QUALIFIERS
Q Rosé waitaki valley 2024
@camdouglasms
“Plush, ripe, pure-fruited, and enticing bouquet. Dry and delicious on the palate with flavours of fresh tart raspberry and plum, some cherry, and lively floral tones. A layer of fruit tannins delivers mouthfeel and phenolics, while the core fruit flavours remain persistent. A lovely wine with finesse and charm. Best drinking from the day of purchase through 2027”.
94 points - Outstanding
Q Rosé waitaki valley 2023
@camdouglasms
“As always this wine is a reflection of the quality of fruit at harvest and winemaking skill, a bouquet of ripe red cherry, rose water and sweet cranberry. There’s a pinosity at the core with scents of raspberry and a lofted floral quality. Satin smooth as the wine touches the palate with flavours of rose and red fruits that reflect the bouquet. Super fine tannins and a chalky textured acid line layer in mouthfeel and quality. Best drinking from 2024 through end of summer 2026”.
95 points - Outstanding
Q Pinot Gris waitaki valley 2024
@james.suckling
“Very attractive spiced pears as well as almond-paste and white-peach aromas. Medium-bodied, this has a dry and creamy texture with lovely fruit at the end. A subtle and complex finish Drink now.”
94 POINTS
Q Pinot Gris waitaki valley 2024
@theCandiceWineChat
“A bright and electric Pinot Gris, beautifully crunchy fruit supported by acid tension; a waxy, oily palate flows along chalky minerals to a lengthy, crisp finish.”
95 POINTS
Q pinot gris waitaki valley 2024
stephen wong MW
“This has a lifted and aromatic nose with juicy lemonade apple aromas, wild herbs and chamomile. Intriguing notes of spice lurk within, whilst remaining fresh and lively on the whole. This changes gears on the palate, where the very tangy acidity underpins considerable weight and concentration of fruit which shows a beautifully grainy, chalky texture and sustained, complex notes of spice and dried flower through to a long finish. The balance between acidity and fruit here is remarkable; it can easily cellar for the mid-term 2025 - 2033"
93 points
Q PINOT GRIS waitaki valley 2024
@camdouglasms
“Complex, ripe, varietal and fruity core with scents of pomaceaous fruits, pear and quince, some red apple and plenty of cool climate white spice layers. Weighty and satin-cream textured as the wine touches the palate, flavours mirror the bouquet led by pear then apple, some citrus pith notes then the spice continues.Balanced and well made with a lengthy finish. Best drink from early 2025 through 2028.”
94 points - excellent
Q PINOT GRIS waitaki valley 2023
@camdouglasms
“A rather enticing bouquet with a mix of spice and ripe white fleshed, some citrus and fine lees qualities. Very generous and textured as the wine touches the palate, flavours of pears and poached apples, quince and mineral. Just off-dry with a lick of sweetness to counterbalance the warming alcohol and generous acid line. Lots of weight and satin cream touch leading to a length finish. Well made and offering excellent drinking from 2024 through 2026”.
93 points - excellent
Q Pinot Gris waitaki valley 2022
@theCandiceWineChat
“A chalky line and refreshing acidity carry crunchy orchard fruit and floral with elegance, lends an appetizing palate.”
93 POINTS
Q Barrel reserve PINOT GRIS waitaki valley 2024
@camdouglasms
“A gold-ish brassy hue leads to a bouquet of complexity and power with scents of ripe brown pear and baked apple, there’s layers of lees and barrel spice then a wet stone earthy suggestion. A dry wine that reminds of an Alsace stye with a full-rounded mouthfeel, spice and phenolic power then a core of fruit. Balance, well made and ready to drink from day purchae through 2027”.
93 points - excellent
Q Barrel reserve PINOT GRIS waitaki valley 2023
@camdouglasms
“Straw hues with golden highlights and very bright appearance lead to a bouquet of complexity and richness, barrel fermented scents and ripe golden apple and baked goods. This wine’s story is best told on the palate with a satin-cream touch then flavours of baked apples and pears, a mix of fruits and barrel spices, lees and fine tannins. I suggest some chill on the wine for service - say 10C. Best drinking from 2024 through 2027”.
