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( 2.9 / 995 )We’ve put ourselves in it. This inter-active video showcases individual winemakers on film talking with passion about their wine, whilst the audience samples flights of the wine on the desk in front of them, preceded by magnificent aerial coastal and country scenery from Auckland north, zooming in on the wine region then the winery involved. This is grand and stirring stuff! Two separate videos feature 6 red wines and 6 white wines and their respective winemakers, with wineries plucked from several northern wine regions including Cleveland, Oratia, Kumeu, Waiheke Island and Matakana. Hyperion’s excellent ‘06 “the Titan” Cabernet Sauvignon features in the red line-up.
The Aroma Room Before you attend the main event you can enter a specially set up room off the main entry point and sniff the rows of scented cones which convey the aroma components usually associated with wine - mostly good, a few with common faults. Quite a number of these are tried blind, so they really challenge your olfactory senses. If you are not sure and want to know the answer, one can just lift up a flap and find it underneath. Some cones are really easy but others aren’t so obvious.
Location Brilliantly positioned alongside the Auckland Fish Market at 22 Jellicoe Street, off Beaumont, (or Halsey) Street to suit, Freemans Bay, west of the Viaduct area in Auckland City. Car parking is available, proceed to courtyard area between auditorium and the Auckland Fish Market where you can afterwards purchase a wider range of Auckland wines and partake of them with delicious ultra fresh seafood tapas in relaxed indoor and out dining.
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Midas received his golden touch from Dionysus, the mythological god of wine.We have grown Malbec for some years but it has generally been blended into "Kronos". For 2007 we didn't make a "Kronos" so the small vintage was bottled separatetly with the tiny output of only 11 cases.
Fruit from our home block was fermented in open tanks with frequent hand plunging then matured for 12 months in French oak. This pure Malbec has a vibrant aroma of violets and spices with rich, succulent flavours of black doris plums and dark berries balanced by a backbone of fine tannins.
This sumptuous wine, is red with distinctive violet-like florals and rich berry fruit. Sue Courtney
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Our premium blend of CabernetMerlot/Malbec is now available. With our usual ratio of 60/30/10% this wine exhibits ripe berry and savoury aromas with rich flavous of blackcurrents and red berries integrated with fine tannins and an earthy complexity.“Deep red-black in colour with a ripe fruit aroma that hints of jelly baby and cherry - later the aroma becomes quite smoky and savoury with deli meat scents and creamy vanillin oak. Just on the medium side of full-bodied in its palate weight, it’s silky textured with a savoury cedary ‘Bordeaux’ character, jelly baby sweetness, hints of liquorice, cinnamon, clove and allspice. Ripe, tending toward luscious on the finish with a dry cedary aftertaste, it is smoky, long and vinously satisfying with excellent length.” Sue Courtney 17/20
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Take a look at this terrific photo taken back in December ’05 while distilling our second batch of grappa.From the left: – the owner of the copper still, Wolfgang, John Crone and Ras Sutherland (Castle Matakana). Recently we had a sampling of three different versions of our latest grappa in company with a couple of Germans and a South African who were knowledgeable about the making and tasting of it, along with the Castle duo. The result gave the edge to the brew John was hoping to make the blend from.With the cute squat bottles, perfect for X’mas gifts.
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