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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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Trinity Hill 125 Chardonnay 2020, Hawkes Bay
Trinity Hill 125 Chardonnay 2020, Hawkes Bay

An excellent wine, a rich statement on the bouquet with a toasty sweet wood scents leading to aromas of baked orchard fruits and grapefruit then a stony earthy quality….

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2020, ChardonnayCameron DouglasApril 2, 2022Trinity Hill, 125, Top 12 Challenge 2022, Chardonnay Challenge 2022, Chardonnay, Hawkes Bay, 95 Points, Outstanding
Villa Maria Single Vineyard Keltern Chardonnay 2020, Hawkes Bay
Villa Maria Single Vineyard Keltern Chardonnay 2020, Hawkes Bay

Classic, youthful, fresh and engaging with plenty of energy driving the core of fruit first with a fine reductive quality, complex too with a flinty, mineral freshness then aromas of citrus and white stone fruits….

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2020, ChardonnayCameron DouglasApril 2, 202295 Points, Outstanding, Chardonnay, Chardonnay Challenge 2022, Top 12 Challenge 2022, Villa Maria, Hawkes Bay, Keltern
Tony Bish Heartwood Chardonnay 2020, Hawkes Bay
Tony Bish Heartwood Chardonnay 2020, Hawkes Bay

A captivating bouquet that is both pure and complex. Fresh stone fruits and layers of fine lees scents, a mineral quality and newer oak overtones….

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2020, ChardonnayCameron DouglasApril 2, 2022Tony Bish, Top 12 Challenge 2022, 95 Points, Outstanding, Chardonnay Challenge 2022, Chardonnay
Elephant Hill Salomé Chardonnay 2020, Hawkes Bay
Elephant Hill Salomé Chardonnay 2020, Hawkes Bay

Fantatsic wine! A rich and complex expression delivered first through through the bouquet with a core of yellow freshed stone fruit, layers of oak and nuttiness along with layers of mineral, lees and fine oak qualities….

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2020, ChardonnayCameron DouglasApril 2, 2022Elephant Hill, Top 12 Challenge 2022, Chardonnay, Chardonnay Challenge 2022, Hawkes Bay, 95 Points, Outstanding
Helio Chardonnay 2020, Te Awanga, Hawkes Bay
Helio Chardonnay 2020, Te Awanga, Hawkes Bay

This is a wonderful wine from start to finish. Aromas and flavours of peach and cashew nut, ripe grapefruit and fruit spice, apple and fine lees complexity layer in its own spice qualities….

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2020, ChardonnayCameron DouglasApril 2, 2022Helio, Chardonnay, Chardonnay Challenge 2022, Top 12 Challenge 2022, 95 Points, Outstanding
Askerne Reserve Chardonnay 2020, Hawkes Bay
Askerne Reserve Chardonnay 2020, Hawkes Bay

Precise and new, varietal and immediately engaging aromas of a new bold and richly scented wine….

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2020, ChardonnayCameron DouglasApril 2, 2022Askerne, Reserve, Chardonnay, Chardonnay Challenge 2022, Top 12 Challenge 2022, Hawkes Bay, 95 Points, Outstanding
Clearview Estate Reserve Chardonnay 2020, Te Awanga, Hawkes Bay
Clearview Estate Reserve Chardonnay 2020, Te Awanga, Hawkes Bay

A captivating and complex wine with a bouquet of mineral then layers of lees and fine oak scents, there's complexity and detail with some pure fruit drive - fresh white and yellow peach baked nectarine and sweet grapefruit….

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2020, ChardonnayCameron DouglasApril 2, 2022Chardonnay Challenge 2022, Chardonnay, Top 12 Challenge 2022, Hawkes Bay, 96 Points, Outstanding, Clearview Estate
Te Awanga Estate Quarter Acre Chardonnay 2020, Haumoana, Hawkes Bay
Te Awanga Estate Quarter Acre Chardonnay 2020, Haumoana, Hawkes Bay

Reductive aromas hit the nose first, but once you look past this then the power of winemaking kicks in to showcase a core of citrus and mix of orchard fruit flavours….

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2020, ChardonnayCameron DouglasApril 2, 2022Top 12 Challenge 2022, Chardonnay Challenge 2022, Chardonnay, Hawkes Bay, 94 Points, Excellent, Te Awanga Estate
Collaboration Wines Aurulent Chardonnay 2020, Ohiti Valley and Havelock North, Hawkes Bay
Collaboration Wines Aurulent Chardonnay 2020, Ohiti Valley and Havelock North, Hawkes Bay

Immediately engaging and complex with aromas of ripe orchard fruits and minerality, there's plenty of flinty, leesy complexity, then scents of peach and baked apple, grapefruit and there's no missing the oak….

