY
6 WAIRARAPA 7 MARLBOROUGH
Founded by Marist missionaries With just three percent of Sauvignon blanc is the backbone,
in 1851, Hawke’s Bay’s wine New Zealand’s growing area, not just of Marlborough, but of
industry is now one of the largest Wairarapa has had an outsize the New Zealand wine industry.
in the country – and Mission effect on the New Zealand But there’s more to Marlborough
Estate is still around. Long, hot industry thanks to its extraordinary than that – look for subtle pinot
summers make for particularly pinot noir, which has been grown noir, chardonnay and aromatics,
fabulous reds. here since the 1970s. particularly from the Awatere Valley.
Varieties: Full-bodied, opulent Varieties: Roughly half the region Varieties: Three quarters of
chardonnays and, more recently, is planted with pinot noir, richly the production is dedicated
perfumed, spicy syrah and flavoured and perfumed, with to sauvignon blanc: pungent,
powerful Bordeaux blends. There’s depth and subtlety. Sauvignon aromatic, fruit-driven. The region,
sauvignon blanc as well as pinot blancs are vivacious and minerally, though, also grows supple,
gris, and everything from viognier while dessert wines – from small fruit-driven pinot noir and some
to tempranillo. amounts of riesling, pinot gris and excellent chardonnays.
Climate: Sunny. The maritime gewürtztraminer – are stunning. Climate: Warm – but not hot
climate cools things down a little, Climate: Complex – hot, windy – days and cool nights, a long
which makes for a long growing days and cool nights in summer, growing season, good rainfall
season. plus cool springs and autumns and cooling sea breezes are
Terroir: Varied, thanks to the lead to complex, nuanced wines. the reason for Marlborough’s
legacy of ancient rivers which Terroir: Mostly silty loam over distinctive wines.
deposited everything from thin, gravel, some areas have clay Terroir: Thanks to ancient glaciers
alluvial soil over gravel on the deposits. and rivers, the area has a perfect
plains to sandy loams and clays Productive hectares: 991 combination of deep gravel
near Havelock North. Some of Production: 5700 tonnes deposits covered with sandy loam.
the best wines are grown in the Location: 42º South Productive hectares: 22,819
Gimblett Gravels and Bridge Pa, Production: 330,000 tonnes
where rivers left arid, stony soil. Location: 42º South
Productive hectares: 4846
Production: 44,500 tonnes
Location: 40º South8 NELSON surprisingly, this is also one of Varieties: Overwhelmingly
New Zealand’s most diverse pinot noir – there are subtle
Nelson has high sunshine hours wine regions. differences between the
and a benign climate – and it’s Varieties: Waipara Valley sub-regions but the common
always been known for fruit – sauvignon blanc is lighter, thread is wines with fragrant,
but it wasn’t until producers like more aromatic than its northern lush fruit and good structure.
Neudorf and Seifried came in cousin. Pinot noir ranges from Small amounts of riesling and
the 1970s that the wine industry minerally in the Waitaki Valley other aromatics range from
took off here. to graceful and supple on the sweet to dry but are always
Canterbury Plains. Riesling is clean and precise; you’ll also
Varieties: Nelson’s sauvignon
a real highlight – bone dry from find chardonnay and sauvignon
blanc is a restrained, mineral
Waitaki and fruit-driven with blanc.
version. Pinot noir is complex
good acidity in Waipara. Climate: Bitingly cold in winter,
and perfumed with fine tannins.
Climate: Cool and dry with a baking hot in summer, when
Textural chardonnay and
long growing season. cold nights compete with hot
aromatics make up the balance.
Terroir: The gamut. Clay and days.
Climate: Nelson is New
gravel in Waipara Valley, stony Terroir: Everything from schist
Zealand’s sunniest region and
former braided-riverbeds on the to clay to former gold-mine
the shelter afforded by its hilly
Canterbury Plains, limestone sluicings. Almost always,
topography means it is warmer
and greywacke in the Waitaki though, the land is free-draining
than most South Island growing
Valley. thanks to stony sub-soils
regions.
Productive hectares: 1435 deposited by ancient glaciers.
