2010 “La Reserve” Viognier
TOP WINE “A seductive nose showing toasty oak and aromas of apricot. There’s plenty of good ripe fruit on the palate here, which displays flavours of lychee, pear and spice. This has seen some oak influence, probably in older barrels making this wine well-textured and flavoured, dryish and complex with subtle coffee-oak notes on the finish. Serious wine!” WineNZ magazine, Autumn 2013
2010 “La Reserve” Syrah
“Ripe, mulberry fruit nose. Clean bright wine with a warm manner and good flavour intensity. Fresh and bright with a cutting edge to the finish and some pleasantly deep flavours lingering at the end. A wine with dash and style.” Hospitality Thirst, April 2013
2009 “La Reserve” CHARDONNAY
4 Stars – Winestate Magazine 2013
2012 “Summer Folly” ROSÉ
“Thick, heady nose with a slice of fruit through it and an easy going palate that leaves a soft and simple impression. Jolly stuff with nice manners.” Hospitality Magazine, January 2013
2009 “La Reserve” PINOT NOIR
Silver Medal San Francisco International Wine Competition 2012
2011 “Golden Mile” Sauvignon Blanc
Gold Medal . International Wine Challenge 2012 . Bordeaux ( France)
2010 “La Reserve” Viognier
Silver Medal Bragato Wine Awards 2011
2009 “Legend” PINOT NOIR
4 Stars86/100 “Strong plum with a suggestion of aromatic herbs and a seasoning of classy oak. Firm tannins help promote a drying finish and suggest potential longevity. A stylish and quite complex Pinot Noir.” Bob Campbell MW on www.bobswinereviews.com
2010 “La Reserve” SAUVIGNON BLANC
4 Stars 86/100 “Rich and creamy Sauvignon Blanc that makes up for in complexity what it lacks in fruit focus. capsicum and gooseberry flavours with a seasoing of nutty yeast character and the merest hint of toasty oak. An impressive and quite weighty texture with a lingering finish.”
Bob Campbell MW on www.bobswinereviews.com
2008 “La Reserve” PINOT NOIR
Silver Medal San Francisco International Wine Competition 2011
2008 “La Reserve” CHARDONNAY
4 Stars85/100 “Fine, focused wine with citrus/lemon/grapefruit flavours leading the charge and subtle oak and nutty yeast lees characters bringing up the rear. Crisp and lively wine in a flinty burgundian style. smooth-textured without any suggestion of oak or fruit tannins. Serious Chardonnay with celling potential.” Bob Campbell MW on www.bobswinereviews.com
2010 “Golden Mile” SAUVIGNON BLANC
Silver Medal Sauvignon Concours Mondial, France, 2011
Silver Medal Boutique Wine Awards, Australia, 2011
Best in Class Silver Medal International Wine & Spirit Competition 2011:
“Flinty minerality and secondary fruity aromas, light vegetal tones and a suggestion of ripe melon. Rather complex and well integrated. In the mouth there is noticeable sweetness, apricots and melon, refreshing bite of acidity and fullness, whilst remaining very crisp and closing with tangy, lingering aftertaste. Very composed and distinctive.”
88 Points – 4 stars – Wine Orbit (Sam Kim):
“A full-flavoured and beautifully framed Sauvignon showing lifted aromas of lime zest, flint and capsicum. The palate is engaging and concentrated with excellent mid palate weight, bright acidity and an expansive finish. A well expressed Sauvignon with a rich mouthfeel and savoury complexity. At its best: now to 2013.”
2010 Summer Folly ROSÉ
Best Value Rose – WineNZ Magazine, Summer 2010:
“$16 is well-spent on this charming yet appealingly priced rosé wine. Showing pale rosé tones, Georges Michel Summer Folly Pinot Noir Rosé 2010 is nice and peppery on the nose. The palate is dry and displays good, clean, raspberry, strawberry, cherry and soft-fruit characters. The mid-palate is rounded and pretty-well concentrated, all balanced by some nice, lifted acidity on the finish.”
