Passage Rock Magnus 2021, Waiheke Island

A wine to contemplate and savor from the first bottle to the last. best drinking from 2029 through 2039+…

2021, Red blendCameron DouglasApril 26, 2024Passage Rock, Magnus, Waiheke Island, Red Blend

Passage Rock Magnus 2020, Waiheke Island

A lengthy focused, dry wine with complexity and power….

2020, Red blendCameron DouglasApril 26, 2024Passage Rock, Magnus, Red Blend, Waiheke Island

Passage Rock 'Magnus' 2022, Waiheke Island

An impressive bouquet of dark berries and baking spices, black currant and roasted plum, chocolate and clove, sweet tobacco and new leather….

2022, Red blendCameron DouglasApril 22, 2024Passage Rock, Magnus, Waiheke Island, Red Blend

Alta Vista 'Atemporal' red blend 2020. Argentina

Aromas of youth and complexity, dark red blackberry and chocolate, baking spices and roasted plums, violets, clay and tobacco with a roasted bell-pepper suggestion….

2020, Red blendCameron DouglasFebruary 11, 2024Alta Vista, Atemporal, Red Blend, 2020, Argentina

Pask Cabernet, Merlot, Malbec 2020, Gimblett Gravels, Hawkes Bay

Wood smoke, dark spices and chocolate, dark berries of plum and blackberry then sunbaked stones encapsulate the bouquet.

2020, Red blendCameron DouglasJanuary 25, 2024Pask, Gimblett Gravels, 2020, Red Blend, Hawkes Bay

Causse Marines 'Peyrouzelles' 2019, France

A ready to drink bouquet and palate with flavours of plums and…

2019, Red blendCameron DouglasNovember 23, 2023Causse Marines, Peyrouzelles, Red Blend, France

Wild Estate 'The Wilding' Red Blend 2021, Waiheke Island

Great colour with purples and ruby, a medium+ concentration leads to a bouquet and palate of plums and fresh blackberry, dark velvet roses and a touch of milk chocolate….

2021, Red Wine, Red blendCameron DouglasOctober 29, 2023Wild Estate, The Wildling, Red Blend, Waiheke Island

Smith & Sheth CRU Cantera Omahu 2021, Gimblett Gravels, Hawke's Bay

A blend of CS, CF and Tempranillo aged in French and Amerial oak for 18 months - presents a bouquet of dark plums and baking spices - led by clove then a touch of five spice, there’s a meaty quality accentuated by new barrel scents with a toasty quality….

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….

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

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….

Paritua Red 2019, Hawkes Bay

….delivers aromas and flavours of blackberries and tobacco, toasty barrel spices, crushed violets and Doris plums…..

2019, Red Wine, Red blendCameron DouglasFebruary 7, 2023Paritua, Red Blend, 2019, Hawkes Bay

Barossa Boy 'Little Tacker' Grenache Shiraz Mataro 2018, Barossa, Australia

Dark ruby, red and purple rimmed appearance. Aromas of fresh juicy fleshed berries, moments of milk chocolate and plums, baking spice and whisps of pepper….