Terroir: Usually gravelly silt-loam
Production: 11,000 tonnes Productive hectares: 1959
over a clay base – Waimea
Location: 42º South Production: 11,000 tonnes
wines are lighter due to alluvial,
Location: 46º South
silty soils while Moutere’s clay
makes for richer wines. 10 OTAGO
Productive hectares: 1095
Production: 10,500 tonnes The first medal for an Otago
Location: 42º South wine was for a “Burgundy” in 1
1881. Since the 1970s, pinot
9 CANTERBURY noir has made the area’s name 2
and Otago is now the world’s
The first vines were planted southernmost wine-growing
on the Canterbury Plains region. 3 4
in 1978. Now, the growing
region stretches 200km from
North Canterbury and Waipara 5
Valley to Waitaki Valley – not
8 6
7
Wine Regions
9 From Northland to
Otago down south, New
Zealand’s wine regions
offer a veritable feast of
variety.
10The best of the summer wine New Zealand owes its growing presence in the international wine market to one humble grape, and to a couple of vinous visionaries. When the first sauvignon Gisborne – where land had search of new wine-growing blanc vines were planted in become very expensive indeed. land. After a few months of Marlborough in 1973, few could Brancott Estate – then known intensive, top-secret research have foreseen the massive as Montana – was a smaller Thomas reported that the impact this grape would have winemaker, dealing mostly in Wairau plains of Marlborough on the New Zealand wine bulk wines, though managing – back then mostly used for industry. Even fewer could have director Frank Yukich had growing barley and lucerne predicted that that industry ambitions for something larger. – were perfect. It was largely would become one of our Stymied by the high land prices flat country over former river biggest export earners. around the North Island, he beds, with hot days and cool Back then, wine was mostly commissioned Montana’s chief nights, close to the ocean but grown in the North Island, viticulturist Wayne Thomas protected from strong wind. around Hawke’s Bay and to study the whole country in Convinced, Yukich and
Opposite: Seifried
Estate in Nelson. This
page, from top: The sun
rises over a vineyard;
harvesting chardonnay
grapes.
sauvignon blanc turned into an
export superstar. New Zealand’s
most famous wine came to
dominate international markets
– it now holds a 39 percent
share of the British market and
a 29 percent share of the US
market. Two out of three bottles
of sauvignon blanc purchased in
Australia are from New Zealand.
On a global scale, New
Thomas flew in secret to Zealand’s output is tiny: we
Marlborough and arranged to “On a percentage basis of produce one percent of the
buy 1200ha in 24 hours… and the wines entered and the world’s wine by volume, and
then headed back to Auckland wines awarded, New Zealand yet there are 700 vineyards
to tell the board what they’d is the highest medal-earning or wineries here, and wine
done. Plantings started a few country in the world.” is exported to more than 90
months later: everyone thought countries at a value of more
them mad. “Wines from here than $1.33 billion a year.
will become world famous,” said New Zealand wines occupy
Yukich at the ceremony. Only a a premium in the market,
handful of people believed him. earning plenty of awards and,
Sauvignon blanc was consequently, commanding
originally a French variety, higher prices. “I judge in
from Bordeaux – which, like London at the International
Marlborough, is close to the Wine Challenge,” says
coast. But New Zealand’s Air New Zealand wine consultant
version was quite different – and judge Jim Harré, “and on a
with crisp, fresh fruit and vibrant percentage basis of the wines
acidity – and by the end of the entered and the wines awarded,
1970s it was winning awards in it’s the highest medal-earning
Europe. country in the world.”
By the 1990s, Marlborough Three important things have
was a major part of the happened in the past few years.
New Zealand wine industry New Zealand winemakers are
– producing pinot noir and diversifying – we’ve always
chardonnay as well – and grown chardonnay and red
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Harvesting pinot noir grapes
at Yarrum Vineyard; a
winemaker takes a sample
from a barrel of chardonnay.
Opposite: Naboth Vineyard,
Gisborne.
such an obvious place for people
to start trying New Zealand
wines. It has that superb acidity,
the beautiful cool-climate
characters that give it that
freshness, and that punchy fruit
flavour. It creates the point of
contact for people to explore
other styles.”
