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5 STARS & WINE OF THE WEEK – The Listener, Michael Cooper, 7 November 2017
“Fragrant andvivacious, this bottle-fermented Marlborough bubbly is a blend of chardonnay, pinot noir and pinot meunier. It has rich, citrusy, yeasty flavours, showing good complexity, and a dryish, smooth finish. Good value at $22-$29.”
RECOMMENDED – John Saker, Stuff.co.nz, 16 Sept 2017
“Thank God for wineries that aren’t content for a good thing to remain a good thing, but do everything they can for it to become a better thing.
The latest release Hunters Mirumiru NV, which I’ve tasted on a couple occasions recently, is the best iteration yet of this consistently fine Marlborough methode traditionelle sparkling wine.
The Mirumiru NV is a blend of all three champagne varieties: chardonnay (which dominates), pinot noir and pinot meunier. Fresh croissant scents, yellow flower flavours, elegant mousse and remarkable persistence are all part of a sophisticated package.
And at $29 a bottle, I’d also rate it one of the top value methodes in the country.”
TOP DROP UNDER $30 – Joelle Thomson, joellethomson.com, Aug 2017
“Hunter’s Wines is one of Marlborough’s first wineries and is the region’s second winery ever to produce bubblies made using the traditional technique used in Champagne – the so called traditional method of creating bubbles in the bottle during a second fermentation. This results in greater density of bubbles and massively more complex, yeasty flavours than most sparkling wines made in sealed tanks where the CO2 from fermentation dissolves into the wine. MiruMiru NV is super fresh in flavour with intense yeasty aromas and fresh bakery flavours in every complex sip. Its bubbles are fine and lingering, just like champagne, only a hell of a lot more affordable.”
SILVER – Marlborough Wine Show 2017
CHAMPION SPARKLING WINE – New World Wine Awards 2015
BEST IN CLASS – BEST VALUE NEW ZEALAND SPARKLING WINE – Champagne & Sparkling
Wine World Championships 2015
GOLD – New World Wine Awards 2015
GOLD – Champagne & Sparkling Wine World Championships 2015 5 STARS – Yvonne Lorkin, 10 December 2014
90 POINTS – Matt Walls, timatkin.com, 11 February 2015
Clean, fresh, floral aromas. Balanced and harmonious with good line and balance. Citrussy style with a lovely texture and fizz. A good middle-weight example, could be Champagne but the ripeness of the fruit flavours suggests a slightly warmer climate.
TOP 100 – Bob Campbell, Taste Magazine, March/April 2015
“A blend of the three Champagne varieties: chardonnay, pinot noir and pinot meunier. The wine shows a delightful freshness with an ethereal texture and flavours suggesting citrus/grapefruit, brioche and hazelnut.”
4 STARS – Michael Cooper, Michael Cooper’s Buyer’s Guide 2016
“’MiruMiru’ means ‘Bubbles’. This wine is disgorged earlier than its Reserve stablemate (below), has a lower Pinot Noir content and a crisper finish. A blend of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier, the sample I tasted in late 2014 (****) was fresh and aromatic, with an attractive lightness and vivacity. It has crisp, citrusy, appley, yeasty flavours, showing good tightness, delicacy and complexity.”
4 STARS – Winestate, March/April 2015
“Fresh and aromatic, with an attractive lightness and vivacity. Crisp, citrusy, appley, yeasty flavours, showing good tightness, delicacy and complexity.”
4 STARS – Michael Cooper, Listener, 7 August 2014
“Mirumiru” means bubbles. Showing good maturity, this pale-straw wine has rich, peachy, slightly toasty flavours and is lively and generous.”
SILVER – Royal Easter Show Wine Awards 2015
