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Barking Hedge
Marlborough Pinot Noir
Presently, the wine is of a deep vibrant colour exhibiting black boy plums, blackberry with hints of tomato leaf and herbs. Chocolate/roasted coffee bean starting to show along with spice and toasty oak. A firm full palate densely packed with fine tannins, succulent ripe fruit in the middle well integrated with toasty oak.
Enjoy with Peking duck.
Tasting Notes
Tasting Notes > Wines > Oyster Bay (New Zealand)
Internationally-recognised for producing "elegant, assertive wines with glorious fruit flavours", Oyster Bay is also a winemaker with great viticultural vision. It was Oyster Bay that had the foresight, over two decades ago, to recognise the enormous wine-growing potential that lay beneath the stony, alluvial soils of a marginal sheep farming district in New Zealand's Hawkes Bay. Today that region is producing New Zealand's finest merlots.
"Oyster Bay has combined the bright berry/cherry fruit for which Merlot is known with a fine tannin structure that makes it an ideal companion for a variety of meat and pasta dishes. My note: lovely, rich, dare I say unctuous? New Zealand excels at pinot noir (and of course Sauvignon Blanc), but I think their merlots are lovely too: elegant and balanced. Score: 89.5/100." - Natilie Maclean, Canada, August 2008. Delicious on its own or with lamb, meat or pasta dishes. |
Concentrated aromas and flavours of ripe citrus and stonefruit, balanced with subtle oak, and a creamy texture to finish. Enjoy this wine with grilled fish, chicken or veal dishes. |
"A firmly structured Pinot displaying black cherry, white pepper and light herbal bouquet and plenty of cherry and dark chocolate on the palate. Easy to drink but also has some complexity." - Sean Wood, The Chronicle Herald, Nova Scotia, Canada, August 2008. Enjoy with chicken, pork, bbq quail or salmon. |
Oyster Bay Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc is zesty and aromatic with lots of lively fruit characters. A concentration of assertive passionfruit and tropical fruit flavours with an abundant bouquet, it is a wine that is always crisp, elegant and refreshing. Delicious now with just about anything. |