What’s even more remarkable
varieties, but increasingly about the revolution is the part
winemakers are growing riesling, “Sauvignon blanc is it’s played in defining the country
pinot gris and pinot noir, along critically important for us – wine is now a massive part of
with experiments in the likes because it’s such an obvious New Zealand culture, and Air
of albariño. New regions have place for people to start New Zealand has been proud
opened up – Central Otago trying New Zealand wines.” to support the New Zealand
was first planted not long after wine industry for more than 30
Marlborough, but in recent years. Since 1987, it has been
years Canterbury has become the naming rights sponsor of the
an important wine-growing Air New Zealand Wine Awards,
region. And the industry has set which have done a great deal to
itself ambitious goals around both improve the quality of the
sustainability. Some 94 percent country’s wine, and to tell the
of New Zealand vineyards world about it.
have been certified as part of On board Air New Zealand
Sustainable Wingrowing New aircraft, hundreds of thousands
Zealand and seven percent are of travellers from around the
certified organic; it’s hoped that world are served New Zealand
20 percent will be under organic wine each year – indeed, for
management by 2020. international travellers, their
For this, we have sauvignon first experience drinking New
blanc to thank. “Everything Zealand wine could well be on
that’s happened in New Zealand an Air New Zealand flight. The
has been on the coat-tails airline is only too proud to help
of sauvignon,” says Harré. – and is thankful to pioneers like
“Sauvignon blanc is critically Yukich, who ensured we have
important for us because it’s such a variety to drink.
18 A I R N E W Z E A L A N D W I N E AWA R D S 2 0 1 4Trophy winners
Vidal Legacy
Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay 2013
Air New Zealand
Champion Wine
of the Show
Rabobank
New Zealand
Limited
Champion
Chardonnay
FOOD
match
Spectacular with peach,
flint and brioche. A lovely smooth
texture and exceptional length.
vidal.co.nz $50
Wine notes courtesy of
Sam Kim, Wine Orbit
20 A I R N E W Z E A L A N D W I N E AWA R D S 2 0 1 4FOOD
match
Vidal Legacy
Hawke’s Bay
Chardonnay 2013
with pear, quail, walnut
and radicchio salad.
You can access the recipe for this dish
online at tfsn.co/kiaorawineVilla Maria
Single Vineyard Southern Clays
Marlborough Pinot Noir 2012
O-I New Zealand
Reserve Wine of
the Show
JF Hillebrand
New Zealand
Ltd Champion
Pinot Noir
FOOD
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Dramatic and engaging with cherry,
truffle, cedar and spice aromas, leading a
silky, super-long finish.
villamaria.co.nz $56.99
22 A I R N E W Z E A L A N D W I N E AWA R D S 2 0 1 4Villa Maria Single Vineyard
Southern Clays Marlborough
Pinot Noir 2012 with
pappardelle duck ragú.
FOOD
match
You can access the recipe for this
dish online at tfsn.co/kiaorawineEsk Valley Church Road
Gimblett Gravels McDonald Series
Hawke’s Bay Merlot Hawke’s Bay Syrah
Cabernet Sauvignon 2012
Malbec 2013
Coast FM Champion Fruitfed Supplies Limited
Merlot, Cabernet Champion Syrah
and Blends
Wonderful fruit Layers of red/dark
purity backed by subtle fruits, cedar and pepper
spice, nutty undertone. notes within a perfect
Supple and flowing to an frame of rich texture and
elegant dry finish. fine tannins.
eskvalley.co.nz $25.99 pernod-ricard-nz.com
$33.99
Saint Clair Matua
Marlborough Premium Single Vineyard Hawke’s
Pinot Noir 2013 Bay Syrah 2013
FOOD
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Liquorland Champion Business World Travel
Open Red Wine Champion Exhibition
Red Wine
Upfront and friendly Brimming with
with attractive red/black black/blueberry,
cherry, floral and almond floral and almond with
aromas that lead to a beautifully integrated
supple palate. cedary oak. Succulent and
sensuous.
saintclair.co.nz $26.50
matua.co.nz $69.90
24 A I R N E W Z E A L A N D W I N E AWA R D S 2 0 1 4Saint Clair Marlborough
Premium Pinot Noir 2013
with marinated leg of lamb
with anchovy, lemon and
and zucchini salad.
