“Gorgeously fragrant and enticing … Wonderfully composed and expressed with splendid complexity, making it hugely appealing.”

“The delicious 2024 vintage was fermented and then matured for three months in old oak puncheons … Full of personality, it's well worth discovering”

“… An unctuous mouthfeel flows lively with balanced acidity and lends a long, moreish finish. Utterly delicious.”

“Totally delicious … Lovely weight and creaminess contrasted by acidity then flavours that reflect the bouquet. Balanced, taut, youthful and well made ….”

“One of New Zealand’s best Gewürztraminers … full-bodied, medium-sweet style that is nicely balanced by refreshing high acidity.  A stunning South Island Gewürztraminer.”

“This wine is so beautifully balanced … Clean yet richly complex, laced with manuka honey and gently, luxuriously oily to finish. Exotically excellent."

“Fantastic bouquet of exotic fruits and flowers … There’s no mistaking the texture - touching all sections of the palate with a light phenolic bitterness back palate reminding me of some noteworthy Alsace examples. I really enjoy this style of wine … Great acid line and finishing dry.”

“…The wine has excellent freshness enhanced by acid balance and spice; the fruit shows depth and persists to a long, spicy finish … persist harmoniously to a long, enticing finish.”

“It's wonderfully aromatic … ” deliciously appealing palate that's powerfully concentrated and mouthfilling. Opulent and plush with a prolonged satisfying finish.”

“… a full-flavoured, potent, luscious and powerful wine with viscosity ….”

“… Delicious on the palate with flavours of spices and dried herbs … No mistaking the variety … very engaging” 

“Full of personality … a slightly oily texture and good complexity and harmony”

“… It's sumptuous and plush on the palate … a wonderfully long gratifying finish”

“…textural Gewurztraminer shines with varietal characters and barrel-fermented complexities”

“… the delicious 2018 vintage was handled for six months in old oak puncheons … it's full of personality” 

“This has such intensity and ripeness. Pegasus Bay really knows how to deliver aromatic white in full regalia. ….”

“Leaps out of the glass with Turkish delight and rose petal … Intense, powerful, a long finish. A meal in a glass”.

“… Delight, flint and fragrant … terrific fruit power and intensity … irresistibly delicious.”

“Very impressive …. palate has a rich, sweet style to it ….”

“ Plenty of flinty rose water and luscious tropical fruits. The cool lychee palate is a thing of real beauty. Jasmine and rose water florals linger playfully.”

“ … weighty and complex gewürztraminer … Impressive wine”

“..This is a rich and luscious, weighty and powerful medium-dry Gewurztraminer…” 

“   a powerful but not heavy style with rich, citrusy, well-spiced flavours, gentle acidity, unusual complexity and a well-rounded, lasting finish. Full of personality, …”

“ … Powerful it has a beautifully perfumed, spicy bouquet, leading into a weighty wine … unusual complexity and harmony … already delicious”

“ …. full-bodied, rich and opulent fruit flavours of tropical fruits, Turkish Delight, marmalade, honey and musk …. an unctuous texture and mouthfeel … .  The wine flows with vibrancy and energy …”

” … a full and rich bouquet of Gewurztraminer … On the palate - creamy, rich, salivating and packed with multiple fruit flavours … ; long rewarding finish”

“ … Rich, Alsace-style Gewürztraminer with masses of flavour and richly textured … Seriously good wine …” 

“Wow!  The glittering yellow diamond colour of this wine is quite mesmerizing… an irresistibly un-put-downable example"

“Totally seductive Gewurztraminer . . . It is a triumph both texturally and in terms of complexity. Above all its a lovely drink”

“… The mouthfeel is soft and unctuous with very fine textures, and good alcohol power and drive. Some complex reductive elements add interest and are carried to a long, soft, near-decadent finish. This is a rich, near-decadent, medium-dry Gewurztraminer with ginger and honied flavours along with some subtle funky complexities. …”

… Alsace-like, with substantial body and excellent delicacy, complexity and length. Poised and youthful, it is already lovely, with rich peach, lychee and spice flavours, and a gentle splash of sweetness. Benchmark stuff.

The aromas and flavours suggest freshly sliced, ripe pear, intertwined with hints of quince, greengage and loquat. The palate is complex and multi-faceted, with an unctuous concentration of fruit and lusciousness, balanced by a spine of minerality and grapefruit-like acidity which draw out the length and complement the lingering aftertaste.

Utterly drop dead deliciously good; obviously a Gewürztraminer in the hands of a master, in this case North Canterbury winemaker Mat Donaldson, who treats Gewurz’ like a great Riesling, giving it all the intensity and enhancing its acidity too. The result is an amazingly pretty, super tropical, ultra refreshing wine. A must try . . . this wine is a winner.