Grove Mill 2000 Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc - Green chilies, grapefruit and a hint of olive. Grove Mill 2000 Marlborough Pinot Gris - Intense, pear and melon. Crisp and just off-dry. Grove Mill 1999 Marlborough Pinot Noir - Dark garnet. Lovely dried-cherry aromas with earth and gamey notes.
Flavors follow the nose, balanced and complex.
Grove Mill 2000 Marlborough Pinot Noir - Barrel sample, recently racked and reductive. Very gamey with intense fruit behind it. Showing vast potential. Clean, juicy currant and berry fruit, pleasant menthol, nicely balanced with fresh-fruit acidity. Merlot seems like a safe guess, and sure enough, it's Grove Mill 1999 Marlborough Merlot .