FOOD
match
You can access the recipe for this
dish online at tfsn.co/kiaorawineTohu
Rewa Marlborough
Méthode Traditionnelle
Blanc de Blanc 2011
Tohu Rewa Marlborough
Méthode Traditionnelle
Blanc de Blanc 2011
with tomato, baked
prawns, and feta.
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match Wineworks Champion FOOD
Sparkling Wine
match
A gorgeous
complex style filled
with ripe citrus, yeast
and rich savoury flavours.
Delicious.
tohuwines.co.nz $33.95
Vidal
Legacy Hawke’s Bay
Chardonnay 2012
Waitoa Free Range
Chicken Champion
Exhibition White or
Sparkling Wine
Generous and
weighty with aromas
of white stone fruit,
citrus and flint. Powerful,
seamless and graceful.
vidal.co.nz $50
26 A I R N E W Z E A L A N D W I N E AWA R D S 2 0 1 4You can access the recipe for this dish
online at tfsn.co/kiaorawineSaint Clair
Wairau Reserve
Marlborough Sauvignon
Blanc 2014
FOOD Label and Litho
match Limited Champion
Sauvignon Blanc
A compelling wine,
loaded with succulent
flavours, backed by a
rich mouthfeel, finishing
impressively long.
saintclair.co.nz $33.90
Giesen
The Brothers Late
Harvest Sauvignon Blanc
2012 Marlborough
Bite Magazine
Champion Sweet
White Wine
Ravishingly scented
and exceptionally rich
while remaining vibrant.
Luscious, unctuous and
luxurious.
giesen.co.nz $29.99
28 A I R N E W Z E A L A N D W I N E AWA R D S 2 0 1 4Saint Clair Wairau
FOOD Reserve Marlborough
match Sauvignon Blanc
2014 with lentil,
goat cheese and
hazelnut salad.
You can access the recipe
for this dish online at tfsn.co/kiaorawineSea Level Spy Valley
Nelson Pinot Gris Marlborough
2014 Gewürztraminer
2013
FOOD
match Guala Closures NZ ICIB Gold Medal
Champion Pinot Gris Insurance Champion
Gewürztraminer
It’s concentrated Richly textured and
and finely textured, well impressively fruited, this
supported by complex is a powerful wine with
pear, Asian spice and mango, floral and spice
floral aromas. characters.
sealevelwines.co.nz $19.95 spyvalleywine.co.nz $22.95
Forrest Falconhead
The Doctors' Marlborough Hawke’s Bay Viognier
Riesling 2014 2013
New World Plant & Food BDO New Zealand
Champion Open Research Limited Champion
White Wine Champion Other White Styles
Riesling and Rosé
Exquisite with Beautifully fragrant
lemon pith, white with tropical fruit, floral
peach and floral flavours, and ginger spice, richly
backed by elegant supported by a velvety
sweetness and crisp texture.
acidity.
wineportfolio.co.nz $15.99
forrest.co.nz $23
30 A I R N E W Z E A L A N D W I N E AWA R D S 2 0 1 4FOOD
match
Sea Level Nelson
Pinot Gris 2014 with
potato, coriander
and egg curry.
