2008

93/100 points

"... big, luscious and very rich.  This is the sweetest and richest dessert wine label in Pegasus Bay's impressive stable." 

Huon Hooke, Gourmet Traveller Wine, Australia

"Still a baby, this Waipara beauty was harvested at 32 brix.  Light lemon-green, it is fresh, sweet, concentrated and citrusy, with a gentle overlay of honey, an oily richness and lovely poise and length."

Michael Cooper, WineState, Australia

2007

Awarded Top Tip  

"Fabulous - Good candied tropical fruit aromas precede wonderfully concentrated fruit AND firm acidity. The balance is perfect and the result is an enormously impressive wine."

TizWine.com, NZ
 
92/100 points 

"The 2007 Encore Noble Riesling comes in with 160 grams per litre residual sugar and charms with a nose of acacia honey and lanolin, with touches of mandarin and star fruit on the unctuous palate."

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, USA
 

"This superb sweet Riesling from New Zealand's Waipara Valley is made from 100% botrytis grapes...The palate is luscious with penetrating sweet citrus flavours and a hint of rose-water."

Ralph Kyte Powell, The Age, Australia
 

"This is luscious, honeyed wine with acidity. It is intense and sweet but shows no hint of cloying...serious sticky with character".

Bob Campbell MW, Gourmet Wine, Australasia