Gimblett Gravels
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New Zealand – dozens of 2022s
Three varied consignments from the other side of the world with a high proportion of high scores. Above, the team at Valli of Gibbston, Central Otago (photographed by Anna Allan)...
Jancis Robinson
Monday 21 April 2025
• 6 min read
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The 2019 vintage was a real success in Hawke's Bay, as witness this year's collection of reds from its well-drained...
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The latest audit of the best reds from a particularly gravelly spot on New Zealand's North Island.
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The most recently released vintage of Hawke's Bay's best-promoted reds.
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Every year the wine producers of the self-styled Gimblett Gravels subregion in New Zealand's Hawke's Bay send me (and several...
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Every year a handful of us wine writers around the world are sent a dozen reds reckoned by my fellow...
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The Gimblett Gravels, an 800-ha subzone defined by soil type within New...
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Every year Langton's auctioneer Andrew Caillard makes a selection of the best reds produced in the Gimblett Gravels unofficial subzone...
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I have written about the Gimblett Gravels before (see here for example). This well-drained subregion within the warm Hawkes Bay...
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