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So I went back to the secret location in Marlborough to connect with the Vandals, taste some wine, and drink gin and tonic, and guzzle beer. This is such a fun project, and the wines are quite lovely (read more about them from my first meeting<\/a>). More like this, please, Marlborough.<\/p>\n Gonzo Resistance Sauvignon Blanc 2018 Marlborough, New Zealand<\/strong> Gonzo Militia Field Blend 2018 Marlborough, New Zealand<\/strong> Gonzo Combat Rouge 2018 Marlborough, New Zealand<\/strong> Find these wines with wine-searcher.com<\/a><\/p>\n THE MARLBOROUGH WINE REGION<\/strong><\/p>\n Part 1, Te Whare Ra<\/a> So I went back to the secret location in Marlborough to connect with the Vandals, taste some wine, and drink gin and tonic, and guzzle beer. This is such a…<\/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":[17,352],"class_list":["post-24187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-zealand","tag-marlborough","tag-new-zealand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24187","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=24187"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24190,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24187\/revisions\/24190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/vandal-wine-500x375.jpg\")
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\nThis is a whole-bunch carbonic fermentation. The fruit was wrapped up in a fermenter for two weeks and fermentation finished after pressing in a barrel. The Vandals chucked a dozen oysters into the ferment for good measure. Aromatic and slightly cloudy with lovely textured, grainy citrus and pear fruit. There\u2019s freshness and brightness here and a bit of grapefruit and lemon pith, as well as lemongrass and fennel. The oysters clearly hold this all together. 93\/100<\/p>\n
\nViognier, Riesling, Pinot Gris with smaller contributions from Pinot Noir, Syrah, Tempranillo and Chardonnay. 40% of the blend is skin contact Viognier and Riesling (overnight in the press). There\u2019s a touch of botrytis too. Lovely aromatic apricot, pear and peach nose. The palate has a bit of sweetness (6 g\/l residual sugar) and it\u2019s fresh, fine, textured and quite delicious. Spicy and rich. 92\/100<\/p>\n
\n50% Pinot Noir, 45% Syrah, 5% Viognier, all co-fermented in a one-ton plastic bin. It had just one plunge. Supple and cloudy with nice sweet, alluring, spicy raspberry and cherry fruit. No sulphites until bottling. There\u2019s a juicy, grippy edge to the fruit with some nice spicy hints. Lovely wine. 93\/100<\/p>\n
\nPart 2,\u00a0 Mahi<\/a>
\nPart 3, Fromm<\/a>
\nPart 4, Saint Clair Pioneer Block wines<\/a>
\nPart 5, Spy Valley<\/a>
\nPart 6, Two Rivers<\/a>
\nPart 7, Zephyr<\/a>
\nPart 8, Framingham<\/a>
\nPart 9, Clos Henri<\/a>
\nPart 10, Brancott, Stoneleigh and Deutz<\/a>
\nPart 11, Meeting the Vandals<\/a>
\nPart 12, The Growers’ Story<\/a> (video)
\nPart 13, Novum<\/a>
\nPart 14, Folium<\/a>
\nPart 15, Villa Maria<\/a>
\nPart 16, Corofin<\/a>
\nPart 17, Hans Herzog
\nPart 18, Te Pa<\/a>
\nPart 19, Giesen’s single vineyard wines<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"