Our Wines | Regional Blends
Our Regional Blends are definitive Kim Crawford. Honest and exuberant.
They’re our core premium wine offering and represent an emphatic varietal and wine region expression with our hallmark clean-palate exploration.
2009 Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc
Wild at Heart
Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand is widely regarded as setting a global standard for this variety. A combination of dry and moderate climates gives near perfect cool climate growing conditions and assists with the intense varietal characters unique to Marlborough.
Deriving from the French word sauvage (“wild”) and blanc (“white”) ours is a crisp an powerful, well balanced wine with intense aromas of gooseberry, passion fruit and citrus flavours. This light to medium bodied aromatic wine to match with salads, seafood and vegetarian dishes and a perfectly acceptable quaffer!
Tasting Notes
Pale green.
A bouquet of citrus and tropical fruits backed by characteristic herbaceous notes that Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc is famous for.
An exuberant wine brimming with flavours of pineapple and stonefruit with a hint of herbaceousness. The finish is fresh and zesty.
This wine will continue to develop over time.
Good to drink with anyone at anytime. Ideally suited to fresh oysters, asparagus dishes or summer salads.
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2008 New Zealand Unoaked Chardonnay
No hiding behind the oak
If you like you Chardonnay with true expression of fruit then this is the one to love! This wine does not hide behind any oak. It’s a crisp wine that tastes of the succulence and freshness of the grape.
White peach, grapefruit and melon with a hint of pineapple flavours are supported by a soft and textured mouthfeel (achieved through malolactic fermentation). It may have no oak, but this wine has an abundance of character. Drink it with all seafood, delicate white meats and creamy pasta dishes.
Tasting Notes
Pale straw.
A fruit-forward nose showing rich pineapple, white stonefruit, and melon characteristics.
A soft, full length palate of intense pineapple and tropical fruits.
Uncluttered by oak the wine is a great match for seafood, white meats and ‘fusion’ food.
Two years with confidence.
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2009 Hawke’s Bay Merlot
Blackberries in a field of violets
Such sweet and rich aromas! The palate is concentrated and full with layers of warm plum and berry fruit flavours. New Zealand Merlot expresses smoothness and richness of ripe fruit thanks to the warm Mediterranean climates of Hawkes Bay in the country’s North Island. Our Merlot is made in a soft and approachable style and suits a broad range of food types including leaner meats and savoury dishes, especially casseroles.
Tasting Notes
Dense dark red with purple highlights.
Lifted black plum and blackberry notes coupled with spicy oak.
Rich black fruit flavours of plum, berry and currant are to the fore underpinned with savoury oak. Fine tannins and lovely balance promote a fleshy texture and lingering finish.
Superb with barbequed spare ribs.
Three to four years.
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2007 Gisborne Gewurztraminer
One of the highlights of the 2007 vintage was the diverse flavour developments of the Gisborne Gewurztraminers through what was an exceptional autumn period.
These grapes were dejuiced in Gisborne and then transported to the winery in Marlborough. There they underwent fermentation using selected aromatic yeast strains. When almost dry the wine was stabilised, filtered and bottled.
Tasting Notes
Pale yellow.
With rose petals and Turkish Delight, this aromatic Gewurztraminer also has hints of spice.
Fruit sweetness and natural residual sugar give the palate fullness and assist in a full flavour profile.
Spicy Asian food.
Two years with confidence.
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2007 Hawke’s Bay, Te Awanga Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc
The fruit for this wine is sourced from one of our coastal vineyards in Hawke's Bay. Harvested at relatively low maturity purposely to capture the fresh, crisp fruit characters, one could be excused for confusing this stylistically with wines from the top of the South Island.
The fruit was dejuiced in Hawke’s Bay then transported to Blenheim where it underwent fermentation using selected pure yeast stains. Post ferment the wine was blended with a small amount of Marlborough wine then stabilised, filtered and bottled.
Tasting Notes
Pale straw.
Classic Sauvignon characters of tropical and citrus fruits. Herbaceous with a hint of sweat.
A nice well-balanced palate with good length. The wine shows great weight with both tropical and citrus fruits.
Ideally suited to seafood and fresh spring salads.
