Library Wines

We are delighted to share with you some special back vintage wines, only available in limited quantities.

Wines that Breathe of their place

Pyramid Valley

The wines of Pyramid Valley are born in the dramatic soils and slopes in North Canterbury, New Zealand. This unique site of altitude, limestone, slope, rock and rich soil is our Waikari Estate and home to some of the most profound Pinot Noir and Chardonnay wines in the world. Our second estate, Manata in Lowburn, Central Otago, has unique humus rich soils and produces deeply expressive and harmonious Pinot Noir wines.

Across both sites biodynamic viticulture and a natural approach to winemaking create handcrafted wine that breathes of its place and tastes like nowhere else on earth.

Chardonnay -Marlborough

2017 Pyramid Valley Marlborough Chardonnay

Bright lemon hue to the wine. An expressively interesting aroma of white flowers, citrus and ripe tropical summer fruits. The palate is focused and concentrated showing ripe fruits and citrus characters with an attractive texture and balanced acidity.


$50.00

Cabernet Franc -Hawke's Bay

2016 Pyramid Valley Howell Cabernet Franc

Vibrant, deep dark ruby, with fascinating, glitter-like lights. Immediately engaging,: crushed berry, smoke, and a compelling cured meat/ fresh leather note; also a spicy, bright, dried herb character, like Indian bay or curry leaf. Fresh, full, firm, with succulent berry fruit, but implosive structure. Neither vague, nor sweet. Long, staunch finish, with alternating tranches of fruit, spice, and tannin. Something soothing but stalwart here, surprising in a year elsewhere prone to superficiality or glibness: testimony to talented growers working a gifted site.


$50.00

Chardonnay – North Canterbury

2016 Lion’s Tooth Chardonnay

Brilliant, pale platinum gold. Youthfully closed at first pour, but opening with intense and diverse aromas, ranging from wet slate minerality, to Granny Smith apples, Meyer lemon, and juicy nectarine, backed by enticing empyreumatics. A chalky mouthfeel and broad shouldered body, work towards creating a synergy to be reckoned with. Power and vivacity are complimented by ongoing length, like an arm reaching out and pulling you back in for more.


$100.00

Chardonnay – North Canterbury

2016 Field of Fire Chardonnay

Brilliant, pale straw yellow. Complex aromatics: boxwood and petrichor minerality open without hesitation to ripe white peach, bright pink grapefruit, lime pith, and subtle hints of dried herbs and toasted brioche. A supple and generous roundness which dances across palatte. This 2016 Field of Fire is a standout example of power and intensity complimented by incredible poise and a lively, playful length. Pure eruption from soil and season.


$100.00

Pinot Noir – North Canterbury

2016 Angel Flower Pinot Noir

Dense, sustained ruby/garnet.Dizzyingly aromatic, swells from the glass: indurate spice – clove, cumin, caraway, cassia; ripe and bright red fruit – raspberry, redcurrant, Morello cherry. Quite a head-spinning, aromatic ride. Penetrating, juicy, sappy, brisk yet enveloping; vibrant flavors of red fruit and spice; also a lively earthy component that is relatively new to this vineyard, arriving in recent vintages: born of vine age and a deeper root structure, no doubt. One could hardly ask for a more invigorating, seductive, and briskly legitimate example of this wine.


$100.00

Pinot Noir – North Canterbury

2016 Earth Smoke Pinot Noir

Saturated, opaque ruby/garnet. Fascinatingly, astonishingly, unlike its sibling, the Angel Flower, given proximity and wine-making and –growing equalities: pungent soil tones, tobacco/bark and fresh-turned earth, also with dried herbs: bay, lavender, Mexican oregano, even. The fruit spectrum is blue and black. Really sings soil, stratum. Great weight and texture, dense but mouth-coating, with brighter fruit flavors than the nose might suggest: blueberry, blackberry, sloe. Salinity, from significant active lime in the soil, waters the mouth, extending an already obdurate length. Whereas, with vine age, the Angel Flower is adding content to its early charm, the Earth Smoke seems to be marrying fruit succulence to its established, adamantine, soil-sponsored clout.


$100.00

Botanical Collection – North Canterbury

2016 Pyramid Valley Botanical Collection 4-pack presentation case

The story of our Botanical Collection is rooted in the foundations of our Waikari Estate in North Canterbury. The initial plantings were arranged by Mike and Claudia Weersing according to specific minute changes in soil composition between the unique limestone and clay particles. These changes reflected the decision to plant either Chardonnay or Pinot Noir. Interestingly, the meadow growing in each parcel was also different, with different species of meadow plants being present. These parcels have been named according to the dominant botanicals in the meadows from their beginnings as a vineyard in 2000, and since their release in 2006 they have created a new dimension for fine New Zealand wine, illustrating the incredible impact of this remarkable vineyard on the sense of wine.

They are wines that truly breathe of their place.

Secure your collection of the 2016 Botanical Collection, presented in a stunning custom-made display case.