93 points - excellent
Q Chardonnay waitaki valley 2024
@camdouglasms
“A really lovely bouquet with enticing scents of pineapple and barrel spices, vanilla and clove then a creamed Brazil-nut and butter quality. A dry wine on the palate, full-bodied with a flinty reductive character then flavours of grapefruit and peach, clove and lots of texture. Fine tannins and medium+ acid line, plush, elegant and delicious. Best drinking from day of purchase through 2029”.
95 points - outstanding
Q chardonnay waitaki valley 2023
@james.suckling
“Unique aromas of oyster shells, lemon curd and baking spices. The palate is medium-bodied and textural with focused acidity, giving notes of orange blossoms, grapefruit pith and sea salt. Mineral and oceanic with a briny edge. Drink or hold.”
90 POINTS
Q CHARDONNAY waitaki valley 2023
Bob Campbell MW
“Rich, creamy-textured chardonnay with a strong saline character and toast, sizzled butter, and ginger supported by gently tangy acidity. Appealing wine that is nicely balanced and has cellaring potential 2024 - 2031."
93 points
Q CHARDONNAY waitaki valley 2022
@theCandiceWineChat
“A generous bouquet with lush fruit and minerals, beautiful tension persist on a chalky mouthfeel to a lengthen, refined finish.”
95 POINTS
Q CHARDONNAY waitaki valley 2021
@theCandiceWineChat
“An elegant and precise Chardonnay, displaying apricot and citrus with well-balanced oak and minerals.”
93 POINTS
Q Pinot NOIR waitaki valley 2024
@camdouglasms
“Great colour and varietal bouquet with scents of boysenberry and raspberry flesh, dark cherry and layers of earth and barrel spice combinations. Ripe, varietal and fruity with core flavours that reflect the bouquet. Use of barrel perfect, an abundance if fine tannins and acidity frame the palate perfectly. There’s a distinctive seashell mineral seam adding personality and a clear site voice. Best drinking from 2027 through 2033 though also drinkable today if you are keen.”
95 points - outstanding
Q pinot noir waitaki valley 2023
@james.suckling
“Cherries and dried strawberries with orange-peel undertones and a floral brightness. Medium-bodied, this has firm, fine tannins and a juicy finish. Some bottle age will make it even better. Drink now.”
93 POINTS
Q Pinot NOIR waitaki valley 2023
@camdouglasms
“Youthful, fresh, varietal and vibrant bouquet with scents and flavours of crunchy red cherry and sweet cranberry, there’s a core of minerality with saline stony quality adding depth and complexity. Dry, taut and salivating with firm tannins and acidity needing time to fuse with the fruit and mineral attributes. Well made with plenty of length and potential. Best drinking from 2026 through 2034+.”
93 points - excellent
Q Pinot NOIR waitaki valley 2022
@theCandiceWineChat
“This refined Pinot Noir persist with elegant red fruit, fragrant floral, fine spice on a supple chalky mouthfeel.”
96 POINTS
Q Pinot NOIR waitaki valley 2021
@theCandiceWineChat
“This crimson hued Pinot Noir is delicate yet excellent depth. Refined and elegant fruit glide along a lacy, chalky mineral line and lend a long enticing Finish.”
94 POINTS
Q Pinot NOIR waitaki valley 2020
@camdouglasms
“Complex bouquet with aromas of soil, place and variety. Limestone and white clay, dark red berries, plums and barrel spices. Youthful, fresh and appealing. Poised, fruity, varietal and complex on the palate with chalky tannins, a core of red cherry, raspberry and forest berry fruits. A touch of button mushroom, sweet baking spices of oak, contrasting acidity and lengthy finish.”
95 points - OUTSTANDING
Q PINOT NOIR waitaki valley 2019
JOHN SAKER Wine WRITER
“Hauntingly perfumed - dark rose, earthy sweetness. In the mouth there is much to excite - a lovely curving shape, minerally dynamic and with a dense, dark fruit core (cassis, blueberry) that is loud and beautiful. There's nothing demure about it. It's a little unruly and proud of it. And it has plenty of good years ahead.”
Q Pinot NOIR waitaki valley 2019
@theCandiceWineChat
“This is an elegant Pinot Noir in harmony with fragrance floral and fruit, lacy acidity on a silky fine-grained texture line.”
19-/20 POINTS
Q Pinot NOIR waitaki valley 2018
@theCandiceWineChat
“This is an elegant Waitaki Pinot Noir with pretty floral fragrances, red and black cherries, along with dark herbs on a smooth textured fine-grained tannin palate.”
18.5-/20 POINTS
