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Puriri Hills Independent Wine Reviews View all Magazine Articles (Acrobat files) or read excerpts below.
In Michael Cooper’s Buyer’s Guide to New Zealand Wines 2008, Puriri Hills was selected for the rare honour of “Potential Classic” status this year. In addition, both Puriri Hills Pope 2005 and Puriri Hills Reserve 2005 received a five star rating, and Puriri Hills Estate 2005 received a four star rating. Read his reviews from pg. 343 below: Puriri
Hills "Pope" - "The very classy debut 2005 vintage ( Puriri
Hills 2005 Reserve - "Grown at Clevedon, in South Auckland, the
vert stylish 2005 ( Puriri
Hills 2005 Estate - "The 2005 vintage ( Wine of the Year Award - December 2007 The Kiwi Wine Fan Club has awarded 2005 Puriri Hills "Pope" Wine of the Year. In the award write up Craig Thomson wrote: “The texture, style, class and gentle layers of flavour balance perfectly with the wines real concentration and restrained power. Every sip is a fine painting of flavours, emotions and craft.. The complexity and detail within each glass is endless. It is one to slowly enjoy over an evening, the excitement continues till the last drop. I dont think I ever have experienced a wider gap between my expectation and reality than when tasting “Pope”. This wine is a true discovery.” Read entire article.... www.wineoftheweek.com - 23 September 2007 "Puriri Hills Clevedon Reserve 2004 is a vibrant purple red colour, saturated right to the rims and the deep savoury aroma is complex and intriguing - it's meaty and spicy with marmite, dried herbs, rose petals and later even a hint of chocolate. Ripe, rich and creamy to the taste, almost voluptuous, with a Bordeaux-like cedary, savoury, leather, spice and tobacco backbone, it's young, it's tight but it has so much potential with power, length, spiciness and sweetness." Read entire article... Gourmet Traveller Wine Magazine 2007
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Puriri Hills Reserve ( "2005
Puriri Hills Estate ( Taste Magazine - August 2007
Dish Magazine - Aug/Sept 2007 Matthew Deller listed Puriri Hills Pope 2005 as one of his top 4 New Zealand blended reds in Dish magazine Aug/Sept 2007, pp 49-50. He says, “New Zealand’s best wines are made by artisans who own their own vineyards, giving them control over yield, wine balance and harvesting decisions.” Michael Coopers 2007 Buyers Guide to New Zealand Wines
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"Puriri Hills Reserve - Grown at Clevedon, in South Auckland, the
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Read Kiwi Wine Fan Club reviews of all Puriri Hills wines... Gourmet Traveller Wine Magazine - August 2006 Viva Magazine - May 2006 "Puriri
Hills named one of the top 5 new New Zealand wineries" - Joelle
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was named after Ivan Pope, who planted and tended the vines at this
Clevedon, South Auckland vineyard. Blended from Merlot (47 percent),
Carmenere (33 percent), Cabernet Franc (10 percent) and Malbec (10
percent), it has a dark colour and a brambly, slightly toasty bouquet.
Youthful, with obvious potential, it is rich, ripe and highly
concentrated, with hints of coffee and spices, and notable, complexity and
density." 
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of this consistently impressive Clevedon, South Auckland red is the finest
yet. A blend of Merlot (63 percent), Cabernet Sauvignon (17
percent), and Cabernet Franc (11 percent), with smaller amounts of
Carmenere and Malbec, it has deep, youthful colour. The bouquet is
perfumed; the palate is rich and welcoming, with concentrated
blackcurrant, plum, herb and spice flavours, seasoned with quality French
oak, and silky tannins. It's a very refined, harmonious and supple wine,
offering delicious drinking from now onwards." 
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is a blend of Merlot (50%), Cabernet Franc (42%) and Malbec (8%), matured
for 21 months in French oak barriques (75 percent new). Densley coloured
and highly fragrant, it has a lovely mouthfeel and texture, with an array
of plum, spce, herb, leather and chocolate flavours, good supporting
tannins and excellent harmony. It's a sensuous red, savoury and silky.
(There is no 2003, but the outstanding 2004 (
