WINE NEW ZEALAND 2005 RATINGS

WINE NEW ZEALAND 2005 RATINGS

Sauvignon Blanc
Five Stars
• Cloudy Bay 2005
• Forrest Estate 2005
• Mount Riley 2005
• Mud House White Swan 2005
• Sileni ES “The Sounds” 2005
• Wither Hills 2005

Four and a Half Stars
• Astrolabe 2005
• Bladen 2005
• Cape Campbell 2004
• Charles Wiffen Reserve 2005
• Church Road Cuve Series 2004
• Grove Mill 2005
• Lawson’s Dry Hills 2005
• Montana Reserve Vineyard Selection 2004
• Mud House 2005
• Nobilo Icon 2004
• Riverby Estate 2005
• Saint Clair Pioneer Block B2 2005
• Saint Clair 2005
• Seresin 2005
• Stafford Lane Estate 2005
• Villa Maria Private Bin 2005

Four Stars
• Babich Marlborough 2005
• Charles Wiffen 2005
• Coopers Creek Marlborough 2005
• Gravitas 2005
• Mount Riley Seventeen Valley 2004
• Saint Clair Pioneer block B3 2005
• Sileni Cellar Selection 2005
• Shingle Peak 2005
• Wairau River 2005

Three and a Half Stars
• Artisan Marlborough 2004
• Cape Campbell 2005
• Kakapo 2005
• Nautilus 2005
• Riverby Estate 2004
• Stoneleigh Marlborough 2005
• Tohu 2005
• Tohu Mugwi 2005

Three Stars
• 3 Brothers 2005
• Belmonte 2004
• Clearview Reserve 2004
• Domaine Georges Michel Golden Mile 2005
• Esk Valley Black Label 2004
• Greenhough 2004
• Huia 2005
• Mills Reef Reserve 2004
• Odyssey Marlborough 2004
• Omaka Springs 2005
• Oyster Bay 2005
• Seresin Marama 2004
• Squawking Magpie Reserve 2004
• Te Mania 2005
• Triplebank Awatere 2004
• Vidal Estate 2004
• West Brook Blue Ridge 2005
• Woollaston Estate 2005

Chardonnay
Five Stars
• Clearview Reserve 2004
• Gravitas Reserve 2004
• Kumeu River 2004
• Margrain 2004
• Mills Reef Elspeth 2004
• Vidal Estate Reserve 2004
• Villa Maria Reserve Marlborough 2003
• Villa Maria Single Vineyard Waldron 2003

Four and a Half Stars
• Babich The Patriarch 2002
• Cape Campbell Limited Release Reserve 2004
• Church Road Cuve Series 2002
• Cloudy Bay 2003
• Coopers Creek Swamp Road Reserve 2004
• Forrest Estate Reserve 2002
• Gravitas Unoaked 2004
• Kumeu River Mate’s Vineyard 2004
• Matua Valley Ararimu 2003
• Millton Opou Vineyard 2004
• Montana Ormond Estate 2004
• Montana Renwick Estate 2001
• Odyssey Iliad Gisborne 2004
• Ransom Barrel Ferment 2004
• Selaks Founders Reserve Gisborne 2004
• Seresin Reserve 2004
• Sileni ES “The Lodge” 2004
• Trinity Hill Gimblett Road 2004

Four Stars
• Alpha Domus AD 2002
• Amor-Bendall The CRU 2004
• Babich Irongate 2001
• Black Barn 2004
• Church Road Reserve 2004
• Corbans Cottage Block Marlborough 2003
• Domaine Georges Michel La Reserve 2002
• Esk Valley Reserve 2004
• Framingham 2004
• Fromm La Strada 2002
• Fromm La Strada 2003
• Fromm Clayvin Vineyard 2003
• Greenhough Hope Vineyard 2002
• Herzog 2004
• Kaimira Brightwater 2003
• Lawson’s Dry Hills 2002
• Kemblefield The Distinction 2002
• Matua Valley Judd Estate 2003
• Mebus 2002
• Michael Craig 2004
• Morton Estate Black Label 2002
• Mount Riley Seventeen Valley 2003
• Nobilo Icon 2004
• Riverby Estate 2004
• Saint Clair Reserve 2003
• Selaks Founders Reserve Marlborough 2004
• Squawking Magpie Gimblett Gravels 2004
• Te Whau 2004
• Trinity Hill Hawkes Bay 2002
• TW Reserve 2004
• Villa Maria Cellar Selection Hawkes Bay 2004
• Villa Maria Cellar Selection Marlborough 2004
• Villa Maria Single Vineyard Fletcher 2002
• West Brook Blue Ridge 2004
• White Rock Wild Ferment 2004
• Wishart Reserve 2003
• Wither Hills 2003
• Wither Hills 2004

