"Richmond Plains Sauvignon Blanc is consistently attractive, weighty, full-flavoured, ripely herbaceous and zingy"

Reserve Pinot Noir is full of charm with fresh, smooth cherry - plum flavours." - Michael Cooper, Wine Atlas of New Zealand.

Richmond Plains Nelson Sauvignon Blanc

Richmond Plains Nelson Sauvignon Blanc 2008

“A lively, lightly creamy front of lemon, clover and gooseberry flavours, followed by a fleshy, full bodied, flavoursome mid section with a good acid balance. The long finish maintains the bright character of the wine nicely.”

- David Stewart, Truewines.

"Richmond Plains Nelson Sauvignon Blanc 2007 is more floral than herbaceous, with a touch of elderflower in the aromas. Gooseberries dominate the flavours but nice crisp apple characters poke their head through the mid palate. The acidity is quite firm, but it all adds up to a clean, ripe and fresh example of Nelson sauvignon blanc."

- Neil Hodgson, Nelson Mail, Sept. 2007

Richmond Plains Sauvignon Blanc 2006. "Grown organically, this is a fresh, punchy, fully dry wine with ripe passionfruit and lime flavours, showing excellent vigour and depth." *** Stars

- Michael Cooper, Winestate 2007

2006 Sauvignon Blanc. "Simply bursting with gooseberry and fresh lime flavours wrapped around a soft mineral based acidity this wine proves yet again that 2006 was a very good vintage in Nelson. At this price the wine is not only good, it is super value." - Neil Hodgson, Nelson Mail, 3-10-06

"I really liked the Richmond Plains Sauvignon Blanc 2005 from Nelson, New Zealand. Here I think you can actually detect on the tongue that it's organic: the powerfully crisp, grassy, lychee-and-gooseberry flavour seems almost to jump out of the glass and onto your palate. Wonderful with food."

- Simon Hoggart, The Spectator - Mini Bar UK

"The 2004 Richmond Plains (Sauvignon) was plush with a hint of herbals and mouth watering acidity." - Ken Gargett, Courier Mail - Good Life 27/6/06, Australia

Richmond Plains Nelson Riesling

Richmond Plains Nelson Riesling 2009

“Very impressive.  This is the first riesling produced by Richmond Plains. Its great.  It has lovely off dry and citrus flavours. Like a good riesling you get cutting that acidity but not at the expense of flavour.  Its lively and has a very refreshing finish.”

- John Hawkesby, Radio NZ.

Richmond Plains Nelson Riesling 2009

“A youthful wine with a lovely perfumed bouquet displaying lemon/lime, floral and a touch of candied apple notes. The palate is intensely flavoured showing gentle sweetness and lush mouthfeel with the bright acidity providing excellent balance and harmony. The wine finishes long and delicious. 93 Points ***** Stars”

- Sam Kim, Wine Orbit

Richmond Plains Nelson Blanc de Noir

Richmond Plains Nelson Blanc de Noir 2007 The colour of this is a delightful champagne pink.  Soft creamy flavours of pear and quince are delightfully balanced with some nice fresh acidity.  This is a perfect lunch time wine.

- Neil Hodgson, Nelson Mail, September 2007

Richmond Plains 2007 Blanc de Noir Don't be fooled by the colour of this lovely Nelson wine which is made from pinot noir . It's rich and rounded, but still refreshing and clean & awash with juicy red berries. - Warren Barton

"2006 Richmond Plains Blanc de Noir has the merest pink blush of colour, soft creamy peach aromas and wonderful flavours that evolve seamlessly from one flavour to the next as you drink it. The medium palate weight has flavours of baked pear (a bit like pinot gris) with layers of peach. The viscous texture then leads you in to a finish that is satisfyingly dry with exotic tropical fruit flavours. Sit and enjoy the experience and the long lingering finish evolves yet again but this time into soft lime flavours. This juicy wine is only available at the cellar door and is made in limited quantities so be quick and do what I did - buy a few bottles for summer drinking."

- Neil Hodgson, Nelson Mail, 3-10-06

"Pinky Noir - This style of wine is made by pressing pinot noir grapes before fermentation so that only the lightly coloured juice is fermented, most of the dark pigment remaining in the skin. This pinkish-tinged wine could be confused with pinot gris, which is a colour-reduced mutant of pinot noir. It shows good concentration of nectarine and peach-like fruit, with a medium-sweet finish covering an underlying firmness. It is an enjoyable and creditable alternative to pinot gris."

- Ivan Donaldson, The Press, 8-3-07

"Richmond Plains Nelson Blanc de Noir 2006 $20 ***½ Stars. I don't get to try much of this type of wine - it's a white wine made entirely from red grapes. In this case it's 100% pinot noir from a 100% organic vineyard. It's got the tiniest touch of pink to its colour and is loaded with ripe fruit and heady, strudel-type characters along with some solid acid and a mellow, mealy finish. This wine went really well with the afternoon platter of preserved figs, blue cheese and smoked meats I had yesterday."