Two to three years with confidence.
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2008 New Zealand Pinot Gris
Texture and Taste
This varietal is an attractive, delicately perfumed alternative to Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc.
Our Pinot Gris is all about texture and flavour. Light aroma of pear, peach and nectarine; medium in body with an exceptional balance between fruit sweetness and acidity. This wine will leave a lasting impression. It’s a great mate with many friends and matches particularly well with Asian food.
Tasting Notes
Mid straw.
An intense aroma of ripe pear, melon and apples with appealing floral notes.
Delicious ripe quince and pears combined with a hint of peaches and cream from the malolactic influence. This wine exhibits all the Pinot Gris characteristics.
his versatile wine pairs well with Asian dishes, light seafood, poultry dishes, and pastas.
Two to three years with confidence.
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2008 Marlborough Pinot Noir
Doesn’t follow the rule book
New Zealand is now acknowledged as one of the few countries to have successfully come to grips with this fickle, but supremely aristocratic grape variety. A combination of dry and moderate climates gives near perfect cool climate growing conditions and assists with the intense varietal characters in Marlborough grapes.
This wine puts the NOIR into Pinot; a fine combination of dark cherries and red fruit abound. This is a fruit focused and velvety wine with rich flavours and soft tannins. Lean meats such as veal, venison or turkey, are a great match.
Tasting Notes
Bright red with purple and crimson notes.
An enticingly aromatic wine showing notes of dark cherries and strawberries with the alluring complexity of well integrated oak.
Vibrant, fresh fruit flavours underpinned by nuances of sweet, smoky oak. Good firm tannins give the wine length and weight. You can savour the wine long after it has left your palate.
Ideal with lamb or pork chops. Suited to most red meats and exceptionally good as a wine to enjoy all on its own!
Very approachable and enjoyable now, but you can cellar up to 5 years with confidence.
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2007 Marlborough Dry Riesling
Here comes the citrus
Our Dry Riesling has lashings of lime and lemons and hints of honey and zesty spice and a lovely palate richness and length. Tropical fruit flavours also emerge to linger together with the lime on the palates finish. This wine will develop honey and kerosene like characters with age.
Dry Riesling makes a great match with most seafood and spicy food.
Tasting Notes
Palest green.
Wonderful lifted aromas of citrus, honey and apple blossom.
A citrus burst is immediately obvious on the palate. A lively little wine with good structure, palate weight and persistence.
An ideal aperitif or suited to delicate fusion foods.
Great now and can only get better. Will keep up to 10 years with careful cellaring.
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2008 Pansy! Rosé
Fresh and Cheeky
This wine was made for our friends in the gay community in thanks for their support of our wines. It’s fresh, fun and delicious!
Made from Merlot grapes this wine is vibrant pale strawberry and brimming with the inviting aroma of lifted summer fruits. Think strawberries and cream, this Rosé is full of sweet summer berry fruits. This light wine is great for BBQ’s and Salmon or turkey dishes.
Tasting Notes
Pretty pink.
A fabulous nose brimming with lifted summer fruits.
Ripe and juice, loaded with strawberries and cream, this Rosé is full of sweet summer berry fruits.
This easy drinking Rosé is an ideal apéritif or summer sipper.
Drink now!
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2007 Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc Semillon
The fruit for this wine was sourced from a few vineyards dotted throughout the Marlborough region covering a range of soils, climates and management regimes. Cool conditions during the flowering period resulted in lighter than average yields and this was followed by ideal ripening and flavour development conditions for the remainder of the growing season.
The grapes were all machine harvested in the cool evening and overnight to preserve flavours. Gentle pressing was followed by a period of cold settling prior to racking to tank for fermentation. When the tanks had completed ferment they were proportionately blended, fined, stabilised and bottled.
Tasting Notes
Pale green.
Pungent herbaceous aromas along with stonefruit and passionfruit contribute to an extremely aromatic and intense wine.
Wonderfully rich and full on the palate, this wine is underpinned with mouth puckering acidity surrounded with passionfruit, nettles and hints of herbs. Full of forever changing flavours that persist on the palate.
A wine to be enjoyed with food.
Four to five years.
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