You can access the recipe
for this dish online at tfsn.co/kiaorawineGold medal winners
Sparkling PURE GOLD PURE ELITE GOLD
Whitehaven Marlborough Pinot Gris Villa Maria Reserve Marlborough Dry
TROPHY
2014 (Marlborough) | $22.90 Riesling 2012 (Marlborough) | $25
Tohu Rewa Méthode Traditionnelle
Blanc de Blanc 2011 Other White Styles and PURE GOLD
(Marlborough) | $33.95 Rosé Abbey Cellars Medium-Dry Riesling
2014 (Hawke’s Bay) | $22
PURE ELITE GOLD TROPHY
Osawa Wines Prestige Collection Falconhead Viognier 2013 PURE GOLD
Sparkling NV (Hawke’s Bay) | $50 (Hawke’s Bay) | $15.99 Giesen Riesling 2013 Blend
(Marlborough) | $16.99
PURE GOLD PURE ELITE GOLD
Akarua Vintage Brut 2010 Esk Valley Hawkes Bay Rosé 2014 PURE GOLD
(Otago) | $45 (Hawke’s Bay) | $20.99 Lake Chalice The Falcon Riesling
2014 (Marlborough) | $21
Gewürztraminer PURE ELITE GOLD
Matua Single Vineyard Albariño 2014 PURE GOLD
TROPHY Saint Clair Pioneer Block 9 Big John
(Hawke’s Bay) | $29.90
Spy Valley Gewürztraminer 2013 Riesling 2013 (Marlborough) | $26.90
(Marlborough) | $22.95 PURE GOLD
Matawhero Church House Arneis PURE GOLD
PURE GOLD Stoneburn Marlborough Riesling 2013
2013 (Gisborne) | $26
Lawson’s Dry Hills Gewürztraminer (Marlborough) | $14.99
2012 (Marlborough) | $22 PURE GOLD
Nautilus Grüner Veltliner 2014 Sauvignon Blanc
Pinot Gris (Marlborough) | $29 TROPHY
TROPHY PURE GOLD Saint Clair Wairau Reserve Sauvignon
Sea Level Pinot Gris 2014 SOHO Westwood Rosé 2014 Blanc 2014 (Marlborough) | $33.90
(Nelson) | $19.95 (Auckland) | $26 PURE ELITE GOLD
PURE ELITE GOLD PURE GOLD Giesen The August Sauvignon Blanc
Blackenbrook Nelson Pinot Gris 2013 Terra Sancta Estate Pinot Noir Rosé 2012 (Marlborough) | $43.99
(Nelson) | $23.50 2014 (Otago) | $26.95 PURE ELITE GOLD
PURE ELITE GOLD PURE GOLD Kim Crawford Small Parcels
Mount Michael Pinot Gris 2014 Villa Maria Cellar Selection Gisborne Sauvignon Blanc 2014
(Otago) | $26 Albariño 2014 (Gisborne) | $19.99 (Marlborough) | $33
PURE ELITE GOLD PURE ELITE GOLD
Terra Sancta Lola’s Block Pinot Gris
Riesling
Saint Clair Pioneer Block 3 43
2013 (Otago) | $26.95 TROPHY Degrees Sauvignon Blanc 2014
Forrest The Doctors' Riesling 2014 (Marlborough) | $26.90
PURE ELITE GOLD
(Marlborough) | $23
Waimea Pinot Gris 2014 PURE ELITE GOLD
(Nelson) | $23.99 PURE ELITE GOLD Seifried Nelson Sauvignon Blanc
Highfield Riesling 2013 2014 (Nelson) | $17
PURE GOLD
(Marlborough) | $19.50
Askerne Pinot Gris 2014 PURE ELITE GOLD
(Hawke’s Bay) | $22 PURE ELITE GOLD Sileni The Straits Estate Selection
Vidal Estate Marlborough Riesling
PURE GOLD Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2014
2014 (Marlborough) | $14.99 (Marlborough) | $25
Peter Yealands Reserve Pinot Gris
2014 (Marlborough) | $20.99 PURE ELITE GOLD PURE ELITE GOLD
Villa Maria Cellar Selection The King’s Favour Sauvignon Blanc
Marlborough Dry Riesling 2013 2013 (Marlborough) | $24
(Marlborough) | $19.99
