Paxton Queen of the Hive Red Blend 2021, McLaren Vale

A fun and interesting red wine with aromas and flavours of plums and dark cherry, some boysenberry then stone and clay earthy laced with a some natural spice qualities….

Tantalus Évoque Reserve 2017, Waiheke Island

I tasted this wine over 3 days to be sure about its continued longevity. This is a wine that will appeal to those who find integrated red blended styles that showcase moments of age and youth concurrently, this wine does that….

Tantalus Écluse Reserve 2017, Waiheke Island

A classic red blend bouquet of dried red berries and fresh, leather and baking spices, there’s an iron filings and tobacco combination, clay and stone earthy suggestions….

Mills Reef Elspeth 'One' Gimblett Gravels 2020, Hawke's Bay

This blend of Syrah, Merlot and the Cabernets delivers a bouquet of complexity, ripe purple and blue fruits, a core of youth and power and enticing sweetness of barrel and wood smoke….

Moss Wood 'Amy's' Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Malbec Petit Verdot 2021, Margaret River, Western Australia

Ripe and pungent, fruity and complex, aromas of blue and red berry fruits, barrel spices , a touch of chocolate and a savoury herbaceous complexity….

Paritua 21.12 Red blend 2020, Hawke's Bay

A captivating bouquet of dark plums and sweet black olives, there’s a black currant and blackberry scent laced with toasty barrel spices and sweet tobacco oak suggestions….

2020, Red blendCameron DouglasJune 1, 2023Paritua, 21.12, Twenty.One Twelve, Hawke's Bay, Hawkes Bay, Red Blend

Esk Valley Malbec, Cabernets Franc & Sauvignon and Merlot 2021, Gimblett Gravels, Hawkes Bay

Fabulous bouquet, ripe, fresh and varietal with core fruits of boysenberry and black berries, dark plums layers of wood….

Destiny Bay 'Magna Praemia' 2020, Waiheke Island, Auckland

Opaque core with dark purple hues and bright pink rim. The bouquet is incredible, concentrated and focused, led by aromas of dark plums and blackberries, smoky chocolate and sweet toasty wood, violets and olive, sweet tobacco and iron….

Destiny Bay 'Mystae' 2020, Waiheke Island, Auckland

There’s no mistaking the power of fruit and new wood, spices and earth echoes in the bouquet. Dark plums and blackberry fruits, sweet black olives and dark chocolate….

The Boneline Iridium 2019, Waipara, North Canterbury

Complex, youthful and very inviting bouquet with aromas of black berry fruits and olive, dark plum and chocolate, toasty baking spices from barrel and a core stony rocky earth qualities….

Testify Gimblett Gravels Red Blend 2019, Hawke's Bay

From the Decibel Wines collection comes this ripe, fragrant and fruity example from the Gimblett Gravels with aromas and flavours of dark plums and blackberry fruits, there’s layers of soils and barrel spices, smoky toasty qualities and a harmonious tempting core….

MAU Wines The Basket Case Field Blend Red Wine 2021, Clevedon

A true field blend bouquet with aromas of myriad red berries and violets, layers of baked nut and a gentle touch of French oak showing clove and vanilla scents….

2021, Red Wine, Red blendCameron DouglasMarch 26, 2023MAU, The Basket Case, Clevedon, Field Blend, Red wine

Elephant Hill Le Phant Rouge 2021, Hawke's Bay

Youthful and distinctively bouquet with scents of myriad red and black berry fruits, a gentle oak spice quality and a natural earthy clay mineral quality….

2021, Red blend, Red WineCameron DouglasMarch 21, 2023Elephant Hill, Le Phant, Rouge, Hawke's Bay, Hawkes Bay

Sartori Valpolicella Ripasso Superiore Regolo 2019, Italy

Aromas and flavours of dark plums and roasted red berries, there’s botanicals and spices, flavours of negroni and roasted plums, baking spices and new clove…

2019, Regolo, Red blendCameron DouglasMarch 5, 2023Sartori, Valpolicella, Ripasso, Regolo, Italy

Paritua Stone Paddock 'Scarlet' 2019, Hawkes Bay

Youthful, dark fruited bouquet with scents of fresh Doris plums and chocolate, olive and tobacco, blackberries and marmite….

2019, Red Wine, Red blend, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, MerlotCameron DouglasFebruary 22, 2023Paritua, Stone Paddock, 2019, Scarlet, Hawkes Bay

Azabache Rioja 2020, Spain

This is an organic wine made from Tempranillo, Garnacha and Graciano showcasing aromas and flavours of sweet meats and red flowers, fresh and dried strawberries, wet caly and stones, sweet spices of soil and oak….