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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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La Belle Angèle Pinot Noir 2020, France
La Belle Angèle Pinot Noir 2020, France

Light almost delicate bouquet, but all Pinot Noir with scents of red cherry and roses, a light gun-metal quality and balanced, calm beginning….

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2020, Pinot NoirCameron DouglasApril 2, 2022La Belle Angèle, la belle angele, pinot noir, France, 2020, 91 Points, Premium
Black Cottage Merlot 2019, Hawke's Bay
Black Cottage Merlot 2019, Hawke's Bay

Aromas of plums and black currant then soft brown baking spices of vanilla and cinnamon….

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2019, MerlotCameron DouglasApril 2, 2022Black Cottage, merlot, Hawkes Bay, 2019, 91 Points, Premium
Pegasus Bay Aria Late Picked Riesling 2020, Waipara Valley, North Canterbury
Pegasus Bay Aria Late Picked Riesling 2020, Waipara Valley, North Canterbury

Fabulous aroma sof honeysuckle and peach, limeflower and apple, quince and new fresh blossoms. The noble layer in this wine delivers a light beeswax quality adding complexity and charm….

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2020, Late Harvest style, RieslingCameron DouglasApril 2, 2022Pegasus Bay, riesling, late picked, North Canterbury, Waipara Valley, 2020, Aria
Karikari Estate Calypso Merlot 2017, Karikari Peninsula, Northland
Karikari Estate Calypso Merlot 2017, Karikari Peninsula, Northland

Aromas of dark plums and compote, there’s an earthy bottled aged quality adding complexity and depth….

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Merlot, 2017Cameron DouglasApril 2, 2022Karikari Estate, Karikari Peninsula, Merlot, Calypso, Northland, 2017, 89 Points, Recommended
Roseline Prestige Côtes de Provence Rosé 2020, France
Roseline Prestige Côtes de Provence Rosé 2020, France

Ripe, fresh and fruity scents led by strawberry and yellow cherry, some rose and whispers of minerality….

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2020, Rose, RoséCameron DouglasApril 2, 2022Roseline Prestige, Côtes de Provence, Rosé, rose, 2020, France
Cooper's Creek Swamp Reserve Chardonnay 2020, Hawkes Bay
Cooper's Creek Swamp Reserve Chardonnay 2020, Hawkes Bay

Bold and expressive, youthful and variteal, fresh and new. No mistaking the combination of peach and wood scents, vanilla cream and nutty lees qualities….

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2020, ChardonnayCameron DouglasApril 2, 2022Coopers Creek, Swamp Reserve, Chardonnay, Chardonnay Challenge 2022, Top 12 Challenge 2022, Hawkes Bay
Bilancia Tiatore Chardonnay 2020, Hawkes Bay
Bilancia Tiatore Chardonnay 2020, Hawkes Bay

I hope you’ll find the bouquet of this wine as intriguing as I did. Mineral with pure citrus fruit scents, a dense, almost nutty lees quality, orchard fruits and fine oak….

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2020, ChardonnayCameron DouglasApril 2, 2022Bilancia, Tiatore, Top 12 Challenge 2022, Chardonnay Challenge 2022, Chardonnay, Hawkes Bay, 96 Points, Outstanding
Squawking Magpie Gravels Chardonnay 2020, Hawkes Bay
Squawking Magpie Gravels Chardonnay 2020, Hawkes Bay

Aromas of roasted stone fruits, a cashew nut and toasty barrel complexity, kitchen spices of vanilla and cinnamon accentuated by a warm stone mineral quality….

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Chardonnay, 2020Cameron DouglasApril 2, 2022Squawking Magpie, Gravels, Hawkes Bay, Excellent, Chardonnay, Chardonnay Challenge 2022, Top 12 Challenge 2022, 96 Points, Outstanding
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
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