This complex, deep ruby coloured Pinot Noir is fragrant with dried flowers & forest floor aromas. On the palate it shows ripe blackberry fruit with a hint of exotic spice & fine, savoury tannins. Full-bodied & strongly structured, this wine is already drinking well, but will gain further structure & develop beautifully with cellaring over the next three years. Mt Beautiful Pinot Noir 2009 works wonderfully with rare roast beef, rabbit & rarebit. ...

This Riesling has a bright, very pale colour with a touch of green & gold. A deeply floral wine, Mt Beautiful Riesling 2009 has a fragrant nose of lime trees in bloom with a background touch of honeysuckle. The palate is off-dry with mouth-watering citrus & rose petal flavours, finishing with a ripe apple crispness & good length. This wine will develop beautifully in the bottle over the next two to five years. Mt Beautiful Riesling 2009 is best enjoyed as an aperitif, or with delicate Asian food. ...

This full bodied dry Sauvignon Blanc has dry grass, capsicum & currant leaf aromas. On the palate this wine has a clean fresh gooseberry & white currant flavour backed by crisp acidity & good length. Mt Beautiful Sauvignon Blanc 2010 is a refreshing aperitif, but also compliments a range of light foods including leafy green herb salads, tuna carpaccio, & seafood risotto. ...

A stunningly smooth premium Blended Malt Scotch Whisky with mellow flavours, that comes from its final maturation in Shetl&. Exceptionally smooth, honeyed with hint of fruit sherry finish. Rich, deep amber hue. Non-chill filtered, no caramel or artificial colouring's. ...

Colour: Bright ruby red. Nose: Subtle aromas of berry fruit compote & sweet spice. Palate: A soft palate with fresh bright
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Limited stock. Straw wellow in colour. On the nose, white peach, citrus & sweet oak aromas, accompanied by a flinty minerality. A refined palate, layered with fresh stone fruit & a distinctive toasted brioche flavour. A lengthy elegant finish. Serve chilled. Pan seared Marlborough scallops are an excellent match. ...

The fruit for this wine was solely sourced from the hillside blocks of Mud House's Marlborough Vineyard. The 4 small blocks were harvested together in the cool of the night. The freshly harvested grapes were then carefully transported to the winery for immediate pressing with minimal skin contact. The pressed juice was then cold settled before being cool fermented in stainless steel. Carefully selected yeasts were used to add complexity to the blend & to retain the fresh fruit characteristics from each of the blocks. After the completion of fermentation the wine was carefully balanced & prepared for bottling. Limited stock. ...

Limited stock. Selected by our vineyard & winemaking team, Mud House Single Vineyard wines are expressions of their terrior, accented by the craft of our winemakers. Hungry Hill vineyard is in the Ure Valley, our most southern valley in Marlborough. After a selective hand harvest the bunches were whole bunch pressed & the free run was settled in tank for 24 hours before being racked into barrels to start fermentation naturally. After primary fermentation the wine underwent partial malolactic fermentation & regular lees stiring. After 10 months in oak the wine was racked from barrel & prepared for bottling.

Colour: Straw yellow. Nose: Flinty lifted notes of citrus & white fleshed peach with sweet spicy oak. Palate: The palate is full but refined. Fresh citrus blossom on the front palate leads to a lovely rounded finish with toasty brioche flavours. Food Matching: Roasted Pork fillet The Hungry Hill vineyard in the Ure Valley is our most southern valley in Marlborough situated 1 km from the Pacific Coast. The river gravel & lime stone chip soils are unique in Marlborough offering wines of well structured acidity, fine aromatics & minerality. The narrow valley is exposed to cooling sea breezes which moderate the summer temperatures.

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Limited stock. At the Mud House, they craft wines using a combination of technology & traditional winemaking methods with the courage to do things their way. Mud House nurture their vineyards throughout New Zealand so that our grapes reach optimum ripeness, ensuring varietal character & flavour.

Colour: Straw yellow. Nose: Classic flavours of white peach & cut pear combine with gentle spicy notes. Palate: The lovely oily texture & bright fruit leads to a seamless finish. The flavours of nectarine & cut pear carry right through. Food Matching: Seared NZ Tuna & Asian Greens. Grapes: 100% Pinot Gris (50% Marlborough, 35% Waipara & 15% Nelson).

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Limited stock. At the Mud House, they craft wines using a combination of technology & traditional winemaking methods with the courage to do things their way. Mud House nurture their vineyards throughout New Zealand so that our grapes reach optimum ripeness, ensuring varietal character & flavour.

Colour: Pale straw. Nose: Refreshing aromas of ripe tropical melon & peach with a twist of citrus. Palate: The impression of fruit sweetness from the bouquet follows through on the palate. This richness is a perfect foil for the vibrancy of the textural components of the wine. Hawkes Bay enjoyed an excellent long warm summer with even ripening & great flavour development. The resulting fruit picked at peak physiological ripeness. The fruit came from multiple sites throughout Hawkes Bay from the Gimblet Gravels Ngatarawa Triangle & Bay View. After picking & pressing the individual parcels were tank fermented at warm temperatures. At the end of fermentation the wines were aged on the yeast lees for four months prior to blending & bottling. Maturation: Aged on the yeast lees for four months.

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