Three and a Half Stars
• Alana Estate 2003
• Amor-Bendall Reserve 2004
• Clearview Beachhead 2004
• Coopers Creek Hawkes Bay 2004
• Coopers Creek Gisborne Reserve 2004
• Forrest Estate 2004
• Greenhough Hope Vineyard 2004
• Longbush 2004
• Matariki 2004
• Ngatarawa Glazebrook 2004
• Nobilo Dixon Vineyard 2004
• Palliser Estate 2004
• Pegasus Bay 2004
• Tiritiri Vineyard Reserve 2004
• Tohu Gisborne 2003
• Tohu Gisborne Reserve 2002
• TW Estate Unoaked 2004
• Wishart Unoaked 2004

Three Stars
• Alpha Domus 2004
• Astrolabe 2004
• Belmonte 2004
• Brunton Road 2004
• C J Pask Gimblett Road 2002
• Charles Wiffen 2003
• Domaine Georges Michel Golden Mile2004
• Esk Valley Black Label 2004
• Fiddler’s Green 2004
• Francis-Cole 2004
• Greenhough Hope Vineyard 2001
• Grove Mill 2002
• Huia 2002
• Hyperion “Helios” 2004
• Kawarau Estate Reserve 2004
• Matua Matheson 2004
• Mills Reef Reserve 2004
• Morton Estate White Label 2002
• Mount Riley 2004
• Muddy Water Waipara 2004
• Mud House 2004
• Omaka Springs Winemakers Selection 2002
• Oyster Bay 2004
• Passage Rock Barrel Fermented Gisborne 2004
• Saint Clair 2004
• Seresin 2004
• Sileni Cellar Selection 2004
• Te Mania Estate 2003
• Tohu Unoaked 2004
• TW Estate Unoaked 2003
• Vidal Estate Hawke’s Bay 2004
• Wishart Unoaked 2005

Pinot Gris
Five Stars

Four and a Half Stars
• Bilancia 2005
• Grove Mill 2005
• Villa Maria Single Vineyard Taylors Pass 2004

Four Stars
• Canterbury House Vineyard Select 2004
• Huia 2004
• Lawson’s Dry Hills 2004
• Omaka Springs 2005
• Seifried 2004
• Wairau River 2005

Three and a Half Stars
• Bladen 2005
• Kaimira 2004
• Martinborough Vineyard 2004
• Mud House 2005
• Ransom 2004
• Saint Clair 2004
• Seresin 2005
• Terrace Heights Estate THE 2005

Three Stars
• Burnt Spur 2005
• Framingham 2004
• Francis-Cole 2005
• Gladstone Vineyard 2004
• Margrain 2004
• Stoneleigh Rapaura Series 2004
• Torlesse 2004

Riesling
Five Stars

Four and a Half Stars
• Corbans Private Bin Amberley 2002
• Framingham Dry 2003
• Margrain 2003
• Pegasus Bay 2005

Four Stars
• Bladen 2004
• Framingham Classic 2004
• Gibbston Valley 2005
• Grove Mill 2004
• Martinborough Vineyard 2005
• Montana Reserve Vintage 2002
• Riverby Estate 2004
• Villa Maria Private Bin 2005

Three and a Half Stars
• Astrolabe Dry 2005
• Bladen 2005
• Charles Wiffen 2005
• Forrest Estate 2004
• Fromm La Strada Dry 2004
• Greenhough Dry 2004
• Greenhough 2004
• Margrain 2004
• Millton 2004
• Stoneleigh Marlborough 2004
• West Brook 2004

