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    Best buys

    Oct 03, 2021 5 minutes
    by Michael Cooper

    Many of us treat price as a rough guide to quality, but the art of wine buying involves identifying labels at varying quality and price levels that deliver outstanding value for money. Here are 30 New Zealand wines from my latest tastings that deliver that irresistible combination of quality and value.

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    Brancott Estate Reserve Awatere Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2021

    This intensely aromatic wine is crisp and lively. Full-bodied, it has fresh, penetrating tropical-fruit and herbaceous flavours, and a racy, lingering finish. It’s already very open and expressive. (14% alc/vol) $18

    Durvillea Marlborough Chardonnay 2020

    From Astrolabe, this wine was hand-picked and barrel-fermented. Bright, light lemon/green, it is fragrant and full-bodied, with strong, citrusy, peachy flavours, creamy and biscuity notes adding complexity and loads of drink-young appeal. (13.5% alc/vol) $20

    Esk Valley Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay 2020

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