July 17, 2024 • 5 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The Country Sport Breakfast with Brian Kelly on Gold Sport.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
Well, it's time to talk wine and we're talking about
wine bottles with Crown Seals on them. Catching up with
Michael Cooper.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
Morning, Michael, Good morning Brian.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Yes, Black Estate which is a very popular winery. Isn't
it an an eatery at North Canterbury?
Speaker 1 (00:30):
That's right, Yeah, No, it certainly has a high profile.
I believe for christ Church residents they really like the
fact that Black a state focuses on locally foraged food,
including truffles in the winter. Wow. It was founded way
back in the early nineties by Russell and Comiko Black
and then it was picked up was purchased in two
(00:52):
thousand and seven by Nicholas Brown and Pen Nash, and
Penn sort of sees them when they bought it seven
it was a freaky year, she said, there was an
industry over supply of wine. Then you got the global
financial crisis in eight and then I decided, oh god,
what timing. And then they thought, well we just better
get old with it, and then they got the christ
(01:13):
Sturch earthquake. So it was really a tumultuous start for them.
But fortunately things have settled down really well, and what
I find is that they produce wines that are not
any organic and high quality. They're really quite distinctive and
different to many other wines, like most white for a
(01:33):
winder is. They're best known for pino noir, but recently
I tasted several wines from them that weren't pino noa
yet when nevertheless, you know, full of interest.
Speaker 2 (01:44):
Fantastic and as I mentioned at the beginning, they also
see alia wines with a crown seal crown.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
Top, which you've got some producers would be reluctant to do,
given that it's associated with beer, of course, which attends
not in this case, it's fifty five bottle of wine.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
Different, it's very different.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
The wine itself is very interesting. It's called Black of
State pet gnat. Now pet nat means petty on natural,
so it's French, and it's what it means is basically
it's naturally effervescent or spritzing, so it's sort of, you know,
gently sparkling. It's made from shennon blong. They handpick the
(02:24):
grapes and they initially ferment the juice and tanks and
then they put it into the bottle. And it finishes
the ferment in the bottle, and so that's why you
get the co two bubbles, you know, trapped in the wine. Okay,
And what I found was it really is quite yummy.
It's got vigorous, lemony apply flavors, gently yeasty, it's got
(02:47):
really fresh, appetizing acidity, and it's dryish, it's lingering. It's
quite a delicious mouthful. But then it should be. It's
fifty five dollars. Certainly it's something completely different, and therefore
I thought worth mentioning. Of course, another one, let's mention
their reasoning, given that Wiper is renowned for two varieties,
(03:08):
Peno no and reasling, the black of State, damn Steep reasoning,
damn Steep. Notice the name of their vineyard. Quite amusing.
That's full of character. It's from twenty twenty three. It's fragrant,
it's full bodied. It's got rich, peachy, sort of spicy
and gingery flavor, so no shortage of flavor. It's dry,
(03:30):
it's intense, it's vigorous. So it's wipra reasling at its best.
That's black Estate, damned Steep, North Canterbury Reasling, two thousand
and three forty dollars. And now shall we do a
rose or a red one?
Speaker 2 (03:46):
I think we should do because we've talked about pen
and wis coming out of that region, So let's do
a red.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
Okay, well, let's do a surprise red. Cabinet franc is
a variety that's grown widely in Bordeaux, and you know
here in Hawke's Bay it's less wide you planted around
the world than Cabinet Sauvignon, but increasingly in New Zealand
we're coming to realize that because it ripens earlier, it
can have potential not only in cooler years, but also
(04:13):
in regions in the country that are further south. And
so this black Estate Home North Canterbury cabinet from twenty
twenty two, it really is an eye opener. It's delicious.
It's been state grown, barrel aged, it's bottled without any
addition of sulfur dioxide the preservatives. It's got deep color,
(04:34):
it's softly mouthfilling, it's vibrantly fruity, gentle acidity, and strong
flavors of red berries, plums and spices. So it's a
down and right delicious red. Once again, it's not cheap
it's fifty five dollars, and I think these prices would
reflect the fact that in this case, you know, you're
talking a small scale producer where everything is done by hand,
(04:59):
hand packing and handcrafting of the wine, so it's never
going to be cheap. So what you're looking for is
high quality, in this case organic status. But what I
like about the wines is they're full of personality.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
Sounding really good. Right, I'll go and save a little
bit of money and then go and buy a blacker
State and might get that. Read Michael always good to catch.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
Up great Brian.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
At Hotel Older than Hell. Gold is the Dark in
the Michael Cooper, our wine expert, here every Thursday on
the Country Sport Breakfast on Gold Sport Up next
The Country Sport Breakfast with Brian Kelly on Gold Sport.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
Well, it's time to talk wine and we're talking about
wine bottles with Crown Seals on them. Catching up with
Michael Cooper.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
Morning, Michael, Good morning Brian.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Yes, Black Estate which is a very popular winery. Isn't
it an an eatery at North Canterbury?