Three Stars
• Canterbury House 2005
• Cape Campbell 2004
• Charles Wiffen 2004
• Coopers Creek Marlborough 2004
• Fiddler’s Green 2004
• Forrest Estate Dry 2002
• Francis-Cole 2004
• Huia 2004
• Kaimira Brightwater 2004
• Mills Reef Reserve 2004
• Morton Estate Stone Creek Marlborough 2004
• Muddy Water James Hardwick 2004
• Muddy Water 2005
• Mud House 2005
• Omaka Springs 2005
• Terrace Heights Estate THE 2004
• Te Whare Ra 2004
• Wairau River 2005
• Woollaston Estate 2002

Gewurztraminer
Five Stars
• Cloudy Bay 2003

Four and a Half Stars
• Lawson’s Dry Hills 2004
• Vinoptima 2003

Four Stars
• Forrest Estate 2004
• Villa Maria Single Vineyard Keltern 2004

Three and a Half Stars
• Bladen 2005
• Seifried Winemakers Collection 2004
• Te Whare Ra 2005
• Villa Maria Private Bin 2005

Three Stars
• Coopers Creek Gisborne 2004
• Framingham 2004
• Fromm La Strada 2004
• Huia 2004
• Mills Reef Reserve 2004
• Te Whare ra 2004
• Wairau River 2005


Viognier
Five Stars

Four and a Half Stars
• Herzog 2004

Four Stars
• Bilancia 2005
• Coopers Creek Gisborne 2005
• Trinity Hill Gimblett Gravels 2005

Three and a Half Stars
• Odyssey Reserve Iliad Hawke’s Bay 2004
• TW Gisborne 2005

Three Stars
• Millton 2004
• Passage Rock 2005
• Rongopai “Ultimo” 2004

Other White Varieties
Five Stars
Four and a Half Stars
Four Stars
• Sileni ES “The Circle” Semillon 2004

Three and a Half Stars
• Millton 2004
• Vin Alto Pinot Grigio Chardonnay 2004

Three Stars
• Esk Valley Black Label Verdelho 2005
• Schubert Tribianco 2003
• Sileni Semillon Sauvignon 2004

Dessert Wines
Five Stars
• Alpha Domus AD Noble Semillon 2004
• Pegasus Bay “Finale” 2003
• TW Botrytis Semillon 2003
• Villa Maria Reserve Noble Riesling 2002

Four and a Half Stars
• Astrolabe Noble Riesling 2004
• Canterbury House Noble Riesling 2004
• Clearview Noble Harvest Chardonnay 2004
• Margrain Botrytis Selection Riesling 2004
• Matariki Late Harvest Riesling 2004
• Schubert “Dolce” 2004
• TW Botrytis Chardonnay 2003
• Vidal Reserve Semillon 2003

Four Stars
• Canterbury House Late Harvest Pinot Gris 2004
• Fromm La Strada Riesling 2004
• Fromm La Strada Riesling 2005
• Johner Estate Noble Pinot Noir 2005
• Martinborough Vineyard Late Harvest Riesling 2004
• Sileni EV Pourriture Noble 2004
• TW Botrytis Viognier 2005

Three and a Half Stars
• Alpha Domus Leonarda Late Harvest Semillon 2004
• Charles Wiffen Dessert Riesling 2002
• Clearview “Sea Red” 2004
• Cloudy Bay Late Harvest Riesling 2002
• Coopers Creek Marlborough Late Harvest Riesling 2004
• Huia Botrytised Riesling 2004
• Lincoln Heritage Ice Wine 2004
• Palliser Estate Autumn Riesling 2004
• Pegasus Bay “Aria” 2004
• Seifried Winemakers Collection Riesling Ice Wine 2004

Three Stars
• Alpha Domus Leonarda Late Harvest Semillon 2005
• Fromm La Strada Riesling Auslese 2003
• Selaks Ice Wine 2004
• Sileni Estate Selection Late Harvest Semillon 2004

Rose
Five Stars
Four and a Half Stars
Four Stars
• Stoneleigh Pinot Rose 2004

Three and a Half Stars
• Esk Valley Black Label 2005
• Kirkpatrick Estate “Wild Rose” 2005
• Millton 2005
• Sileni Cellar Selection Saignee 2005
• TW “Lilly” 2005
• Woollaston Estate Pinot Rose 2005

Three Stars
• Te Mania Estate 2005
• Vin Alto “Vino Amabile” n.v.

