1 2016 ELEPHANT HILL HAWKE’S BAY CHARDONNAY, $28 Elephant Hill showed their consistency at London’s Decanter World Wine Awards with a silver for this stylish, creamy, citrus-fresh wine and a Best in Show for its $60 big brother, Reserve Chardonnay.
2 2016 LAWSON’S DRY HILLS GEWÜRZTRAMINER, $22 Air New Zealand Wine Awards Trophy winner in 2017, this is a beautifully balanced, intensely aromatic wine, rich in rose petal, quince and spice notes, with a bright, clean palate.
3 2017 SHAKY BRIDGE ‘PIONEER SERIES’ CENTRAL OTAGO PINOT NOIR, $24 Trophy winner at the 2018 New World Wine Awards, this is a silky, supple red with a burst of cherry-plum-spice notes. Try with duck salad.
4 2018 MAHI MARLBOROUGH PINOT GRIS, $23 Mahi prefers not to enter shows but there’s no mistaking…
