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I’m in the lounge at Auckland airport heading to Hong Kong and then Thailand. Flight delayed by a few hours, so time to try all the lounge wines. Airlines don’t have much money to spend on lounge wines because passengers chug a lot of wine while they are waiting, so it’s always interesting to see what they have on offer. The pick of the bunch here is a back vintage of the Craggy Range Single Vineyard Syrah.<\/p>\n
Craggy Range Single Vineyard Syrah 2012 Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand<\/strong> Esk Valley Hawke\u2019s Bay Chardonnay 2017 New Zealand<\/strong> Trinity Hill Chardonnay 2016 Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand<\/strong> Saint Clair Premium Pinot Noir 2016 Marlborough, New Zealand<\/strong> Thornbury Pinot Noir 2016 Central Otago, New Zealand<\/strong> Vidal Reserve Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 Gimblett Gravels, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand<\/strong> Craggy Range Sauvignon Blanc 2017 Marlborough, New Zealand<\/strong> Vidal Reserve Sauvignon Blanc 2017 Marlborough, New Zealand<\/strong> Villa Maria Cellar Selection Pinot Gris 2017 Marlborough, New Zealand<\/strong> I’m in the lounge at Auckland airport heading to Hong Kong and then Thailand. Flight delayed by a few hours, so time to try all the lounge wines. Airlines don’t…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[352],"class_list":["post-20683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-zealand","tag-new-zealand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20683"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20686,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20683\/revisions\/20686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nWith a few years under its belt, this is nicely expressive with sleek black cherry and blackberry fruit as well as some subtle pepper and olive tapenade characters. There’s a nice fleshiness here as well as a bit of grip. Very appealing with good balance. Midweight and digestible. 93\/100<\/p>\n
\nMealy and spicy with stony citrus and pear fruit, as well as some pineapple. Lively finish. 90\/100<\/p>\n
\nLively with nice citrus and pear fruit. Had a bit of creaminess. Juicy finish. Fresh fruit driven style. 88\/100<\/p>\n
\nI was quite impressed by this. Supple and juicy with cherry and plum fruit. Has some nice spicy character and a bit of damson bitterness. Nice texture here. Very drinkable. 91\/100<\/p>\n
\nJuicy and plummy with some red cherry fruit. Rounded with nice fruit. It\u2019s a lighter-styled approachable Pinot with no rough edges, and although this isn’t complex, it’s very drinkable. 88\/100<\/p>\n
\nNice grainy cherry and berry fruit with a twist of black currant. Has some structure and appealing sweetness to the fruit. Satisfying and balanced. 90\/100<\/p>\n
\nThis is attractive and well made. It’s simple, fruity and quite pretty. Has some sweetness. Tropical notes dominate. 87\/100<\/p>\n
\nTight, herbal, lively and citrussy. Has keen acidity and a bit of pithiness. Nice bright style with good concentration of flavour. 88\/100<\/p>\n
\nGrapey, fruity and a bit stoney. Dry with an appealing savouriness. Has some flavour. Considering the vintage conditions, this is a solid wine. 88\/100<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"