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HAWKSHEAD WINE NEWS
March 2010
Hawkshead Medal Scoop
Wines from Hawkshead Vineyard have thrilled owners Denis Marshall & Ulrike Kurenbach with medal winning performances in recent wine shows.
The first vintage of their Gibbston Single Estate Hawkshead Pinot Gris 2009 won double Blue/Gold and Top 100 medals at the recent 2010 Sydney International Wine Competition.
Then, the just announced Royal Easter Show Wine Awards 2010 produced three medals for the vineyard including another Gold Medal for the exceptional Pinot Gris, a Silver for the Hawkshead Riesling 2009, and a Silver for the Hawkshead Pinot Noir Bannockburn 2008.
"While Central Otago is well known for its exceptional Pinot Noir, it is very pleasing to have such success with our Aromatic white wine varietals," said Mr Marshall.
"We really had to nurse the young Pinot Gris vines through their early development in a difficult climate, and they have given us due reward," Ulrike added. "Our 2008 Riesling was also well received and last year's vintage was selected in the annual summary of the 'Best of the Best' in the Australian WineState Magazine as well as being awarded 4 Stars by wine critics. While the 2009 Riesling is still a young wine we think it will develop further to surpass the 2008 vintage," she said.
May 2009
Cellar Door and Tasting Room for Hawkshead Vineyard
We are delighted to announce that the Cellar Door and Tasting Room for Hawkshead Vineyard is now located at the Winehouse and Kitchen, State Highway 6, Gibbston. Here you can taste and buy our wines and enjoy the relaxed ambience and excellent menu at the Winehouse and Kitchen restaurant.
HAWKSHEAD PINOT NOIR 2007 | REVIEWS
Nick Stock in WBM, Australia's Wine Business Magazine, March 2009
93 Point Rating
"Animated Pinot Noir aromas here, violet florals with very concentrated dark cherry fruit and a super-fresh piercing quality. Edgy stuff! The palate delivers ample flavour, some orange zest and graphite in there too, finishing with a fan of fine savoury tannin."
HAWKSHEAD PINOT NOIR 2006 | REVIEWS
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate #176, April 2008
93 Point Rating
"A lovely, lifted nose of brambly red fruit with a hint of cloves... good complexity and definition. The palate is medium bodied, very well balanced with a natural sense of elegance about it. Beautiful crisp red berries, wild strawberry and forest floor on the finish. Good length. This is a top quality Pinot Noir. Excellent. Tasted January 2008. Drink 2008-2015. 93 Point Rating"
Bob Campbell MW, BobsWineReviews.com, July 2007
93 Points, 5 Stars
"Dense, deep wine, very conc with layers of black fruit flavours and lovely spicy oak. Very impressive. Great texture and good drying finish."
Michael Cooper's Buyer's Guide to New Zealand Wine 2008
4.5 Stars
"The impressive 2006 vintage (4 & half stars) is a single vineyard red, hand harvested at Gibbston, in Central Otago and matured for 10 months in French oak barriques (40 per cent new). Scented and deeply coloured, with concentrated sweet-fruit flavours of cherries and dried herbs, woven with fresh acidity, it shows excellent complexity and potential."
Wine & Spirit Magazine, November 2007
90 points
"Denis Marshall's winery is named after the home of his ancestor, the naturalist William Swainson FRS, who emigrated to New Zealand in 1841. Aided by winemaking consultant Grant Taylor, he produces just one wine. His 2006 is a svelte, smoky cocktail of lush berry and plum flavours, with hints of chocolate and spice. Drink 2007-2012."
Cuisine Magazine, November 2008
4 Stars, Recommended
"The aromatic sensuality cries Pinot; the wine's balance, grip and elegance all say Gibbston Valley. A good package," noted Larry McKenna.
HAWKSHEAD WINE AWARDS
 Decanter World Wine Awards, LondonPinot Noir 2008: Silver Medal, 2010
 Sydney International Wine CompetitionPinot Gris 2009: Double Blue-Gold Medal, 2010 Pinot Gris 2009: Top 100 Wines, 2010
 Royal Easter Show Wine AwardsPinot Gris 2009: Gold Medal, 2010 Riesling 2009: Silver Medal, 2010 Pinot Noir Bannockburn 2008: Silver Medal, 2010
 London International Wine & Spirit CompetitionPinot Noir 2006: Silver Medal, 2007
 Air New Zealand Wine AwardsPinot Noir 2006: Silver Medal, 2007
 New Zealand International Wine ShowPinot Noir 2006: Silver Medal, 2007
HAWKSHEAD WINE IN THE NEWS
 Queenstown Times, 22 March 2010
Hawkshead happy with wine interest
The Gibbston Harvest Festival on Saturday was the best yet for exposure, interest and sales, according to one of the Gibbston vintners who set up a stall. Hawkshead Vineyard co-owner Denis Marshall said festival-goers had expressed much interest in the independent, family-owned company's Gibbston Single Estate Hawkshead Pinot Gris 2009.
Read the full article »
 Queenstown Times, 19 March 2010
Hawkshead Vineyard co-owner Denis Marshall, of Queenstown, was one of the many vintners in the Gibbston valley to net their crops this week, a sign of the approaching harvest.
 Otago Daily Times, 19 March 2009
Gibbston Twister shows a fleeting artistic bent
A freak twister or "willy waugh" conjured up a figure reminiscent of a Salvador Dali painting on Tuesday at Gibbston's Hawkshead Vineyard. Hawkshead owner Denis Marshall said vineyard owners were laying out new nets over a Pinot Gris block when the wind sprang up from nowhere. Read the full article at odt.co.nz »
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