Inclusions:
1 x 2016 Field of Fire Chardonnay
1 x 2016 Lion's Tooth Chardonnay
1 x 2016 Angel Flower Pinot Noir
1 x 2016 Earth Smoke Pinot Noir

$400.00

Chardonnay – North Canterbury

2018 Lion’s Tooth Chardonnay

Brilliant, pale platinum gold. Youthfully closed at first pour, but opening with intense and diverse aromas, ranging from wet slate minerality, to Granny Smith apples, Meyer lemon, and juicy nectarine, backed by enticing empyreumatics. A chalky mouthfeel and broad shouldered body, work towards creating a synergy to be reckoned with. Power and vivacity are complemented by ongoing length, like an arm reaching out and pulling you back in for more.


$100.00

Chardonnay – North Canterbury

2018 Field of Fire Chardonnay

Brilliant, pale straw yellow. Complex aromatics: boxwood and petrichor minerality open without hesitation to ripe white peach, bright pink grapefruit, lime pith, and subtle hints of dried herbs and toasted brioche. A supple and generous roundness which dances across palate. This 2018 Field of Fire is a standout example of power and intensity complimented by incredible poise and a lively, playful length. Pure eruption from soil and season.


$100.00

Pinot Noir – North Canterbury

2018 Angel Flower Pinot Noir

Dense, sustained ruby/garnet. Dizzyingly aromatic, swells from the glass: indurate spice – clove, cumin, caraway, cassia; ripe and bright red fruit – raspberry, redcurrant, Morello cherry. Quite a head-spinning, aromatic ride. Penetrating, juicy, sappy, brisk yet enveloping; vibrant flavours of red fruit and spice; also a lively earthy component that is relatively new to this vineyard, arriving in recent vintages: born of vine age and a deeper root structure, no doubt. One could hardly ask for a more invigorating, seductive, and briskly legitimate example of this wine.


$100.00

Pinot Noir – North Canterbury

2018 Earth Smoke Pinot Noir

Saturated, opaque ruby/garnet. Fascinatingly, astonishingly, unlike its sibling, the Angel Flower, given proximity and wine-making and –growing equalities: pungent soil tones, tobacco/bark and fresh-turned earth, also with dried herbs: bay, lavender, Mexican oregano, even. The fruit spectrum is blue and black. Really sings soil, stratum. Great weight and texture, dense but mouth-coating, with brighter fruit flavours than the nose might suggest: blueberry, blackberry, sloe. Salinity, from significant active lime in the soil, waters the mouth, extending an already obdurate length. Whereas, with vine age, the Angel Flower is adding content to its early charm, the Earth Smoke seems to be marrying fruit succulence to its established, adamantine, soil- sponsored clout.


$100.00

Botanical Collection – North Canterbury

2018 Pyramid Valley Botanical Collection 4-pack presentation case

The story of our Botanical Collection is rooted in the foundations of our Waikari Estate in North Canterbury. The initial plantings were arranged by Mike and Claudia Weersing according to specific minute changes in soil composition between the unique limestone and clay particles. These changes reflected the decision to plant either Chardonnay or Pinot Noir. Interestingly, the meadow growing in each parcel was also different, with different species of meadow plants being present. These parcels have been named according to the dominant botanicals in the meadows from their beginnings as a vineyard in 2000, and since their release in 2006 they have created a new dimension for fine New Zealand wine, illustrating the incredible impact of this remarkable vineyard on the sense of wine.

They are wines that truly breathe of their place.

Secure your collection of the 2018 Botanical Collection, presented in a stunning custom-made display case.

Inclusions:
1 x 2018 Field of Fire Chardonnay
1 x 2018 Lion's Tooth Chardonnay
1 x 2018 Angel Flower Pinot Noir
1 x 2018 Earth Smoke Pinot Noir

$400.00

Vineyards of Exceptional Quality

Smith & Sheth

Like wine merchants of the old world, we make wine with a fresh take on great traditions, hand-selecting the best fruit from exceptional vineyards in Hawke’s Bay and across New Zealand, then nurturing, blending and bottling these wines for you.
Our names, Steve Smith MW and Brian Sheth, are the assurance of a wine that expresses the beauty of a place and the passion of its people.

Chardonnay - Hawke's Bay

2016 Smith & Sheth CRU Heretaunga Chardonnay

A clean and bright pale straw colour. Fruit flavours of citrus, white flowers, ripe grapefruit and melon. The style is mid-weight with elegant oak noticeably present, providing texture and lingering flavours of cashew, roasted almond and popcorn. The structure is nicely fleshy with great concentration showing with finesse. It displays delicacy, but the richness and beautifully linear acidity make it a fantastic match with food. 


$50.00

Syrah – Hawke’s Bay

2017 Smith & Sheth CRU Heretaunga Syrah

A deep purple to ruby colour. Intensely fragrant and perfumed aromatics together with spice, tapenade and red liquorice nuances. On the palate, dark berry flavours mix with florals and spice to provide great complexity. Beautifully focused, rich and seamless with a long finish and fine-grained tannins. Showing the elegance and freshness of great Hawke’s Bay Syrah with a structure that will allow it to age for at least 6 years.


$40.00

Syrah – Hawke’s Bay

2015 Smith & Sheth CRU Omahu Syrah

A deep garnet ruby colour. The aromatics are powerful and fragrant. Deep and concentrated. Dark blue and blackberry aromatics mixed with florals and savoury characters provide great complexity. The wine is rich and powerful with a long finish and fine-grained tannins that coat the mouth. Still showing the elegance and freshness of great Hawke’s Bay Syrah but with a structure that will allow it to age for at least 10 years.  


$60.00

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