{"title":"Special Occasion Reds","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe big reds for when the night lingers on, from Christmas evening right through to New Year.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"amisfield-pinot-noir","title":"Amisfield Central Otago Pinot Noir 2022","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmisfield's Central Otago Pinot Noir is an organic, single-estate red grown beneath the Pisa Range — from one of the region's defining vineyards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePure NZ Excellence | Central Otago | Beautiful NZ Wine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eTasting Notes\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlack Doris plums with lifted aromatics from the concentrated smaller berries. Tight and precise on the palate with terroir expressive minerality. This is heightened with plush red fruits and some intriguing dry herbal notes. 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The estate takes its name from the 19th century ironclad warships, a nod to the Kauri masts once sourced from this coast. Fruit is hand harvested from many small parcels and made site by site, giving genuine, restaurant-quality wines that carry the maritime character of their place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerfect with\u003c\/strong\u003e roast lamb, eye fillet, or aged hard cheese. 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A wine with freshness and lift, and some luscious fruit as well. There is a combination of red and blue fruits, a touch of white pepper, and good grippy tannins framing the mid-weight palate. From a cool La Nina season, this Shiraz delivers brightness and vibrancy, with ripe fruit and structure that make it a very complete and delicious cool-climate Shiraz.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn elegant, peppery cool-climate Shiraz built on freshness and balance.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy you'll love it:\u003c\/strong\u003e if you find big Shiraz too much, this is the antidote, fragrant, peppery and fresh, with grip and length, a brilliant food Shiraz.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Shaw and Smith\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShaw and Smith was established to make exciting, refined wines that reflect the cool climate and elevated sites of the Adelaide Hills, South Australia. 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Intense aromas of ripe blackberries and blackcurrants, complemented by a beautiful floral perfume and hints of fresh cedar, dried herbs and toast. Rich and concentrated in the mouth yet retains the elegance, structure and restraint characteristic of great Cab Sauv. Ripe black fruit flavours, savoury oak, fine-grained tannins and succulent acidity combine to produce an authoritative, vibrant and textural palate and exceptionally long finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA powerful, age-worthy single-vineyard Cabernet, the pinnacle of Gimblett Gravels Cab Sauv.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy you'll love it:\u003c\/strong\u003e A serious, special-occasion Cabernet with the power, structure and length to cellar for a decade or more. 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Hand-harvested and fully de-stemmed to whole berries, the wine spent 19 to 29 days on skins before maturing in new 225-litre French oak barriques.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Trinity Hill\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTrinity Hill was founded in 1993 as one of the early pioneers of Hawke's Bay's Gimblett Gravels, the free-draining, stony district laid down by the old Ngaruroro River and now recognised as one of New Zealand's benchmark sites for Syrah and Chardonnay. The idea was hatched over dinner at London's Bleeding Heart restaurant, and more than thirty years on the winery is known internationally for its food-friendly, terroir-driven reds and whites, led by its icon Syrah, Homage. Chief winemaker Warren Gibson has guided the cellar since 1997, a quality-over-quantity approach that has made Trinity Hill a fixture on serious restaurant lists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerfect with\u003c\/strong\u003e a rib of beef, venison, or aged hard cheese. 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The wine is pure Waiheke: black olive, sea spray, cracked pepper and wild herbs on the nose. While the palate holds dark fruits, fine, graphite-like tannins and a line of bright maritime acidity that keeps everything taut and alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA taut, structured, distinctly coastal Syrah built for the cellar.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy you'll love it:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cool-climate Syrah at its most savoury and precise, peppery and saline now, with the structure to reward a few years down.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Man O' War\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMan O' War sits on the rugged eastern end of Waiheke Island, farming the largest vineyard holding on the island across warm clay and volcanic hillside sites cooled by constant sea breezes. The estate takes its name from the 19th century ironclad warships, a nod to the Kauri masts once sourced from this coast. 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Showcasing aromas of dark chocolate, berries, raspberry, hints of eucalypt, sage, black pepper, clove, violet, vanilla and liquorice. The fruit gracefully unfolds on the palate, revealing the Barossa Valley's signature textural brilliance as it transitions from robust, pure flavours to a long, velvety finish with wonderfully soft tannins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA rich, velvety Barossa Shiraz with signature textural brilliance and soft tannins.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy you'll love it:\u003c\/strong\u003e a benchmark Barossa Shiraz, generous, polished and velvety, a special-occasion red built to age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Garden Series\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFascinated by isolating a wine to its region, Two Hands created the Garden Series to define and showcase the best Australian Shiraz growing regions. 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