Bob Campbell: Pegasus Bay Gewurztraminer 2024 and Trinity Hill 2021 The Gimblett

BOB’S BEST BUYS  

Valentine’s Day Selection

Wine: Pegasus Bay Gewurztraminer 2024 North Canterbury, $30  

Why I chose it:  

Gewurztraminer is an aromatic wine with punchy aromas that often resemble flowers (in this case rose petals).  

 

National Lamb Day Selection

Wine: Trinity Hill 2021 The Gimblett, Hawke’s Bay, $39.99  

Why I chose it:  

It’s NZ Lamb Day today and I wanted to choose a wine that would make a great match with lamb. Lamb is high in fat, which makes it a high flavour meat. Cabernet Sauvignon is a thick-skinned red grape that is also high in flavour making it a perfect partner for lamb.  

Trinity Hill 2021 The Gimblett is a blend of Cabernet Franc 50%, Cabernet Sauvignon 46%, and Petit Verdot 4%. The wine even has a subtle minty character which gives it a built-in mint sauce-like component that’s perfect for lamb.  

What does it taste like?  

Dense, intense red with cassis/dark berry, chocolate/mocha, vanilla, cigar box, and spicy oak flavours with a touch of mint. Approachable now with good ageing potential. A powerhouse red that was built to enhance the flavours of NZ lamb. It’s from the Gimblett Gravels, a premium red-wine region in Hawke’s Bay,  

Where can you buy it?  

• Whisky and More, Waikato, $34 
• Liquor Legends, Auckland $34  
• The Good Wine Co, Auckland $35.99  

Will it keep?  

Yes, with careful storage this wine will still deliver pleasure after 5-10 years or more 

 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:07):
You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack team podcast
from News Talks.

Speaker 2 (00:11):
The'd be News Talks. He'd be Bob Campbell's our master
of Wine and is with us this morning, Calder Bob.

Speaker 3 (00:18):
Sure, Jack.

Speaker 2 (00:18):
Before we get to your best buy for this week,
we thought we would hit you up for a Valentine's
Day pick as well, if like me, you're trying to
make up for a bit of a Valentine's Day faux
pas yesterday, and you you've chosen to Pegasus Bay Averts
Tremina from North Canterbury. So tell us about the Gaverts.

Speaker 3 (00:34):
Yeah, well, Gaverts Tremina is an aromatic wine that's that's
got punchy aromas that often resembles flowers, and in this
case it's rose petal, which I think makes it the
perfect Valentines. They better than forget the roses.

Speaker 2 (00:52):
Go with the rose petals instead.

Speaker 1 (00:53):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (00:53):
Nice, okay, And you picked for this week your best
buy is a Trinity Held twenty twenty one, the Gimblet
Wine from Hawk's Bay. So tell us about this. Why
did you choose it?

Speaker 3 (01:03):
Well, it's New Zealand Lamb Day today, as you said,
and I just wanted to choose the wine that would
make a great match with Lamb. Lamb's a high fat
meat and in fat as flavor, so that makes it
a high flavor meat and that's a major consideration when
you're making it trying to contrive a food and wine match.

(01:25):
Cabinet Sauvignon is the absolute classic. It's a thick skinned
red grape that's high in flavor, and it makes it
a perfect match with the high flavored, high flavored Lamb.
Trinity Hill twenty twenty one of the gimlet is a
blend actually of Cabinet Fronc, Cabinet Sauvignon, and Petty Verdau.

(01:46):
I think the wine even has a subtle minty character,
which gives it a built in mint sauce like component
that's I think absolutely perfect for Lamb.

Speaker 2 (01:54):
Oh that's amazing. So what does it actually taste like?

Speaker 3 (01:59):
Well, it's dense and tense red with casis, dark berry, chocolate, mocker, vanilla,
cigar box and spicy oak flavors with a touch of mint.
It's an approachable wine now, but it has good aging potential.
I think a powerhouse red that was built to enhance

(02:20):
the flavors of New Zealand Land. I think from the
Gimblet Gravel's a premium red wine region in Hawk's Bay
which specializes in in high flavored, high flavored red wine.

Speaker 2 (02:34):
Yeah. Nice, so we can you pick it up, Bob?

Speaker 3 (02:37):
Well? I found it at Whiskey and More in the
Wye Kaddo for thirty four dollars, which is a bit
of a saving on the regular price. Liquor Legends Auckland
has it also for thirty four dollars, and the Good
Wine Company in Auckland for thirty five ninety nine, so
they're all pretty keen prices.

Speaker 2 (02:56):
And you said at ll Age, well, but how long
should you be storing it for before enjoying it?

Speaker 3 (03:00):
Do you think? Well? Five to ten years. Ten years
might be stretching it, but if with careful storage, it'll
do that with the ease.

Speaker 2 (03:12):
Nice. Okay, fantastic, Thank you, Bob.

Speaker 1 (03:14):
So.

Speaker 2 (03:15):
Bob's best buy this week, celebrating National Lamb Day is
a Trinity Hill twenty twenty one the Gimblet Cabinet Sevignon
from Hawks Bay. All the details, of course on the
News Talks Edb website for

Speaker 1 (03:28):
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