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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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Forrest Malbec 2021, Marlborough
Forrest Malbec 2021, Marlborough

Dark berries and raspberry chocolate scents, spices of barrel and a meaty fruit flesh core. Firm, dry, fleshy, meaty, ripe red berry fruit flavours, firm tannins and a back bone of acidity….

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2021, MalbecCameron DouglasSeptember 24, 2022Forrest, malbec, Marlborough, 2021
Collaboration 'Ceresia' Cabernet Franc 2020, Hawkes Bay
Collaboration 'Ceresia' Cabernet Franc 2020, Hawkes Bay

Dark berries and olive leaf, dried herbs and black berries. There’s a smoky aspect with barrel spices of clove and baked vanilla….

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2020, Cabernet FrancCameron DouglasSeptember 24, 2022Collaboration Wines, cabernet franc, 2020, Hawkes Bay
Collaboration Wines 'Verdant' Chardonnay 2021, Hawkes Bay
Collaboration Wines 'Verdant' Chardonnay 2021, Hawkes Bay

Youthful, taut, mineral and ripe with a citrus focussed bouquet. Aromas and flavours of grapefruit and sandstone, white peach and apple flesh…

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2021, ChardonnayCameron DouglasSeptember 24, 2022Collabroation Wines, Chardonnay, 2021, Hawkes Bay
Forrest Chenin Blanc 2022, Marlborough
Forrest Chenin Blanc 2022, Marlborough

Aromas and flavours of fresh apple flesh and sweet citrus, there’s a fine core of minerality and white flowers scent that I find appealing….

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2022, Chenin BlancCameron DouglasSeptember 24, 2022Forrest, chenin blanc, 2022, Marlborough
Rockburn 'Nine Barrels' Pinot Noir 2021, Parkburn Vineyard, Central Otago
Rockburn 'Nine Barrels' Pinot Noir 2021, Parkburn Vineyard, Central Otago

An excellent bouquet with a core of ripe red fruits from raspberry and red cherry to the forrest and farmers market….

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2021, Pinot NoirCameron DouglasSeptember 24, 2022Rockburn, Parkburn Vineyard, 2021, Central Otago, pinot noir
Rockburn 'The Art' Pinot Noir 2021, Central Otago
Rockburn 'The Art' Pinot Noir 2021, Central Otago

Complex, elegant, lifted, sophistiscated, a wine with aromas of ripe red berry fruits, red stone fruits, plum and barrel spices….

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2021, Pinot NoirCameron DouglasSeptember 24, 2022Rockburn, pinot noir, 2021, Central Otago
Ruru Pinot Noir 2021, Central Otago
Ruru Pinot Noir 2021, Central Otago

Aromas and flavours of dried raspberries and plum, dark cherry and fine oak with baking spice and moderate toasty wood qualities….

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2021, Pinot NoirCameron DouglasSeptember 24, 2022Ruru, pinot noir, 2021, Central Otago
Les Jamelles Merlot 2020, Pays D'Oc, France
Les Jamelles Merlot 2020, Pays D'Oc, France

Flavours of sweet red plums and red currants, there’s a light almond nut quality and very fine tannins that deliver a smooth finely textured palate….

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2020, MerlotCameron DouglasSeptember 24, 2022Les Jamelles, merlot, 2020, Pays D' Oc, France
Smith & Sheth CRU Heretaunga Syrah 2020, Hawke's Bay
Smith & Sheth CRU Heretaunga Syrah 2020, Hawke's Bay

Aromas and flavours of ripe, plump raspberry flesh and black currants, there’s a fine gravel soils flavour suggestion then tannins and acidity, layers of fine oak and excellent mouthfeel.

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2020, SyrahCameron DouglasSeptember 24, 2022Smith & Sheth, Heretaunga, syrah, Hawkes Bay, Hawke's Bay
Smith & Sheth CRU Omahu Syrah 2020, Hawke's Bay
Smith & Sheth CRU Omahu Syrah 2020, Hawke's Bay

Great core of dark raspberry and black currant fruit aromas, layers of clove and baked vanilla toasty wood spices, a field mushtroom and aged meat qualities with a dry stone mineral baseline….

