Wine of the Week
A beautiful vibrant bouquet, varietal and intense, layered with scents of soil and ripeness…
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Excellent natural rose and raspberry orange presentation lead to aromas of dark berries and plum, spices of earth and fruit, then a core of lees and autolysis with a sweet brioche quality….
There’s no mistaking the core bouquet of red berry fruits, some fresh black currant and peppercorn qualities in the bouquet….
Fragrant, varietal, floral, fruity and complex bouquet….
Very attractive bouquet with a core of varietal primary red berry fruits, spice and earthy minerality with a reductive flinty quality….
Aromas and flavours of fresh brown pears and yellow apple, layers of lees and quince along with a touch of white spice add volume, shape and for to the bouquet….
An attractive bouquet and palate with complexity, varietal highlights and gravitas in its complexity….
An immediate reminder of variety with a punchy bouquet of tropical fruits, lime and fresh apple….
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New Zealand’s Scapegrace Distilling Co. is celebrating another international win, with the World Whiskey Awards held overnight in London.
2023 was a record year for the number of wines I tasted, evaluated, and judged. These included Panel Chair for the New Zealand entries at the Decanter World Wine Awards, Chair for the Canberra International Riesling Challenge, Selector for the Hawkes Bay Chardonnay Challenge, various local wine shows around New Zealand, various online and print publications including Decanter and MiNDFOOD, multiple wine tasting events around Aotearoa New Zealand, and my own website review business site at CamDouglasMS.com, many hundreds of wines have touched my palate.