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Vertical Tasting of Villa Maria Bordeaux Blends from 1996
- Monday 20 May 2024
- 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
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- New Zealand School of Food and Wine, Level 3, 104 Customs Street West, Viaduct, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand
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Villa Maria Reserve Bordeaux Blends: from 1996 to 2010
Villa Maria cordially invite you to a vertical tasting of their Reserve Bordeaux Blends from Hawkes Bay.
This represents really the start of our top end Gimblett Gravels journey, from discovering the potential of the sites through to full confidence in the quality they can deliver.
- Villa Maria Reserve Merlot, 1996
- Villa Maria Reserve Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon 1999
- Villa Maria Reserve Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon 2000
- Villa Maria Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, 2002
- Villa Maria Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, 2004
- Villa Maria Gimblett Gravels Reserve Merlot, 2008
- Villa Maria Gimblett Gravels Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, 2010
There are 48 gold medals or 5 star reviews and 10 trophies between them. Includes the massive 2002 (4 trophies, 97pt Jancis and best in class Tri-Nations challenge), and 2010 (10 golds/5star, 3 trophies NZ International, Bragato, Air NZ).
The wines also offer an interesting commentary regarding the move from cork to screwcap.
Villa Maria winemaker Gianni Flego will lead the tasting. Gianni started at Villa in 2006 and was involved in the blending and bottling of the Bordeaux reds. He then managed the red ferments and barrel aging, and has been directly involved with all the wines as they were all brought up as grapes and made at Villa Maria’s Auckland winery.
The tasting will include a selection of hearty canapés to complement this selection of premium Hawke's Bay wines. The canapés will be prepared by the cookery students of the New Zealand School of Food and Wine.
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