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Smith & Sheth Cru Heretaunga Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay 2018

Posted on January 28, 2020 by Yvonne Lorkin Posted in Writings

Smith & Sheth Cru Heretaunga Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay 2018 $40 Holy buttered muffin Batman! This is one of three, single-vineyard chardonnays released by Master of Wine Steve Smith and his team at Smith & Sheth, and it’s as complex as the design on the label. Each of the vertical panels represents the exact genome sequence […]

Smith & Sheth Cru Heretaunga Albariño 2018

Posted on May 9, 2019 by Yvonne Lorkin Posted in Writings

Smith & Sheth Cru Heretaunga Albariño 2018 $28 This is New Zealand’s version of the best of what Spain can offer, incredibly focused, pure and dry and heaving with lemon and oyster shells. Sourced from the Bridge Pa region, in their iron-rich, red gravels, the acidity is like all the cutty-grass (or pampas grass if […]