Wine Reviews
Riesling
Foxes Island Marlborough Riesling 2007:
Winewise Magazine, April 2008
"Delicate, floral, minerally aromas with excellent sugar/acid balance on a palate which displays great finesse. The floral/limey flavours are long and vibrant. Trophy winner at the 2007 Air New Zealand Wine Awards. Outstanding."
Air New Zealand Wine Awards 2007
ELITE GOLD MEDAL (Outstanding quality - 19 to 20 points/20)
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AMPM MARKETING CHAMPION RIESLING TROPHY
Royal Agricultural Society of Tasmania - Wrest Point 2007 Royal Hobart International Wine Show
GOLD MEDAL
Foxes Island Marlborough Riesling 2006:
Michael Cooper's Buyers Guide to New Zealand Wines 2008
* * * * 1/2
"The 2006 vintage was estate-grown in the Awatere Valley, hand-picked at 22 Brix, and fermented and lees-aged for four months in tanks. Highly scented, with lovely poise and delicacy, it offers strong, vibrant lemon/lime flavours, passionfruit and peach notes and a slightly minerally, sustained finish. Already highly expressive, it's also well worth cellaring."
Winewise Magazine Vol 23, June 2007
"Lovely floral nose with very good depth of fruit on the palate - finely textured with refreshing, mineral acidity. 12.5% alcohol. Highly recommended."
Winestate Annual 2008 - Winestate's Best Wines of 2007 - New Zealand
* * * *
"Finely structured Awatere Valley wine with crisp lemon/lime flavours showing good zest and intensity. Fresh, minerally and refined, with a lingering finish."
Riesling 2005:
Michael Cooper's Buyers Guide to New Zealand Wines 2007
* * * 1/2
"The debut 2005 vintage was estate-grown in the Awatere Valley, hand-picked at 23 brix, and fermented and lees-aged for four months in tanks. It's a full-bodied wine (13% alcohol), lemony, appley and crisp, with a sliver of sweetness (7.7 grams/litre of residual sugar), minerally notes adding interest and good depth and structure. Worth cellaring."
Charmian Smith - Otago Daily Times, 27 September 2006
* * * 1/2
"is young, with charming hints of lime flowers, mineral and ripe fruit, an attractive, textural palate and a well-balanced, steely finish. It will benefit from three or four years bottle age."
Keith Stewart - www.sommnet.com, 5 August 2006
7/10
"Light, soft yellow. Aromatic fragrant nose has a lilt of dried flowers with the zing of limes and a fascinating touch of dry sacks. Impact is very classy, fruit dominated, long, lean and suave with a succulence that implies pleasure. Mid palate prickles with lime highlights and the juicy fruit has depth and freshness as well as a hint of ripe grapes. Finishes dry, smeared with citrus and grape fruit flavours, and long. Very classy, it's intensity fading gently at the end."
Graham Stringer - "The Christchurch Press", 3 August 2006
Seductive
"William Fox, the early surveyor after whom this winery is named, was a teetotaller. I bet he'd change his mind if he could try this absolutely delicious wine. The nose showed peach, citrus and floral notes. The palate was delicate but intense, with flavours of stonefruit and citrus. The finish was crisp, long and refreshing, showing just a hint of sweetness. With a little age, it's only to get better. I could go on but I'm too busy squabbling over who gets the last glass."
Len Sorbello - "Winewise Magazine", June 2006
Outstanding
"Delicate floral aromatics lead to a fine, equally delicate palate displaying minerally characteristics - long, persistent flavours with a hint of sweetness but balanced by a high acid backbone - ideal for cellaring."
Current Releases:
Foxes Island Marlborough Riesling 2007 (Trophy Winner Air NZ Wine Awards 2007)
Foxes Island Marlborough Riesling 2006
Foxes Island Marlborough Riesling 2005
