2006

top 100 wine Sydney International Wine Competition 2007; 5/5 stars and highly recommended by Cuisine Magazine NZ (May 2007)

gold medal: Royal NZ Easter Wine Show 2007, blue-gold Sydney International Wine Competition 2007

silver medal: Air NZ Wiine Awards 2006

Winemaker’s notes: "Light golden straw; ripe aromas across the spectrum of pears, peaches and sweet melon; a textured palate with sweet, rounded, ripe stone fruit flavours and a touch of spice; an underlying creamy complexity is apparent from the three months lees contact". 13.5% alc.; pH: 3.39; TA: 5.3g/L; Residual Sugar: 11.5g/L

2004

4/5 stars from Michael Cooper in his Buyer's Guide to NZ Wine 2006; trophy runner-up (best fuller-bodied dry white) Sydney International Wine Competition 2005

silver medal: NZ International Wine Competition 2005

bronze medal: Royal NZ Easter Wine Show 2005.

Winemaker’s tasting notes: "Straw colour; intense pear aromas with peach and melon notes; a textured palate with sweet, rounded, ripe stone fruit flavours and a touch of spice; an underlying creamy complexity is apparent from the three months lees contact". 13.5% alc. Slightly off-dry style (8.4 g/L residual sugar).

2003

An Alsace-styled pinot gris: ripe, full-bodied and "off-dry" (halb-trocken), with 13.5% alc. and 10.5 g/L of residual sugar. 5/5 stars in the Australian Gourmet Traveller Wine Magazine (June 2004); 5/5 stars and a very enthusiastic write-up in Cuisine Magazine, New Zealand (May 2004); 5/5 stars from Michael Cooper in his Buyer's Guide to NZ Wine 2006

Tasting notes from Stoneleigh: "Post fermentation, light lees-contact for three months was given to 20% of the blend to increase texture and creaminess. Straw-coloured. Intense pear aromas with peach and melon notes. A textured palate with sweet, rounded, ripe stone fruit flavours and a touch of spice. An underlying creamy complexity is apparent from the three months of lees contact".