Lawsons Dry Hills
Website : www.lawsonsdryhills.co.nzRoss and Barbara Lawson founded Lawson’s Dry Hills in 1992. Their first vintage was just 15 tonnes and was managed by Ross from the old tin shed on the property, which is still standing and forms part of the winery cellar door. Their Gewürztraminer has gone on to be recognised as one of the country’s finest and has firmly established Lawson’s Dry Hills on the national and international wine stage. Other plantings soon followed and the company now produce a benchmark range of Marlborough wines including Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling, Chardonnay, Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir, as well as the famous Gewürztraminer. All the grapes for Lawson’s Dry Hills are sourced from Marlborough’s Wairau, Waihopai, Omaka and Brancott valleys.
Lawson’s Dry Hills has a very simple company philosophy – “To produce Marlborough wines of great character at a fair price.”
Other wines by this producer
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Lychee, rosewater, lemon sherbet and passionfruit aromas leap from the glass. The palate is elegant, soft, round and luscious with great concentration. Lychee and lemon fruit flavours feature strongly with rosewater, musk and floral characters adding complexity. One of the trademarks of our Gewürztraminers is the long spicy finish and this vintage doesn't disappoint. The wine has great length with lovely ginger, cinnamon and nutmeg notes.
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This aromatic wine has black cherry, spicy vanilla and savoury flavours that are complimented by an
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Spicy French Oak, creamy yeast notes and citrus fruit combine to produce a complex bouquet. The palate is elegantly structured with a acidic backbone; fruit flavours of lemon and stonefruit combining seamlessly with the oak/malo/lees contact delivering vanilla, spice and cream characters to produce a wonderfully complex wine.
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Even as a young wine this Pinot Gris is impressively complex on the nose with pear, baked apple, hot pastry, cinnamon with subtle citrus, vanilla and chocolate tones. The palate is off-dry with a rich round mouthfeel and great concentration. Citrus,crisp apple and tinned pear flavours all feature strongly while creamy autolysis and vanilla oak notes provide depth and complexity.
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Even as a young wine this Pinot Gris is impressively complex on the nose with pear, baked apple, hot pastry, cinnamon with subtle citrus, vanilla and chocolate tones. The palate is off-dry with a rich round mouthfeel and great concentration. Citrus,crisp apple and tinned pear flavours all feature strongly while creamy autolysis and vanilla oak notes provide depth and complexity.
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This wine has an attractive strawberry hue with lifted aromas of strawberries and cream. The palate is crisp, clean, dry and features fresh berry fruit flavours with hints of citrus and cherry.
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The hallmarks of this wine are intensity and complexity, with a beautifully lifted nose of lemongrass, passionfruit, lemon sherbet and green herb aromas. The palate has great concentration, with crisp acidity providing freshness, whilst emphasising the mineral/chalky character and length of the wine. Juicy citrus, zingy lime, passionfruit and fresh cut grass flavours all feature. More suble notes of melon, mango and mealy barrel fermentation add complexity.
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This wine has a wonderfully complex array of aromatic characters. Passionfruit and tropical fruits are immediately obvious but as the wine opens up in the glass honeysuckle, lemon peel and gooseberry become evident. Passionfruit, lemon sherbet and blossom flavours are matched with very crisp acidity and great concentration. The barrel and malolactic fermentation components show as subtle oatmeal notes and gives the palate complexity and breadth.