Speaker 1 (00:30):
That's right, Yeah, No, it certainly has a high profile.
I believe for christ Church residents they really like the
fact that Black a state focuses on locally foraged food,
including truffles in the winter. Wow. It was founded way
back in the early nineties by Russell and Comiko Black
and then it was picked up was purchased in two
(00:52):
thousand and seven by Nicholas Brown and Pen Nash, and
Penn sort of sees them when they bought it seven
it was a freaky year, she said, there was an
industry over supply of wine. Then you got the global
financial crisis in eight and then I decided, oh god,
what timing. And then they thought, well we just better
get old with it, and then they got the christ
(01:13):
Sturch earthquake. So it was really a tumultuous start for them.
But fortunately things have settled down really well, and what
I find is that they produce wines that are not
any organic and high quality. They're really quite distinctive and
different to many other wines, like most white for a
(01:33):
winder is. They're best known for pino noir, but recently
I tasted several wines from them that weren't pino noa
yet when nevertheless, you know, full of interest.
Speaker 2 (01:44):
Fantastic and as I mentioned at the beginning, they also
see alia wines with a crown seal crown.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
Top, which you've got some producers would be reluctant to do,
given that it's associated with beer, of course, which attends
not in this case, it's fifty five bottle of wine.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
Different, it's very different.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
The wine itself is very interesting. It's called Black of
State pet gnat. Now pet nat means petty on natural,
so it's French, and it's what it means is basically
it's naturally effervescent or spritzing, so it's sort of, you know,
gently sparkling. It's made from shennon blong. They handpick the
(02:24):
grapes and they initially ferment the juice and tanks and
then they put it into the bottle. And it finishes
the ferment in the bottle, and so that's why you
get the co two bubbles, you know, trapped in the wine. Okay,
And what I found was it really is quite yummy.
It's got vigorous, lemony apply flavors, gently yeasty, it's got
(02:47):
really fresh, appetizing acidity, and it's dryish, it's lingering. It's
quite a delicious mouthful. But then it should be. It's
fifty five dollars. Certainly it's something completely different, and therefore
I thought worth mentioning. Of course, another one, let's mention
their reasoning, given that Wiper is renowned for two varieties,
(03:08):
Peno no and reasling, the black of State, damn Steep reasoning,
damn Steep. Notice the name of their vineyard. Quite amusing.
That's full of character. It's from twenty twenty three. It's fragrant,
it's full bodied. It's got rich, peachy, sort of spicy
and gingery flavor, so no shortage of flavor. It's dry,
(03:30):
it's intense, it's vigorous. So it's wipra reasling at its best.
That's black Estate, damned Steep, North Canterbury Reasling, two thousand
and three forty dollars. And now shall we do a
rose or a red one?
Speaker 2 (03:46):
I think we should do because we've talked about pen
and wis coming out of that region, So let's do
a red.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
Okay, well, let's do a surprise red. Cabinet franc is
a variety that's grown widely in Bordeaux, and you know
here in Hawke's Bay it's less wide you planted around
the world than Cabinet Sauvignon, but increasingly in New Zealand
we're coming to realize that because it ripens earlier, it
can have potential not only in cooler years, but also
(04:13):
in regions in the country that are further south. And
so this black Estate Home North Canterbury cabinet from twenty
twenty two, it really is an eye opener. It's delicious.
It's been state grown, barrel aged, it's bottled without any
addition of sulfur dioxide the preservatives. It's got deep color,
(04:34):
it's softly mouthfilling, it's vibrantly fruity, gentle acidity, and strong
flavors of red berries, plums and spices. So it's a
down and right delicious red. Once again, it's not cheap
it's fifty five dollars, and I think these prices would
reflect the fact that in this case, you know, you're
talking a small scale producer where everything is done by hand,
(04:59):
hand packing and handcrafting of the wine, so it's never
going to be cheap. So what you're looking for is
high quality, in this case organic status. But what I
like about the wines is they're full of personality.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
Sounding really good. Right, I'll go and save a little
bit of money and then go and buy a blacker
State and might get that. Read Michael always good to catch.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
Up great Brian.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
At Hotel Older than Hell. Gold is the Dark in
the Michael Cooper, our wine expert, here every Thursday on
the Country Sport Breakfast on Gold Sport Up next
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