Stonyridge Larose 2019, Waiheke Island

Description:

Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Malbec, Petit Verdot

Organic, estate-grown
97 points

Tasting Notes:

Some fine spices, cedar and pencil shavings are also derived from the oak. A big mouth filling wine, matured in 70% new French oak, engulfed by the huge ripe fruit. Richly flavoured and beautifully complex, with immaculate tannin and amazing structure. This wine is greatly concentrated with a finish that lasts and lasts.

Revie ws:

"For its arresting power, complexity and richness, and sheer vintage-to-vintage brilliance, Stonyridge Larose must be ranked as New Zealand's greatest claret-style red."

- Michael Cooper