Bouquet: Blackcurrant and cassis layered with notes of subtle pepper and spice. 

Palate: Generous and sweet blackcurrant followed by layers of cedar oak and dried bay leaf. Elegant and textured tannins are balanced with natural acidity leaving a firm, persistent finish.

Great Esk Valley blend from the great 2020 vintage and made entirely from grapes grown on stony soils of Gimblett Gravels. This wine is one of the top 12 Gimblett Gravels Annual Vintage Selection wines for 2020. It's a blend of Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, fermented in open top concrete fermenters and hand plunged. Deeply coloured and complex with jammy and plummy notes.

The Malbec provides smoothness and depth with soft plummy flavours from the Merlot and structure from the Cabernet.

This top drop drinks well now and will also age well for seven to eight years.

From Amoise...

This Pinot Noir (*label information below) was my first pick from the Two Terraces vineyard in the Mangatahi Terraces, Hawke’s Bay.  Ian and Linda Quinn are conscientious and detail oriented growers with the quality of their grapes being exceptional.

After a carbonic maceration, where there is no crushing of the grapes and fermentation occurs within the berries, the wine was pressed to tank and was a beautiful garnet colour. The following day I opened the valve of the tank and much to my surprise a pink hibiscus coloured wine came flowing out! Totally unexpected, and at first I was panicked, but as I tasted the wine I enjoyed the complexity of flavours: red currants, strawberries and pomegranate with a textural finish.

This wine is perfect for summer, I definitely recommend to drink cold or lightly chilled. Also a great food wine! Spicy foods, charcuterie, fish, grilled veggies and cheese. At 11.5% it is your ultimate picnic wine.

No additions at any stage, including sulphur. The wine is unfiltered and unfined. The grapes are certified organic and my rows have been farmed biodynamically since 2020.

After this wine was labelled, we became aware that the grapes used in making this wine, that we believed to be Gamay, were actually Pinot noir. This was identified following DNA testing of the grapevines. While we labelled this wine in good faith, this news means that the label is incorrect, and this wine is actually a Pinot noir. This wine is sold on the basis that the labelled grape variety is incorrect (the label is correct in all other aspects). Due to this unique situation, we are selling our stock that has already been labelled, while making sure that customers are made aware of this issue. If you have any questions about this issue, please contact amy@amoisewines.co.nz.

Dark crimson in colour, this wine is brooding with a rich, bold, and powerful bouquet of savoury red berry fruit, aromas of sweet raspberries, framboise liqueur and sweet vanilla. Lush, juicy, and very appealing savoury tannins give the wine great texture.

We expect this wine to reward careful cellaring over 7-10 years.

Except for different (experimental) barrel use - this is a near replica of the McArthur Ridge Southern Tor Pinot Noir 2022 which won "Best in Show" at the Decanter World Wine Awards 2024 and made by winemaker Matt Connell. A very limited release, offering all the quality and complex flavours of its predecessor. Very limited.

440ml Can (13.9% ABV)

***BRAND NEW 2025 VINTAGE***

While insipid bootlegged ales were axed by the pious, sly grog shops and speakeasies continued to serve the good stuff. Those in the know indulged in tipples made all the more sweet by their illicit nature, like this richly textured Prohibition Porter. Secreted in charred oak bourbon barrels it envelopes your tastebuds in chocolately brown malts before steamrollering them with a heady amalgam of oak and caramel.

Urbanaut - Miami Brut Lager is an endless vacation.  Tropical summer notes walk hand-in-hand with a crisp refreshing flavour that will keep you dancing on the shore from dusk till dawn.  Serve chilled.  Wearing loud colours - speedboat optional.

5% ABV.

The sacrificial campfires were lit and waves of soft,
creamy marshmallows were toasted to crispy perfection
to harness the rich, sticky sweetness we needed for this juicy beer! Bursting with heady aromas of citrus peel, peach, mango,
lime and orange blossom with gooey, melted notes of caramel
and vanilla with a dusting of biscuit crumbs to pull you ever closer towards s’mores territory…Drink at dusk!

DRINK FRESH - STAY RAD

5.8% ABV

Say hello to Juno, Urbanaut's juicy lil' hazy pale ale that packs the punch of a full-blown hazy IPA, but with a deliciously sessionable ABV of just 2.5% assuring your dance moves stay slick all night long. Brimming with big nectarine, apricot and peach flavours and a gently rounded mouthfeel usually unseen in low-ABV beers, Juno is a LIL beer with BIG ambitions.

2.5% ABV.

Our latest core range IPA is an aromatic and hoppy beer, revved up with Riwaka, Galaxy and Mosaic hops that impart a sweet citrus tang, spritzy tropical peach and passionfruit nose, and a cool, refreshing bitterness with every sip.
Crisp and delicious with a lean malt bill that really lets these hops hit like early Detroit techno!
Get up and get moving!

6 X 5.8% ABV

APPLE & FEIJOA CRUMBLE SOUR
4.0%
Apple and Feijoa just go together. Sweet, tart and juicy with impeccable good taste.
Add a sprinkle of brown sugar, a dash of cinnamon and a few drops of vanilla balanced by a biscuity malt base and you’ve got this fruity and delicious dessert-style sour beer.

Little Rock IPA Non-Alcoholic <0.5% - 330ml Cans

DRINK FRESH and bust out the big moves with this full-flavoured non-alcoholic IPA! Tropical aromatics ride up front with huge notes of blueberry, stone fruit, white grapes and crushed gooseberries from the Mosaic and Nelson Sauvin hops. Refreshing and delicious with a clean finish, leaving you all-systems-go for your next adventure!

Jam Donut Hazy IPA 5.6% - 440ml Cans

Deeeelicious! This beer is a juicy tribute to that greatest of all snacks, the magnificent Jam Donut! Tropical fruit aromas meet lashings of Raspberry Jam and a dusting of toasted coconut in this luscious hazy IPA. 

DRINK FRESH - STAY RAD

Illustration by @zoejarvisdesign

Contains Gluten, Wheat

Each Urbanaut beer is designed to celebrate the city that inspired its creation.  Whether you know the destination well, or yearn to explore it someday, this beer embodies the culture, the people, and the atmosphere.

Bone-dry and spritzy, this hugely aromatic Brut IPA will make you want to dust off the white tuxedo, bust out the hairspray and hit the dance floor... Its carnival in a can!

7.1% ABV.

SOURADE 2 BERRY BLAST SOUR 3.8%
Loaded with the XXXTREME power of many, many berries for a dose of tart juiciness and exploding with electrolytes. This beer is the thirst‑quencher you’ve been looking for.