A really nice bouquet and palate of ripe pomaceous fruits led by apple and pear then a white nectarine and lees complexity. Fresh, lush and juicy flavours framed by a bold mousse and exacting acidity. Such a nice easy drinking style tasting better on day two. Fruity and just dry, balanced, well made and ready to drink from day of purchase through 2028+.

93 Points

The vivacious 2024 vintage is the second year of Marlborough's first sparkling wine to be labelled as Prosecco. Made from the Glera variety, planted at Rapaura in 2021, it is pale, light and crisp, with gentle sweetness and vibrant, delicate, lemony, appley flavours, not complex, but full of youthful energy. An excellent example of the style, it offers good summertime drinking.

4 Stars

Delicate white flowers, creamy nougat and juicy white grapefruit sit alongside a flicker of fennel and appley fresh aromatics. A fine, dancing mousse on the palate, melts into a zesty, waxy textured lemon rind and lightly honeycombed finish. Bright, lively and guaranteed to keep glasses topped up.

92 Points

This is immediately appealing on the nose, showing green rockmelon, feijoa, Gala apple, and floral aromas. The palate is equally attractive with excellent weight and creamy flow, wonderfully framed by fleshy texture and beautifully pitched acidity, finishing long and delicious. At its best: now to 2029.

94 Points

Made from Glera, excellent concentration of flavour with well-balanced, crunchy acidity; a silky mouthfeel flows effortlessly with a touch of creaminess and lends a refreshing, moreish finish.

94 Points

Fragrant, bright and fresh fruited bouquet with a varietal core of red cherry and plum, there’s a layer of raspberry, roses and a clay stony soil suggestion adding complexity and depth. A dry wine on the palate with layers of red berry fruit flavours, a light oak and spice quality, fine through firm-ish tannins and a crunchy texture led by the acid line and youth of this example.

92 Points

It's finely scented on the nose, showing sweet cherry, floral, game, and toasted almond nuances. The palate displays excellent weight and silky flow, wonderfully supported by fleshy texture and beautifully infused tannins. Elegant and refined with gorgeous complexity, finishing persistent and harmonious. At its best: now to 2032.

94 Points

The attractive, youthful 2024 vintage was estate-grown and hand-harvested at Rapaura, in Marlborough's Wairau Valley, and matured in seasoned French oak. Ruby hued, it is mouthfilling and supple, with gentle, well-ripened cherry, plum and spice flavours, savoury notes adding complexity, and a finely textured, harmonious finish. Already very approachable, it should be at its best 2027+.

4 Stars

Bright youthful purple at the rim with ethereal
aromatics of rose petals, maraschino cherry and Bakewell tart, underpinned by creamy vanilla notes. Youthful on the palate with crunchy redcurrant, cherry and blackcurrant, a nice textural grip from soft, round tannins and gentle acidity. The finish lingers on toast and a dusting of cocoa.

91 Points

An attractive, floral perfume mixes lilac, orchid, black cherry, redcurrant, rosehip and plum with a savoury note of cigar box. Lively acidity starts the palate off with a wave, followed on its heels with supple but chewy tannin. A touch of middle-eastern spice, liquorice and black olive add savoury layers, before a lengthy, dry and gentle spicy finish. A pretty fine first effort.

93 Points

The bouquet offers a youthful, bright & refreshing lift with scents of lemon and pear, a layer of fine lees autolysis & soft floral impressions. There’s a lovely finesse & fruity style as the wine touches the palate, flavours reflective of the glera grape from pomaceous fruits to a seam of citrus & fine autolysis effect with some baked goods then a return to the fruit highlights. Dry on the finish with the fruit & floral side of the wine offering an encore.

93 Points, Excellent

Fresh hints of lemon, green apples & green pears bring bright fresh flavours to this wine, which gains complexity from yeast lees influence during its second fermentation in bottle. This is a complex sparkling wine at an affordable price for the high quality it delivers.

17.5 / 20

It's splendidly fruited & inviting on the nose, showing ripe peach, rockmelon, Gala apple & floral aromas, leading to a succulent palate offering fleshy texture & rounded mouthfeel. Beautifully balanced by juicy acidity, making it delectable & highly enjoyable.

93 Points

A crisp, refreshing bouquet with aromas of pear, apple & blossom. Medium-light bodied, aromas of pear, green apple & green grape have a taut core, melded with subtle blossom & cream attributes. The fruit is expressive on the palate with ripeness & invigorating acidity, providing vibrancy. Fine bubbles lift & elevate the aromas, lending a dry, refreshing closing. A great effort of an inaugural release, pure & expressive.

18.5/20 pts, 93 pts

A very pale steel-green colour in the glass & a frisson to the fine mousse of lively bubbles. The bouquet is fresh & zesty, with nashi pear, nougat, green apple, toasted almond, lemongrass, weetbix & orange blossom. A nudge of sweetness on the palate entry puts it into the border of ‘Extra Dry’ & ‘Brut’ in style. Brimming with energy & crisp, clean flavours - a good start on this journey.

92 points