“A fuller-bodied style rose displaying red plum, spice and floral characters on the nose. The palate is richly flavoured with an expansive mouthfeel and crisp acidity leading to a lingering dry finish. This wine shows a touch of savoury complexity, making it a great food partner.” Sam Kim, Food & Beverage March 2011 + 85 points and 4 stars Wine Orbit, Issue 15
2009 “Golden Mile” SAUVIGNON BLANC
Bronze Medal International Aromatic Wine Competition, NZ, 2010
Silver Medal Sauvignon Concours Mondial, France, 2010
Bronze Medal Bragato Wine Awards 2010
Best in Class Silver Medal International Wine & Spirit Competition 2010:
Watery pale lemon green colour. Great lift of red pepper and crushed leaf aromas with a touch of pepper. The mouth entry is crisp, zesty and lively and is a really refreshing and exuberant sample of very good Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc.
89 Points – Lisa Perrotti-Brown, Wine Advocate Oct 2010:
“Georges Michel’s 2009 Golden Mile Sauvignon Blanc gives intense passion fruit, guava, white peach and nashi aromas with just a suggestion of fresh herbs. Crisp, medium bodied with good concentration and plenty of herbal and stone fruit flavors in the mouth, there’s just a suggestion of sweetness on the tip of the tongue, though this is a dry style. The finish is long and effortlessly refreshing. Drink it now through 2012.”
2009 “La Reserve” VIOGNIER
4 Stars Winestate Magazine 2010
Bronze Medal San Francisco International Wine Competition 2010
Bronze Medal Bragato Wine Awards 2010
Bronze Medal International Wine & Spirit Competition 2010
4 Stars90/100 “An attractive creamy-textured Condrieu-style Viognier with citrus, apricot kernel and a suggestion of honeysuckle plus a seasoning of nutty oak.” Bob Campbell MW on www.bobswinereviews.com
91 Points – 4.5 stars – Wine Orbit, Sam Kim:
“The wine shows classic aromas of apricot, floral and subtle spice notes. It’s weighty and well fruited on the palate with silky texture and generous mouthfeel leading to a expansive, warm finish. At its best: now to 2013.”
“The bouquet is classic viognier showing apricot, floral and subtle spice notes. It’s weighty and well fruited on the palate, with a silky texture and generous mouthfeel leading to an expansive finish. The wine shows excellent richness you’d expect from viognier with lovely freshness.” Sam Kim, Food & Beverage, April 2011.
2009 “La Reserve” SAUVIGNON BLANC
Silver Medal Bragato Wine Awards 2010
3 & ½ Stars Winestate Magazine 2010
Bronze Medal San Francisco International Wine Competition 2010
87 Points – Lisa Perrotti-Brown, Wine Advocate Oct 2010
2008 “La Reserve” SYRAH
3 & ½ Stars Winestate Magazine 2010
‘Smoothly textured, carrying the syrah fruit and its flavours very well. Aromatic, a good clean statement with life and personality working well immediately after two years with no hurry attached. With a New Zealand-trained winemaker, Georges Michel is emerging as a strong force and no better way to show this than a Marlborough syrah in the right year.’ Peter Saunders, Hospitality July 2010
88 Points – 4 stars – Wine Orbit :
“There is an increasing number of excellent Syrahs from Marlborough. This is elegantly fruited showing red cherry, plum and subtle spice characters with a touch of game. The palate is medium-bodied and juicy with smooth texture and fine-grained tannins. A lovely balanced Syrah with a refreshing mouthfeel. At its best: now to 2014.” Sam Kim
2007 “Legend” PINOT NOIR
Best in Class Silver Medal International Wine & Spirit Competition, London, 2009
4 Stars (85/100) “Rich, ripe wine in a moderately concentrated style. Red cherry, floral, spice and nutty oak characters. Supple. smooth-textured red in an appealing and slightly edgy style. This is the best Pinot Noir from this producer I can recall tasting” Bob Campbell MW
2008 “Golden Mile” PINOT NOIR
Silver Medal San Francisco International Wine Competition 2010
87 Points – Lisa Perrotti-Brown, Wine Advocate Oct 2010
2008 “Golden Mile” SAUVIGNON BLANC
Silver Medal San Francisco International Wine Competition 2009
“This is a very particular style of sauvignon with a savoury earth like bouquet followed by mature Marlborough fruit flavours and subtle wisps of grass and herbs. The palate is dry and reflects the initial bouquet with well-balanced acidity and moderate finish. A food wine to enjoy with savoury amuse bouche or bold, crisp gazapacho.” Cameron Douglas MS, Hospitality Jan 09
