Avenues June 2011 Issue 84 "Grape Escape"
"Is it possibe to make good syrah in North Canterbury? Yes. This wine has a herbaceous bouquet, a touch of pepper and tastes of ripe fruit and vanilla. Full-bodied and flavoursome..."
- Garth Gallaway
Listener April 23 2011
"Terrace Edge Waipara Valley Pinot Gris offers great value. Richer and more complex than most New Zealand pinot gris, it is enticingly scented, with substantial body, a hint of honey, gentle sweetness and deliciously rich peach, nectarine and spice flavours... The pinot gris is a consistently impressive wine, full of personality. Why they sell it for just over $20 is a mystery."
-Michael Cooper
Sam Kim, Wine Orbit 2011
Terrace Edge Syrah 2009 4.5 Sars
"A Superbly ripe elegant Syrah displaying dark plum, game, spice and a touch of dried fruit characters on the nose. The palate is succulent and rounded with lovely mid palate weight and plenty of polished tannins. A generously flavoured and sumptuous wine with gentle savoury complexity."
Sam Kim, Wine Orbit 2010
Terrace Edge Pinot Noir 2009 5 Stars
"The wine is displaying complex aromas of dark cherry, spice, game and floral. The palate is rich and expansive... showing elegant texture and plenty of fine tannins providing a lovely firm finish. The wine is fabulously textured with elegantly infused cedary oak characters."
Sam Kim, Wine Orbit 2010
Terrace Edge Riesling 2010 4.5 Stars
"Grapes were hand-harvested, whole bunch pressed and fermented using indigenous yeasts. The nose is beautifully perfumed displaying mandarin, apple and a hint of honey character. It's juicy and intensely flavoured on the palate showing gentle sweetness (12g/l) which is brilliantly balanced by crisp acitdity. A mouthwateringly tasty wine with a fabulously long dry finish."
Winestate Magazine
Terrace Edge Pinot Gris 2010 4.5 Stars
"A top buy. Hand-picked at 25 brix and barrel-fermented, this is a highly scented wine, spicy and gingery. Robust... with strong, ripe stonefruit and spice flavours, it is a fleshy, powerful style, fresh and vibrant, with gentle sweetness and loads of personality."
Sam Kim Wine Orbit
Terrace Edge Pinot Gris 2010 5 Stars
"When a Pinot Gris is really good, like this one, it is one of the most sensually pleasing and effortlessly drinkable wines. Grapes were whole bunch pressed and fermented in seasoned oak barrels using indigenous yeast, followed by lees-strirring/maturation for one month. The nose is fabulously fragrant displaying stonefruit, pear, spice, and floral characters. It's succulent and lush on the palate with gentle sweetness (15g/l), perfectly pitched acidity and a long, tasty finish."
Capital Times 3/2/10
"Terrace Edge Pinot Gris 2008 split the panel. Too rich for some, others found the wild yeast-fermented, oak-aged wine to their taste. As I said at the time, “it’s a matter of style. I have it, you don’t.” Try it if you’re into opulent slightly sweet, spicy textured pinot gris that smells like oaked chardonnay.
Usually when wine lovers think of Syrah, they think of Waiheke Island and Hawkes Bay. Terrace Edge Syrah 2007 is the first I’ve tried from Waipara. It is a light style compared to those from regions further north, but shows good clean fruit (bright plums and blueberries) yet with a touch of shearing shed memories from childhood, rounded off by silky tannins.
Usually when wine lovers think of Syrah, they think of Waiheke Island and Hawkes Bay. Terrace Edge Syrah 2007 is the first I’ve tried from Waipara. It is a light style compared to those from regions further north, but shows good clean fruit (bright plums and blueberries) yet with a touch of shearing shed memories from childhood, rounded off by silky tannins.
Terrace Edge Pinot Noir 2008 was given 4 stars and rated “Best Buy” by Cuisine: it’s light and elegant in the mouth with definite minerality, and a nose layered with salty bacon, raspberry and cherry.
Wine of the week: my favourite from this new winery is Terrace Edge Riesling 2008. Made in a medium style, it has a candied floral nose with generous citrus notes, sweet citrus flavours, and apple flesh bringing up the rear. A pithy finish balances the sugars nicely."
Cuisine Magizine November 2009 (Issue 137)
BEST BUY!
"Grown on gravels beside the Waipara River and made by the talented Belinda Gould, this is an elegant, linear wine with fresh berryfruit fragrances and flavours, and structural finesse. Perfect with classic ham off the bone and plum chutney."
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