Pinot Noir
Five Stars
• Fromm Clayvin Vineyard 2004
• Johner Estate Gladstone 2003
• Margrain 2003
• Mount Difficulty 2003
• Seresin “Leah” 2004

Four and a Half Stars
• Alana Estate Premium 2003
• Alana Estate 2004
• Bannock Brae Barrel Selection 2003
• Churton 2003
• Fromm Vineyard 2003
• Fromm La Strada 2003
• Gibbston Valley 1999
• Gibbston Valley 2000
• Herzog 2003
• Johner Estate Gladstone 2004
• Lawson’s Dry Hills 2002
• Martinborough Vineyard 2002
• Mount Riley Seventeen Valley 2002
• Mud House Black Swan 2003
• Pegasus Bay 2002
• Pegasus Bay 2003
• Quartz Reef Bendigo 2003
• Quartz Reef 2003
• Rock N Pillar 2003
• Schubert 2003
• Te Mania Reserve 2003
• Villa Maria Reserve 2004
• Wither Hills 2004

Four Stars
• Alana Estate Premium 2002
• Alexandra Wine Company “Davishon” 2004
• Bannock Brae Goldfields 2003
• Capricorn Strugglers Flat 2004
• Fromm La Strada 2002
• Gibbston Valley 2003
• Gravitas 2004
• Johner Estate Gladstone 2001
• Odyssey Marlborough 2004
• Palliser Estate 2003
• Quartz Reef 2004

Three and a Half Stars
• Alexandra Wine Company “Davishon” 2001
• Burnt Spur 2003
• Charles Wiffen Marlborough 2004
• Cloudy Bay 2003
• Fairmont Estate Block 1 2004
• Greenhough Hope Vineyard 2003
• Johner Estate “Des Amis” 2004
• Kawarau Estate Reserve 2003
• Main Divide Selection 2004
• Matariki 2002
• Mills Reef Reserve2004
• Muddy Water Waipara 2003
• Rippon 2003
• Riverby Estate 2004
• Saint Clair Omaka 2003
• Te Hera Estate 2004
• Te Hera Estate 2003
• Wither Hills 2003

Three Stars
• Alana Estate 2003
• Bladen 2004
• Domaine Georges Michel La Reserve 2003
• Dry Gully 2003
• Framingham 2004
• Gladstone Vineyard 2004
• Huia 2003
• Martinborough Te Tera 2004
• Mud House 2004
• Sileni ES “The Plateau” 2004
• Terrace Heights Estate THE 2003
• Tohu Marlborough 2004
• Villa Maria Cellar Selection 2004
• Wishart 2003

Syrah
Five Stars
Four and a Half Stars
• Capricorn Red Rock The Underarm 2003
• Matariki 2001
• Mills Reef Elspeth 2002
• Okahu 2003
• Okahu Kaz Shiraz 2000
• Passage Rock 2004

Four Stars
• Artisan Oratia 2004
• Babich Winemakers Reserve 2004
• Capricorn Red Rock The Underarm 2004
• CJ Pask Gimblett Road 2004
• Kennedy Point 2003
• Trinity Hill Gimblett Road 2004

Three and a Half Stars
• Kennedy Point 2002
• Sileni Cellar Selection 2004
• Wishart 2003

Three Stars
• Bilancia 2003
• Vin Alto Clevedon 2000

Merlot
Five Stars
Four and a Half Stars
• Black Barn Reserve 2002
• CJ Pask Gimblett Road 2002
• CJ Pask Reserve 2002
• Mills Reef Elspeth 2000
• Mills Reef Elspeth B4 2002
• Unison Marie’s Vineyard 2004
• Villa Maria Reserve 2002

Four Stars
• 3 Brothers Hawke’s Bay 2004
• Esk Valley Black Label 2004
• Mills Reef Reserve 2003
• Sileni Cellar Selection 2004
• Sileni ES “The Triangle” 2002