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2020, SyrahCameron DouglasSeptember 24, 2022Smith & Sheth, CRU, syrah, Omahu, Hawkes Bay, Hawke's Bay
Unison Syrah Rocks 2019, Gimblett Gravels, Hawke's Bay
Unison Syrah Rocks 2019, Gimblett Gravels, Hawke's Bay

There’s no mistaking the ripe varietal fruit and spice scents with a craked pepper and black currant, raspberry and plum and barrel spices with a stony erthy gravel quality surround the fruit and present a complex, ripe and fruit centric bouquet….

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2019, Syrah, Gimblett GravelsCameron DouglasSeptember 24, 2022Unison, Syrah, Gimblett Gravels, Hawkes Bay, Hawke's Bay
Rapaura Springs Limestone Terrace Vineyard Pinot Noir 2020, Marlborough
Rapaura Springs Limestone Terrace Vineyard Pinot Noir 2020, Marlborough

Very attractive bouquet with dark berries and smoky oak qualities. Nice and complex, enticing and new….

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2020, Pinot NoirCameron DouglasSeptember 24, 2022Rapaura Springs, Limestone Terrace, Pinot Noir, Marlborough
Matahiwi 'Wild Holly' Pinot Noir by Liam Macklin 2021, Masterton
Matahiwi 'Wild Holly' Pinot Noir by Liam Macklin 2021, Masterton

Fabulous colour and bouquet with dark ruby at the core and purple pink hues at the rim. Aromas and flavours of…

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2021, Pinot NoirCameron DouglasSeptember 24, 2022Matahiwi Estate, Pinot Noir, Masterton, Wairarapa, Wild Holly
Black Cottgae Pinot Noir 2022, Marlborough
Black Cottgae Pinot Noir 2022, Marlborough

Great colour and bouquet of dark cherry and raspberry flesh, there’s a nettle and natural darker spice from the fruit on show accentuated by a dry stony mineral and dried herb quality….

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2022, Pinot NoirCameron DouglasSeptember 24, 2022Black Cottage, Pinot Noir, Sustainable Grown, Marlborough, 2022
Wild Earth Pinot Noir Rosé 2022, Central Otago
Wild Earth Pinot Noir Rosé 2022, Central Otago

I love the natural hues of red and pink that lead to a bouquet of cherry and red apple skin with a melon and tropical fruit punch scents….

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2022, Pinot RoséCameron DouglasSeptember 24, 2022Wild Earth, Pinot Noir, Rosé, Pinot Rosé, Central Otago
Neudorf Rosie's Block Amphora Chardonnay 2021, Nelson
Neudorf Rosie's Block Amphora Chardonnay 2021, Nelson

A complex and highly textured bouquet with scents of fine gravel and sand, a core of peach and sweet citrus flesh, layers of fine lees with an autolysis effect adding substance and weight [to the bouquet]….

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2021, Chardonnay, OrganicCameron DouglasSeptember 24, 2022Neudorf, Rosie's Block, Amphora, Chardonnay, Organic, Nelson
Neudorf Rosie's Block Moutere Chardonnay 2021, Nelson
Neudorf Rosie's Block Moutere Chardonnay 2021, Nelson

Fabulous bouquet, complex and textured with shape and form. Aromas and flavours of wild peaches, gun flint and grapefruit flesh….

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2021, Chardonnay, OrganicCameron DouglasSeptember 24, 2022Neudorf, Rosie's Block, Moutere, Chardonnay, Nelson
Two Rivers 'Phoenix' Pinot Gris 2022, Marlboroug
Two Rivers 'Phoenix' Pinot Gris 2022, Marlboroug

Precise, pure, ripe and varietal bouquet with scents of quince and red pear, apple and white spice, a fine wet stone mineral quality and fine lees complexity….

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2022, Pinot GrisCameron DouglasSeptember 24, 2022Two Rivers, Pinot Gris, 2022, Marlborough
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