The small family winery of Speri has been making some of the finest Amarone for the last 100 years. All Speri wines are estate bottled and of very small production. This Amarone is dark and intense with rich flavours of raisins, dates and figs. The palate is smooth, velvety and lingering. (E)

Deeply aromatic nose of barbequed teriyaki, aromas of soy and sweet spices combine with traditional tar and rose. All these complex characters marry perfectly on the palate giving an interestingly textured wine, with super Barolo tannins and a long sour cherry finish. (D)

Produced in the Hawkes Bay region on the North Island, this Pinot Noir is surprisingly full and smooth having been matured in oak for 11 months. The wine is rich with plummy fruit slightly smoky and very soft on the finish. (C )