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All Cam's wine and beverage reviews use the 100-point scale:

Outstanding 95 - 100 PointsA great wine. Cellar worthy. Impeccably made.

Outstanding 95 - 100 Points

A great wine

Cellar worthy

Impeccably made

Very Good to ExcellentA wine with concentration, texture, character and quality

Very Good to Excellent

A wine with concentration, texture, character and quality

PremiumA wine with special qualities

Premium

A wine with special qualities.

Also available, 92 Point only Stickers

RecommendedA wine that is well made, immediately drinkable and will not disappoint

Recommended

A wine that is well made, immediately drinkable and should not disappoint

 

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Escarpment Pinot Noir 2019, Martinborough
Escarpment Pinot Noir 2019, Martinborough

Complex, elegant, varietal, perfumed with a sense of place, aromas of fresh plum and spiced red cherry, layers of soil and mineral qualities with some new and mostly used barrel complexities with baking spice and quietly spoken wood scents….

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Pinot NoirCameron DouglasMarch 19, 2022Escarpment, Martinborough, 95 Points, Outstanding
Nga Waka Lease Block Pinot Noir 2020, Martinborough
Nga Waka Lease Block Pinot Noir 2020, Martinborough

Youngful, fresh, ripe and varietal bouquet with layers of red berry fruit scents, mineral, barrel spices and pinosity.

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Pinot NoirCameron DouglasMarch 19, 2022Nga Waka, Martinborough
Butterworth Sauvignon Blanc 2020, Julicher Te Muna, Martinborough
Butterworth Sauvignon Blanc 2020, Julicher Te Muna, Martinborough

Fragrant, varietal, fresh, youthful and full of energised scents of apple and citrus, fresh herbs and a silty soil earthy quality…

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Sauvignon BlancCameron DouglasMarch 19, 2022Butterworth, Te Muna, Martinborough, 93 Points, Excellent
Hamden Estate Dry River Terraces Pinot Gris 2021, Martinborough, Wairarapa
Hamden Estate Dry River Terraces Pinot Gris 2021, Martinborough, Wairarapa

There’s no mistaking the aromas of a fresh, lifted and slightly spicy bouquet of Gris - aromas of quince and green pear, baked and fresh apple, a touch of white pepper and leesy mineral core.

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Pinot GrisCameron DouglasMarch 19, 2022Hamden Estate, Martinborough, Wairarapa, 92 Points, Premium
Holly by Matahiwi Estate South Series Chardonnay 2020, Wairarapa
Holly by Matahiwi Estate South Series Chardonnay 2020, Wairarapa

A bold and welcoming bouquet with aromas of new barrel and baking spices, toasty smoky and nut rich scents then baked stone fruits with apricot and nectarine, roasted brazil nut and burnt butter….

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ChardonnayCameron DouglasMarch 19, 2022Holly, Matahiwi Estate, Wairarapa, 93 Points, Excellent
Colombo Chardonnay 2021, Martinborough, Wairarapa
Colombo Chardonnay 2021, Martinborough, Wairarapa

There’s always a mineral drive at the core of the Colombo wines - scents of dry clay and stony silty soils then orchard fruits with fresh yellow peach and baked apple, vanilla custard and quietly spoken barrel spices….

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ChardonnayCameron DouglasMarch 19, 2022Colombo, Martinborough, Wairarapa, 94 Points, Excellent
Ant Moore Pinot Gris 2021, Marlborough
Ant Moore Pinot Gris 2021, Marlborough

Lifted and fresh varietal aromas of brown pear, apple and nashi, there’s a light ager beer leesy quality adding breadth and complexity….

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Pinot GrisCameron DouglasMarch 18, 2022Ant Moore, Marlborough, 92 Points, Premium
Cable Bay Pinot Gris 2021, Rocky Vineyard, Awatere Valley, Marlborough
Cable Bay Pinot Gris 2021, Rocky Vineyard, Awatere Valley, Marlborough

Very fragrant and enticing bouquet, floral then fruity, mineral then leesy. Scents of fresh green pear and quince, yellow apple and a fine lees spice quality, a whisper lager beer then honeysuckle ….