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2020, ChardonnayCameron DouglasApril 2, 202296 Points, Outstanding, Top 12 Challenge 2022, Chardonnay Challenge 2022, Chardonnay, Hawkes Bay, Collaboration Wines
Tony Bish Skeetfield Chardonnay 2020, Hawkes Bay
Tony Bish Skeetfield Chardonnay 2020, Hawkes Bay

I Love the bouquet and impact of this wine with aromas of mineral and fine almost flinty stone qualities, scents of fresh white and yellow orchard fruits, apple and gun-flint….

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2020, ChardonnayCameron DouglasApril 2, 2022Tony Bish, Skeetfield, chardonnay, Chardonnay Challenge 2022, Top 12 Challenge 2022, 96 Points, Outstanding
Terrace View Vineyards Chardonnay 2020, Maraekakaho, Hawkes Bay
Terrace View Vineyards Chardonnay 2020, Maraekakaho, Hawkes Bay

A fine bouquet with complexity from lees and fine fruit spice layers, mineral, grapefruit, white and yellow fleshed fruits, captivating….

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2020, ChardonnayCameron DouglasApril 2, 2022Terrace View Vineyards, Maraekakaho, Hawkes Bay, 93 Points, Excellent, Chardonnay Challenge 2022
Kokako Farms Chardonnay 2020, Ohiti Valley, Hawkes Bay
Kokako Farms Chardonnay 2020, Ohiti Valley, Hawkes Bay

Lifted, floral and youthful with aromas and flavours of whitefleshed fruits, lemon and apple. Balanced, crisp, refrshing and dry….

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Chardonnay, 2020Cameron DouglasApril 2, 2022Kokako Farms, Hawkes Bay, Chardonnay Challenge 2022, 92 Points, Premium
Awatere River Spindrift Pinot Noir Rosé 2021, Marlborough
Awatere River Spindrift Pinot Noir Rosé 2021, Marlborough

Aromas of strawberries and red cherry, some melon and roses, some red apple skin and a fine crushed rock earthy suggestion….

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2021, Pinot Noir, RoséCameron DouglasApril 1, 2022AR, Awatere River, awatere, louis vavasour, Louis Vavasour, Marlborough, Rosé, Rose, 2021, Spindrift, 92 Points, Premium
Waimea Estates Sauvignon Blanc 2021, Nelson
Waimea Estates Sauvignon Blanc 2021, Nelson

Pungent, fruity and varietal with distinctive scents of lemon and tropical fruits, some gooseberry and fresh peach….

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2021, Sauvignon BlancCameron DouglasApril 1, 2022Waimea, waimea, Sauvignon blanc, 2021, Nelson, 93 Points, Excellent
Waimea Estates Cabernet Franc Syrah 2019, Nelson
Waimea Estates Cabernet Franc Syrah 2019, Nelson

A really lovely bouquet with a combination of blackberry and dark plum, a dark cherry compote suggestion, black olive and dried herb thena mild earthy quality….

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2019, Cabernet Franc, SyrahCameron DouglasApril 1, 2022Waimea, waimea, Cabernet Franc, Syrah, 2019, Nelson
La Belle Angèle Syrah 2020, France
La Belle Angèle Syrah 2020, France

Aromas of red plums and clay, red currants and a mild wood scents of vanilla with a whisper of dried herb….

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2020, Syrah, FranceCameron DouglasApril 1, 2022La Belle Angèle, la belle angele, La Belle, syrah, France, 2020, 91 Points, Premium
Sileni Peak Grand Reserve Syrah 2019, Hawke's Bay
Sileni Peak Grand Reserve Syrah 2019, Hawke's Bay

Bright, fresh and varietal with dark red berry fruits and toasty new oak bouquet, dark spies of clove and vanilla then fine red clay scent layering in an earthy complexity….

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2019, SyrahCameron DouglasApril 1, 2022Sileni Estates, Sileni, sileni, Peak, 2019, Hawkes Bay, 93 Points, Excellent
Bannock Brae Crawford's Block Pinot Noir 2018, Central Otago
Bannock Brae Crawford's Block Pinot Noir 2018, Central Otago

Varietal, light and bright with aromas of red cherry and yellow plum, a layer of red currant, rose and mineral then a fine oak complexity….

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2018, Pinot NoirCameron DouglasApril 1, 2022Bannock Brae, bannock, Crawford's Block, Central Otago, 2018, 94 Points, Excellent
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