32 A I R N E W Z E A L A N D W I N E AWA R D S 2 0 1 4PURE ELITE GOLD ELITE GOLD PURE GOLD
PURE GOLD GOLD
PURE ELITE GOLD TROPHY PURE GOLD
Tohu Mugwi Reserve Sauvignon Blanc Vidal Legacy Hawkes Bay Chardonnay Villa Maria Reserve Hawkes Bay
2013 (Marlborough) | $29.95 2012 (Hawke’s Bay) | $50 Chardonnay 2013
PURE GOLD PURE ELITE GOLD (Hawke’s Bay) | $32.99
Clos Henri Sauvignon Blanc 2013 Coopers Creek SV Hawkes Bay PURE GOLD
(Marlborough) | $31 Chardonnay ‘The Limeworks’ 2013 Villa Maria Single Vineyard Ihumatao
PURE GOLD (Hawke’s Bay) | $25 Chardonnay 2012 (Auckland) | $37.99
Grove Mill Sauvignon Blanc 2014 PURE ELITE GOLD PURE GOLD
(Marlborough) | $19.80 Osawa Wines Prestige Collection Villa Maria Single Vineyard Taylors
PURE GOLD Chardonnay 2013 Pass Chardonnay 2011
Jules Taylor Wines Marlborough OTQ (Hawke’s Bay) | $45 (Marlborough) | $37.99
Sauvignon Blanc 2013 PURE ELITE GOLD PURE GOLD
(Marlborough) | $29.99 Vidal Legacy Hawkes Bay Chardonnay Villa Maria Single Vineyard Taylors
PURE GOLD 2010 (Hawke’s Bay) | $50 Pass Chardonnay 2013
Lawson’s Dry Hills Sauvignon Blanc PURE GOLD (Marlborough) | $37.99
2013 (Marlborough) | $20 Clearview Reserve Chardonnay 2013 Syrah
PURE GOLD (Hawke’s Bay) | $39
TROPHY
Morton Estate White Label PURE GOLD Church Road McDonald Series Syrah
Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2013 Esk Valley Winemakers Reserve 2012 (Hawke’s Bay) | $33.99
(Marlborough) | $16.99 Hawkes Bay Chardonnay 2013
(Hawke’s Bay) | $32.99 TROPHY
PURE GOLD Matua Single Vineyard Syrah 2013
O’Dwyers Creek Marlborough PURE GOLD (Hawke’s Bay) | $69.90
Sauvignon Blanc 2013 Invivo Michelle’s Central Otago
(Marlborough) | $19.99 Chardonnay 2013 (Otago) | $49.99 PURE ELITE GOLD
Trinity Hill Hawkes Bay Syrah 2013
PURE GOLD PURE GOLD (Hawke’s Bay) | $22
Peter Yealands Sauvignon Blanc 2014 Quarter Acre Chardonnay 2013
(Marlborough) | $15.99 (Hawke’s Bay) | $34.99 PURE GOLD
SOHO Valentina Syrah 2013
PURE GOLD PURE GOLD (Auckland) | $37
Rapaura Springs Reserve Sauvignon Saint Clair Pioneer Block 4 Sawcut
Blanc 2014 (Marlborough) | $19 Chardonnay 2013 PURE GOLD
(Marlborough) | $32.90 Villa Maria Cellar Selection Hawkes
PURE GOLD Bay Syrah 2013
Starborough Sauvignon Blanc 2014 PURE GOLD (Hawke’s Bay) | $25.99
(Marlborough) | $21.99 Stoneburn Marlborough Chardonnay
PURE GOLD 2013 (Marlborough) | $14.99 Other Red Styles
Te Tera Sauvignon Blanc 2014 PURE GOLD PURE ELITE GOLD
(Wellington / Wairarapa) | $18 Terra Sancta Riverblock Chardonnay Mudbrick Velvet 2013
PURE GOLD 2013 (Otago) | $29.95 (Auckland) | $140
The Crossings Sauvignon Blanc 2014 PURE GOLD Pinot Noir
(Marlborough) | $19.99 Vidal Reserve Hawkes Bay
Chardonnay 2013 TROPHY
Chardonnay (Hawke’s Bay) | $20.99 Villa Maria Single Vineyard Southern
TROPHY Clays Pinot Noir 2012
Vidal Legacy Hawkes Bay Chardonnay (Marlborough) | $56.99
2013 (Hawke’s Bay) | $50
