Spy Valley – Social Vignerons

2015 Spy Valley Gewurztraminer, Marlborough, New Zealand

Julien Miquel — Thu, 09 Mar 2017 10:43:15 +0000

Score: 88/100 Spy Valley winery is a famous and popular Kiwi wine producer based in the Waihopai Valley of Marlborough. The grapes for this Gewurstraminer wine were sourced from the Johnson Vineyard, so it is virtually a single vineyard wine from the Southern Valleys area of […]

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2014 Spy Valley Pinot Noir, Marlborough, New Zealand

Julien Miquel — Sun, 26 Feb 2017 09:25:38 +0000

Score: 88/100 Spy Valley winery is a rather famous and popular Kiwi wine producer based in the Waihopai Valley of Marlborough. The grapes for this Pinot Noir wine were sourced from the Johnson Vineyard, Outpost, and Grapeview vineyards in the Southern Valleys area of […]

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2016 Spy Valley Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough

Julien Miquel — Wed, 02 Nov 2016 20:52:38 +0000

Score: 88/100 This 2016 vintage comes with a redesigned label. I personally quite liked the previous one (see here), but who cares! This goes even further in the current trend of simpli(sti)city which is probably a good thing. For more perspective on the wine […]

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2016 Spy Valley ‘Easy Tiger’ Low-Alcohol Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough

Julien Miquel — Tue, 01 Nov 2016 20:25:05 +0000

Score: 86/100 About this wine, Spy Valley, the producing winery claims that it is ”Lower in alcohol and full of flavour. The tiger is let loose in the winery where the wine is naturally crafted to express the fruit and not gain alcohol.” So […]

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2016 Spy Valley Pinot Noir Rosé, Marlborough

Julien Miquel — Mon, 31 Oct 2016 21:01:48 +0000

Score: 88/100 The 100% Pinot Noir grapes for this wine by Spy Valley are handpicked from the Johnson Vineyard in Waihopai Valley of the Marlborough region, New Zealand. 90% of the grapes are whole cluster pressed and the remainder is drained off skins immediately […]

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2015 Spy Valley Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough

Julien Miquel — Sat, 05 Mar 2016 15:04:58 +0000

Score: 89/100 Winemaker Notes: “Sauvignon Blanc is grown in our Marlborough vineyard on stony riverbed terraces, gently pressed and fermented in stainless steel tanks to give intense passionfruit and gooseberry fruit characters. The wine is fruit-driven in style, with complexity from lees ageing for […]

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2013 Spy Valley Envoy Johnson Vineyard Pinot Gris, Marlborough

Julien Miquel — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 16:01:02 +0000

Score: 89/100 The Envoy Range represents the highest level in Spy Valley offering, a winery famous and respected for its aromatic wines in particular. Pinot Gris is obviously being classified as an aromatic grape variety, and the Marlborough region isfamous for delivering some the world’ […]

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2015 Spy Valley Pinot Noir Rosé, Marlborough

Julien Miquel — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 21:29:00 +0000

This Rosé wine is produced from Pinot Noir grapes that are hand harvested from Spy Valley vineyards in the Marlborough region of New Zealand. Tasting Notes: With a pretty pale and bright salmon-orange color, this Pinot Noir Rosé displays fresh white fruit aromas on the nose […]

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2014 Spy Valley Johnson Vineyard Envoy Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough

Julien Miquel — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 22:09:44 +0000

Score: 92/100 The Envoy Range represents the highest level in Spy Valley offering, a winery famous and respected for its aromatic wines in particular. Sauvignon Blanc being classified as an aromatic grape variety, and (obviously) the Marlborough region being famous for delivering some the world’ best […]

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2013 Spy Valley Envoy Dry Riesling, Wahopai Valley, Marlborough

Julien Miquel — Sat, 20 Feb 2016 14:08:43 +0000

Score: 90/100 The Envoy Range represents the highest level in Spy Valley offering, a winery famous and respected for its aromatic wines in particular. The Envoy Riesling tasted today is sourced from the Johnson Vineyard, in the Wahopai valley, a sub-zone of the larger […]

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