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Pinot GrisCameron DouglasMarch 18, 2022Cable Bay, Awatere Valley, Marlborough, 94 Points, Excellent
Cable Bay Sauvignon Blanc 2021, Cinders Vineyard. Awatere Valley, Marlborough
Cable Bay Sauvignon Blanc 2021, Cinders Vineyard. Awatere Valley, Marlborough

Lifted, fragrant, savoury and compex bouquet with aromas of green apple and dried herbs, pink grapefruit and white flowers, crushed rock mineral layers and moments of fresh peach and exotic fruits.

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Sauvignon BlancCameron DouglasMarch 18, 2022Cable Bay, Awatere Valley, Marlborough, 93 Points, Excellent, Certified Bio-gro
Ant Moore Sauvignon Blanc 2021, Marlborough
Ant Moore Sauvignon Blanc 2021, Marlborough

Aromas and flavours of fresh red apple and lemon, somw graepfruit and white peach then fresh green herbs and white spice….

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Sauvignon BlancCameron DouglasMarch 18, 2022Ant Moore, Marlborough, Premium, 91 Points
Pegasus Bay Virtuoso Chardonnay 2019, Waipara Valley, North Canterbury
Pegasus Bay Virtuoso Chardonnay 2019, Waipara Valley, North Canterbury

One gentle nose of this wine and the full impact of the bouquet is released….

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ChardonnayCameron DouglasMarch 16, 2022Pegasus Bay, Waipara Valley, North Canterbury, 96 Points, Outstanding
Cable Bay Viognier 2020, Waiheke Island, Auckland
Cable Bay Viognier 2020, Waiheke Island, Auckland

Aromas of flowers and honeysuckle precede those of gentle oak spice and barrel ferment lees and nut qualities….

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ViognierCameron DouglasMarch 16, 2022Cable Bay, Waiheke Island, Auckland
Bodegas Piqueras High Altitude Garnacha 2020, Almansa, Spain
Bodegas Piqueras High Altitude Garnacha 2020, Almansa, Spain

Very enticing core of fruit and baking spice, red flowers, red skinned fruits and stony mineral complexity….

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Garnacha, GrenacheCameron DouglasMarch 15, 2022Bodegas Piqueras, Almansa, Spain, 92 Points, Premium, Organic, Bio-Dynamic
Paddy Borthwick Paper Road Pinot Noir 2021, Wairarapa
Paddy Borthwick Paper Road Pinot Noir 2021, Wairarapa

An enticing core of red berry fruits, spice and plum lead the bouquet with scents of cherry, cranberry and red currants laced with a soft silty mineral quality and some light smoky barrel highlights….

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Pinot NoirCameron DouglasMarch 15, 2022Paddy Borthwick, Wairarapa, Excellent, 93 Points
Neudorf Rosie's Block Dry Riesling 2021, Moutere, Nelson
Neudorf Rosie's Block Dry Riesling 2021, Moutere, Nelson

Scents of white flowers and apricot stone, fresh green apple and sweet lemon, moments of elderflower and lime-flower….

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RieslingCameron DouglasMarch 15, 2022Neudorf, Moutere, Nelson, 95 Points, Outstanding
Stonecroft Reserve Syrah 2020, Gimblett Gravels, Hawkes Bay
Stonecroft Reserve Syrah 2020, Gimblett Gravels, Hawkes Bay

Deep opaque appearance with a core of dark purple moving to a lighter purple and ruby rim….

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SyrahCameron DouglasMarch 14, 2022Stonecroft, Gimblett Gravels, Hawkes Bay, Reserve, Wine of the Week
Karikari Estate Tannat 2019, Karikari Peninsula, Northland
Karikari Estate Tannat 2019, Karikari Peninsula, Northland

Dark and rich bouquet with scents of dark berries and toasty spices, boyseberry and plums, dates and raspberry….

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TannatCameron DouglasMarch 14, 2022Karikari Estate, Northland, Karikari Peninsula, 94 Points, Excellent
Tiritiri by Neudorf Chardonnay 2020, Nelson
Tiritiri by Neudorf Chardonnay 2020, Nelson

Aromas and flavours of grapefruit and ripe peaches, red apple and spices of oak layered between mineral and clay with a stony gravel suggestion….

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ChardonnayCameron DouglasMarch 14, 2022Tiritiri, Neudorf, 94 Points, Excellent
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