A I R N E W Z E A L A N D W I N E AWA R D S 2 0 1 4 33Gold medal winners (cont)
TROPHY PURE GOLD PURE ELITE GOLD
Saint Clair Marlborough Premium Hawkshead First Vines Pinot Noir Crossroads Winemakers Collection
Pinot Noir 2013 2011 (Otago) | $45 Cabernet Merlot 2012
(Marlborough) | $26.50 PURE GOLD (Hawke’s Bay) | $39.95
PURE ELITE GOLD Jackson Estate Vintage Widow Pinot PURE ELITE GOLD
Gibbston Valley Glenlee Pinot Noir Noir 2012 (Marlborough) | $36 Matua Single Vineyard Matheson
2013 (Otago) | $65 PURE GOLD Merlot Malbec 2013
PURE ELITE GOLD Jules Taylor Wines Pinot Noir 2013 (Hawke’s Bay) | $69.90
Greystone Pinot Noir 2013 (Marlborough) | $33 PURE ELITE GOLD
(Canterbury) | $39.99 PURE GOLD Matua Single Vineyard Merlot 2013
PURE ELITE GOLD Kuru Kuru Pinot Noir 2013 (Hawke’s Bay) | $69.90
Hawkdun Rise Pinot Noir 2011 (Otago) | $35 PURE GOLD
(Otago) | $40 PURE GOLD Church Road McDonald Series
PURE ELITE GOLD Lawson’s Dry Hills Reserve Pinot Noir Cabernet Sauvignon 2013
Lowburn Ferry Home Block Pinot Noir 2012 (Marlborough) | $29 (Hawke’s Bay) | $33.99
2013 (Otago) | $54.95 PURE GOLD PURE GOLD
PURE ELITE GOLD Lawson’s Dry Hills Reserve Pinot Noir Church Road Merlot Cabernet Malbec
Saint Clair Pioneer Block 22 Barn 2013 (Marlborough) | $29 2013 (Hawke’s Bay) | $19.95
Block Pinot Noir 2012 PURE GOLD Sweet White Wine
(Marlborough) | $37.90 Mondillo Pinot Noir 2013 TROPHY
PURE ELITE GOLD (Otago) | $45 Giesen The Brothers Late Harvest
Spy Valley Pinot Noir 2012 PURE GOLD Sauvignon Blanc 2012
(Marlborough) | $31.95 Murdoch James Blue Rock Pinot Noir (Marlborough) | $29.99
PURE GOLD 2013 (Wellington / Wairarapa) | $50 PURE GOLD
12,000 Miles Pinot Noir 2013 PURE GOLD A Sticky End Noble Sauvignon Blanc
(Wellington / Wairarapa) | $25 Te Kairanga Estate Pinot Noir 2013 2011 (Marlborough) | $35
PURE GOLD (Wellington / Wairarapa) | $25 PURE GOLD
Akarua Pinot Noir 2013 PURE GOLD John Forrest Collection Noble Riesling
(Otago) | $42 Villa Maria Reserve Marlborough Pinot 2013 (Marlborough) | $50
PURE GOLD Noir 2013 (Marlborough) | $50.99 PURE GOLD
Akarua RUA Pinot Noir 2013 PURE GOLD Riverby Estate Noble Riesling 2013
(Otago) | $28 Wooing Tree Pinot Noir 2012 (Marlborough) | $35
PURE GOLD (Otago) | $50 PURE GOLD
Akitu A2 2013 (Otago) | $29.99 PURE GOLD Tohu Raiha Reserve Limited Release
PURE GOLD Yealands Estate Winemakers Reserve Noble Riesling 2013
Archangel Pinot Noir 2013 Gibbston Valley Pinot Noir 2013 (Marlborough) | $27.95
(Otago) | $32 (Otago) | $39.99 PURE GOLD
PURE GOLD Merlot, Cabernet and Villa Maria Reserve Marlborough
Desert Heart Mackenzies Run Reserve Blends Noble Riesling Botrytis Selection
Pinot Noir 2013 (Otago) | $54 2013 (Marlborough) | $36.99
TROPHY
PURE GOLD Esk Valley Gimblett Gravels Hawkes
Hawkdun Rise Pinot Noir 2012 Bay Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon
(Otago) | $40 Malbec 2013 (Hawke’s Bay) | $25.99
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