Our Wines - Domestic - New Zealand
Alpha Crucis is the brightest star in the Southern Cross constellation, the most conspicuous star formation visible from the southern hemisphere. It is often abbreviated to A-Crux (or Cross) or simply denoted with the symbol.
Alpha Crucis wines are an extension of this maxim, aspiring to be the best and brightest wines from our vineyards and to reflect a sense of place and our efforts in the vineyard and winery.
Alpha Crucis wines are only released in those years that satisfy our uncompromising principles of quality and varietal integrity. Consequently production of the wines may not occur in years where the climate or vintage conditions challenge these principles.
★★★★★-James Halliday Australian Wine Companion 2016
Chalk Hill is a family owned wine company dedicated to making small batch, hand crafted wines of distinction.
The Harvey family grape growing heritage goes back six generations in South Australia, and they now have six vineyards spread across the beautiful McLaren Vale wine region. Their home vineyard was first planted in 1897 and these century old vines still bear fruit today.
It is our family commitment to make wines that reveal the unique place that is McLaren Vale, and to show our efforts from the vineyard to the bottle. To us, wine is more than just a drink, it is a reflection of our place and our life.
★★★★★-James Halliday Australian Wine Companion 2016
Marananga Estate
Located near the hamlet of Marananga on the western side of the Barossa Valley, our vineyards are set amongst beautiful rolling hills which directly affect the flavour characters associated with each vineyard block. The soil is rich in ironstone and quartzite, ideal for producing deeply flavoured fruit.
The Barossa Valley is made up of a patchwork of different “Parishes” or sub-regions that all have their own unique soils and micro climates. These different characteristics are reflected in the diversity of the wine they produce. At Curator Wine Co, we harvest grapes for many vineyards spread throughout the Barossa Valley in different Parishes; from Marananga, Stone Well, Gomersal, Greenock and Vine Vale. This Shiraz reflects all the complexity of combining the separate parcels together, with a mixture of dark and red berry fruits, beautiful oak supporting the juicy mid palate and lovely long powdering tannins on the finish.
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Cabernet Sauvignon |
2018 |
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Impressively ripe and fragrant, the bouquet shows crème de cassis, dark plum, cocoa and cedar characters with a hint of tobacco complexity. The palate is concentrated and mouth filling with fine texture and polished tannins, offering excellent structure and length. Stylish and immensely appealing. At its best: now to 2033. 95 pts
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Shiraz |
2018 |
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The wine is fabulously composed and expressed on the nose showing dark fruit intensity with dark chocolate, spicy oak and subtle game characters. It’s wonderfully weighted and plush on the palate, delivering terrific fruit purity and richness, leading to a gorgeously long delectable finish. At its best: now to 2033. 95 pts
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Parishes Shiraz |
2018 |
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Beautifully ripe and inviting, the fragrant bouquet shows blackberry, mulberry, vanillin oak and cake spice aromas, followed by a wonderfully weighted palate that’s plump and flavoursome. The wine offers beautifully layered mouthfeel together with velvety tannins, finishing delectable and lingering. At its best: now to 2030. 94 pts |
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Domain Road Vineyard is a privately owned vineyard established in 2002 producing award-winning red and white wines. It is located in Bannockburn, Central Otago, next to the popular Bannockburn Domain Camping Ground and of course their famous neighbour the acclaimed Felton Road winery.
The original 6.5 hectares of vines expanded in 2011 with the addition of another 10 hectares of land adjacent to Felton Road vineyard. This has been planted in Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling and Pinot Noir grapes.
Domain Road Vineyard's owners Graeme and Gillian Crosbie and their families have had a long association with the area. The vineyard are farmed sustainably and under an organic regim. The rapport quality vs price is outstanding.
The Helen’s Hill wine range holds the spirit of those who have gone before us. It celebrates passion, persistence and the genuine connection between people and land.
Each wine is hand crafted and undergoes an arduous selection process before it makes it into a Helen’s Hill bottle. As we know, great wine is made in the vineyard and as such only small select parcels of fruit from certain rows of our single vineyard site are hand picked at harvest. Each wine is fermented in select French oak barrels under the watchful eye of winemaker Scott McCarthy. Prior to bottling each barrel is tasted and ranked with only the best barrels being selected for the Helen’s Hill range of wines.
★★★★★-James Halliday Australian Wine Companion 2018
Ingram Rd is an exciting range of wines from Helen’s Hill Estate, a boutique, family owned vineyard and winery in Victoria’s Yarra Valley. Winemaker, Scott McCarthy, makes the Ingram Rd range of wines following traditional boutique wine making techniques only found at the top end of the price range; premium fruit from select vineyards in the Yarra Valley and Central Victoria, small batch sizes, open top fermenters, full French oak maturation, “wild” fermentation, hand crafted by a single winemaker…all trademarks of quality boutique wines – Ingram Rd delivers these qualities, without the price tag!
Scott McCarthy has handcrafted these wines from premium quality Yarra Valley fruit which lack the premium price tags. They have been created to appeal to the less pretentious wine drinkers and invite you to be at a loose end with no plans, just time to sit and savour these great wines.
★★★★★-James Halliday Australian Wine Companion 2018
Sidewood Estate lies in the Onkapariga Valley, with the westerly vines weathering the coldest climate in the Adelaide Hills.
Under the guidance of gun winemakers Natasha Mooney and Darryl Catlin wine quality has reached new heights in recent times. Recent trophy and gold medal success has only confirmed Sidewood Estate as the rising star of the Adelaide Hills.
★★★★★ - James Halliday Australian Wine Companion 2016
Terroir Wines reflect the simple pleasures that can be derived from nature and a sense of place. Terroir wines express the unique natural gifts bestowed upon those world renowned wine regions.
The Sauvignon Blanc is sourced from three distinctive Marlborough sub regions (Waihopai, Wairau, and Awatere).
The Pinot Noir is sourced primarily from 2 distinctive regions the Alexandra basin and the Cromwell district in Central Otago.
Terroir is the culmination of selective parcels and the precise characteristics they wish to reflect.
Clean, vibrant wines that deliver true varietal character, complexity and texture presented within an elegant framework and classy packaging.
The vineyard was planted back in 1980 with the first vines bearing fruit for making small amounts of the first wines in 1986. Since then David Anderson and son Liam have gained somewhat ‘Cult’ notoriety for the wines now being made. The focus is on full, rich red wines that encapsulate the region and also express the desire to not shy away from body and strength with a definite elegance and expression of variety. Our grapes are hand harvested, we then ferment our red varieties in open-top fermenters, gently hand plunging every 4-6 hours for optimal tannin extraction. We use some whole bunch in some ferments for added texture and complexity. This varies from season to season depending on the ripeness of stalk and the overall season.
All wines are basket pressed, including our whites, using our home made presses. We use a low pressure and longer pressing times to gently extract the juice/wine. This avoids the harsh phenolic that come from crushed seeds. Wild Duck Creek Estate Springflat Shiraz was originally a single vineyard wine based on the low-yielding, two-hectare Springflat Vineyard planted in 1988. It now also includes dry-grown Shiraz from around Heathcote and Mt Camel. The soils in this region are diverse, ranging from mudstones and shales to pre-Cambrian red earths. Winemaking is ‘nothing fancy’. Vinification takes place in a mixture of different-sized open fermenters. Contemporary vintages are matured in a 50/50 combination of heavy-toasted American and French oak. Typically this densely concentrated wine is ‘pitch dark’ in colour with lifted violet/ camomile/ dark cherry/ mocha/ graphite aromas and flavours with fine, supple, plentiful chocolaty tannins complemented by savoury, malty oak. Langton’s classified