Three and a Half Stars
• Christensen Estate 2003
• Coopers Creek Reserve “The Gardener” 2002
• Kemblefield The Distinction 2002
• Kennedy Point 2004
• Kirkpatrick Estate Top Flat Reserve 2004

Three Stars
• Alpha Domus 2004
• Artisan Merlot Gimblett Gravels 2002
• Coopers Creek Hawke’s Bay 2004

Cabernet Sauvignon
Five Stars
• Vidal Estate “Joseph Soler” 1998
• Vidal Estate Reserve 2002

Four and a Half Stars
• Matariki 2000

Four Stars
• Kennedy Point 2003
• Mills Reef Elspeth 2000

Three and a Half Stars
• Kennedy Point 2002

Malbec
Five Stars
Four and a Half Stars
Four Stars
• Mills Reef Elspeth 2002
• Villa Maria Single Vineyard Omahu 2002

Three and a Half Stars
• Kemblefield The Reserve Malbec Merlot 2002

Three Stars
• Witters 2004

Bordeaux Blends
Five Stars
• CJ Pask Reserve Declaration 2002
• Esk Valley Reserve Merlot Malbec Cabernet 2002
• Forrest Cornerstone 2002
• Matua Ararimu 2002
• Mills Reef Elspeth One 2002
• Mills Reef Elspeth Merlot Cabernet 2002
• Squawking Magpie “The Nest” Merlot Cabernet 2002
• Vidal Estate Reserve Merlot Cabernet 2000

Four and a Half Stars
• Alpha Domus The Aviator 2002
• Alpha Domus The Navigator 2002
• Capricorn Red Rock Gravel Pit Red 2004
• Herzog Spirit of Marlborough Merlot Cabernet 2001
• Matariki Quintology 2001
• Squawking Magpie “The Cabernets” 2003
• Te Motu Cabernet Merlot 2000
• Te Whau “The Point” 2004
• Villa Maria Reserve Merlot Cabernet 2000
• Wishart “Legend” 2002

Four Stars
• Babich Gimblett Gravels Quartet 2004
• Church Road Reserve Merlot Cabernet 2002
• Esk Valley Black Label Merlot Cabernet Malbec 2004
• Mills Reef Reserve Cabernet Merlot 2002
• Mills Reef Reserve Merlot Malbec 2003
• Montana Fairhall Estate Merlot Cabernet 2001
• Morton Estate The Regent 2002
• Passage Rock Forte 2002
• Passage Rock Sisters 2004
• St Jerome “Matuka” 1998
• Schubert Cabernet Merlot 2002
• Squawking Magpie “The Cabernets” 2002
• Te Motu Cabernet Merlot 1997
• Te Motu Cabernet Merlot 2002
• Te Whau “The Point’ 2003
• Unison Selection 2002
• Villa Maria Cellar Selection Cabernet Merlot 2003
• Vin Alto “Di Sotto” 1999
• Wishart “Alexis” 2002

Three and a Half Stars
• Babich Irongate Cabernet Merlot Franc 2001
• Clearview Estate Old Olive Block 2003
• Mudbrick Reserve Cabernet Merlot 2002
• Obsidian 2002
• Squawking Magpie Cabernet Merlot 2004
• Squawking Magpie Cabernet merlot 2002

Three Stars
• Artisan Cabernet Merlot Hawke’s Bay 2004
• Cable Bay Waiheke Five Hills 2004
• CJ Pask Gimblett Road Cabernet Merlot 2002
• Mebus Cabernet Merlot Malbec 2001
• Mudbrick Cabernet Merlot Franc 2003
• Mudbrick Shepherd’s Point 2002
• TW “Makauri” 2004
• Unison Estate 2002

Other Red Varieties
Five Stars
Four and a Half Stars
Four Stars
• Herzog Montepulciano 2003
• Matariki Sangiovese 2002
• Okahu Chambourcin 2003

Three and a Half Stars
• Vin Alto “Celiao” 2000
• Vin Alto “Ritorno” 1999
• Vin Alto “Retico” 1999
• Vin Alto Clevedon Hills Monticello 2002

Three Stars
• Kemblefield The Reserve Zinfandel 2002
• Trinity Hill Tempranillo 2004