The Star: December 10, 2020

The Star Thursday December 10 2020
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WINE
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Tickle the urge with chilled rose
• By Mark Henderson
WHILE ROSE sells year round,
I’m still a bit “old school” in my
habits.
For me, the combination
of warmth, fresh air and the
sun caressing the hilltops in a
cloudless sky at the end of a busy
day begins to tickle the urge for a
glass of chilled rose.
I hope that some of the
following might help to tickle that
urge for you.
2019 Aurum Organic pinot
gris rose
Price: $28
Rating: Excellent
Peachy onion skin hue.
Savoury notes lead with
nectarine and stonefruit, a hint of
yeasty Marmite later.
Delightfully creamy texture,
a burst of fruit, stonefruit, red
apple, pear with time.
Generously flavoured, with
richness and depth to the fruit.
A full-bodied Rose in the slot
for summer drinking, while its
power will readily complement
food.
www.aurumwines.com
2020 Durvillea
Marlborough rose
Price: $20
Rating: Very good to excellent
Pale, peachy pink hue.
Attractive fragrance with
strawberries and cream. Dried
strawberry, pink grapefruit, gum
and musk are joined on the palate
by a wisp of savouriness.
Builds surprising power and
richness, a sour cherry/cranberry
nuance providing a counter to the
sweet fruit.
An apricot kernel bittersweet
note adds to the lip-smacking
close.
www.astrolabewines.co.nz
2020 The Vegan Wine
Project South Australian
rose
Price: $18-$19
Rating: Excellent
Onion skin shade. Subtle
at first, but quickly sees sweet
fragrance, fruit sherbet,
strawberry and rhubarb crumble
notes build.
Drier than the nose might
suggest, the cool and racy
palate highlighting strawberry,
rockmelon and green herb hints.
Refreshing interplay between
the growing sweet fruit and tangy
acidity.
Appealing style with lovely
crispness.
www.theveganwineproject.com
2020 Jules Taylor The
Jules Rose
Price: $24.99
Rating: Very good to excellent
Pale rose petal shade. Spicy,
smoker’s lolly, turkish delight, red
berries.
A touch of sweetness leads,
mixed summer berries and
cream followed by a toffee apple
hint. Nice flavour weight and
integration, a subtle hint of
sweetness, while still fresh, juicy
and crisp with a relatively dry
finish. I can see a lot of consumer
appeal here.
www.julestaylor.com
2020 Otuwhero Estate
Hawke’s Bay rose
Price: $19.95
Rating: Very good to excellent
Rose with a copper tinge.
Savoury at first, sweeter fragrance
growing, rose petal, a wisp of
gooseberry.
Crunchy and bright in the
mouth, sweeter fruits hinting at
summer berries, a little lavender.
This builds nicely with aeration,
showing a touch more sweetness,
yet finishing relatively dry and
crisp. Very easy drinking.
www.otuwine.com
2019 Invivo SJP Sud de
France rose
Price: $19.99
Rating: Excellent
Invivo’s collaboration with
Sarah Jessica Parker.
Palest onion skin hue. Beguiling
nose, umami and earth hints
shifting to cream, stonefruit and
spices. Really tangy, crisp palate,
racy acidity driving this. Ripe yet
not sweet with mandarin/pink
grapefruit notes.
Mouthwatering close. High on
the refreshment factor and a great
food choice.
www.invivowines.com
2019 Saint Clair Pinot gris
rose
Price: $20
Rating: Excellent
Peachy onion skin hue.
Intriguing nose, herbs and river
stones at first, moving to ripe
peach, spices and perfume.
After the delicacy of the nose,
there’s a burst of flavour on the
palate with stonefruits, musk,
wine gums and boiled sweets with
zesty acidity keeping this fresh
and crisp.
A juicy, long, lip-smacking
finish. Drinking superbly now.
www.saintclair.co.nz
2019 Ngatarawa
Glazebrook Black Label
Hawke’s Bay rose
Price: $25
Rating: Very good
Orange/onion skin hue. Smoke,
wildness, tilled earth spices.
Brooding palate with power
and weight, the berryfruit notes
growing as it opens up.
A quinine like bittersweet
element brings things to a zesty
close. With its powerful build,
this would complement richer
summer foods: a nice foil to a
barbecue perhaps?
www.ngatarawa.co.nz
CONTENT MARKETING
Customers excited about Bush Inn
Centre’s new grocery market
THE LONG-awaited The Provedore
grocery market at Bush
Inn Centre is now well and truly
open.
Replacing the supermarket,
this new offering is a line-up
of specialty grocery outlets
presented in a contemporary
and unique open-plan, relaxed
setting, which development
manager and
spokesperson
Andy Bell
describes as
“really very
comfortable to
visit.”
“Usual
Andy Bell
development
delays and
then Covid
stalled store openings, much to
the annoyance of the centre and
its customers, who have been
eagerly awaiting The Provedore
for some time,” Andy says.
Several stores are open now
and more are coming on stream
shortly, he said. They include The
Source bulk foods, a high-quality
outlet with the focus on zerowaste
shopping. Its range includes
organic bulk wholefoods,
snacks, household cleaners and
much more
V-Mart, a boutique-style
supermarket, offers an extensive
VARIETY: The Bush Inn Provedore incorporates a selection of specialty grocery outlets.
selection of international products
together with Kiwi staples.
Just last week, award-winning
celebrity butcher Corey Winder
opened his own Master Butcher
and European deli at The Provedore,
where you will find topquality
New Zealand meats and
smallgoods presented in a stunning
new store that Andy says is
worth the visit for that alone.
Freshly squeezed natural fruit
juices are the province of Tank
Juice, also now open, while
House of Spices Indian Superstore
opens in December for
supplies and spices for all your
favourite cuisines.
Due to open in time for
Christmas, Bush Inn Fine Wines
& Spirits will be offering quality
wine and spirit brands that you
wouldn’t find in a regular supermarket,
but which will certainly
complement your shopping at
The Provedore.
Located on the site previously
occupied by Countdown, The
Provedore is just part of the
substantial redevelopment of the
Bush Inn Centre that has taken
place over the last two to three
years.
Andy says all those involved
in its development are delighted
with The Provedore.
“The lockdown caused unforeseen
delays in getting the work
done, but we are thrilled that
The Provedore is now open and
providing a first-class shopping
experience in a unique environment
for our customers, which
will only get better as more
stores come on stream,” he says.
“We’ve had a fantastic reaction
from the public, with people very
excited to see the different shops
now opening.”