- Yvonne Lorkin, wine writer

"Richmond Plains Nelson Blanc de Noirs 2006 ***½ Stars. Faintly pink, gently sweet wine with strong, strawberryish, slightly peachy and spicy flavours, balanced for easy, summer drinking. Grown organically." - Michael Cooper, Winestate 2007

Richmond Plains Nelson Chardonnay

Richmond Plains 2008 Chardonnay "Crisp and youthful, in a fruit-driven style with satisfying depth of fresh, dry, citrusy, appley flavours." - Michael Cooper, Winestate

Richmond Plains 2008 Chardonnay "A gently aromatic on the nose showing sweet citrus, peach and subtle creamy notes.  It’s lively on the palate with luscious mouthfeel, balanced acidity and a pleasant lingering finish.  An elegant and fruity Chardonnay with a tasty mouthfeel. " - Wine Orbit

Richmond Plains 2007 Chardonnay    "A quite lovely, inviting nose of stonefruit and freshly baked pastry.  Absolutely bursting at the seams with fresh, succulent fruit, chiefly peaches, nectarine, loquats and a hint of grapefruit. A nice minerality presents itself towards the finish. Tasty, uncomplicated, and very drinkable."

- David Stewart, True Wines

Richmond Plains 2006 Chardonnay "Richmond Plains were the first vineyard to be certified organic in the South Island.  This un-oaked Chardonnay shows ripe citrus, apples and herbs with a fruity palate.  The crisp acidity leaves the palate nice & dry.  A lovely aperitif style." - Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, July 2007

Richmond Plains 2005 Chardonnay. "Creamy peach aromas have a touch of soft lemon while the flavours are predominantly character and structure based rather than big and fruity. The full, easy drinking style has a flinty mineral backbone with soft peach and spice based flavours. The long elegant finish rounds out another great value fine wine from Richmond Plains." - Neil Hodgson, Nelson Mail, 3-10-06

Richmond Plains Nelson Chardonnay 2004. "Very well balanced and structured wine, developing well after just a year with plenty of depth and strong, gutsy minerally fruit just starting to unfold." ****½ Stars

- Peter Saunders, Winestate

Richmond Plains 'Monarch' Rose

2007 Richmond Plains Monarch Rose   “The pale raspberry colour and soft creamy redcurrant aromas are immediately enticing. The flavours move from cream and strawberries upfront to red peach with a twist of alcohol spice in the finish. This is a serious summer rosé and is at its best when you have it with food.” - Neil Hodgson

"2006 Richmond Plains Rose is a serious wine with a touch of the frivolous about it. It is a light, easy to drink lunch time wine made from 100% pinot noir grapes. Pale salmon pink in colour but packed with flavours of white peach, red currents and strawberries it has a lovely creamy texture with a delicate, dry finish that means the second bottle won't be too far away." - Neil Hodgson, Nelson Mail, 3-10-06

"Summer Times. Summer is here and the proof is in the number of Rose wines flowing in. This is definitely one of the better ones. It has a nice bouquet of flowers, with a long palate that is refreshingly dry but does end with a slight acid twist. Pull out the picnic hamper and lie under a flowering tree, watch the bumble bees and quaff back a bottle of this wine. - Chris Donaldson, The Press, 15-2-07

"2006 Richmond Plains Rose. Made entirely from pinot noir this rose is the colour of watermelon & dark onionskin with subtle aromas of baked strawberries and plums. On the palate it is soft and friendly and if chilled right down it's a winner with good old-fashioned, creamy prawn cocktail with lashings of avocado."

- Yvonne Lorkin, wine writer

Richmond Plains Pinot Noir

Nelson Pinot Noir 2007

"Deep ruby, with good depth of cherry, spice and plum flavours and a firm finish."

- Michael Cooper, Winestate

Nelson Pinot Noir 2006

"Grapes were hand-harvested from their McShane Road vineyard. Medium-light red in colour, the nose displays sweet cherry, plum and subtle cedar characters. It’s fruity and vibrant with crisp acidity and fine tannins. A pleasant and approachable Pinot Noir." - Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, 2008

Nelson Pinot Noir 2006

"Dark cherry, chocolate, raspberry and herbal aromas with hints of savoury, cherry oak. On the palate red cherry, boysenberry, and blackberry flavours shine through with some earthy forest floor and spicy notes. Medium bodied, fruity Pinot Noir that is soft and easy drinking, with a lovely lingering finish."

- 90 points, Wine & Spirits

"Richmond Plains Nelson Pinot Noir 2005   What a dreamy drop!! Of all the things this wine accompanied us on our virgin foray into creating a myspace page for our musical fantasies: myspace.com/lotusmusic. We clicked, we sipped - until 5am with this perfect wine as our companion. It achieves all you would ask of a New Zealand pinot, having that divine warm leatherette texture on first bite. And so it sails on, made with organic grapes which somehow add a minerally elegance - the kind of earthiness which is inherent in the very finest Atlantic salmon. They reckon it's the stony soils of their vineyard, we're just tremoring for our organic vigneron pals here in Oz who, for all their great work, may not wish for such a challenge to their progressive niche to be heralded on this website. Ah well, what can we say? We already liked New Zealand wine, so if we can have it certified organic as well, we're gonna roll over and let those kiwis scratch our collective tummies."

- Stewart Dawes, Sydneycafes.com.au, March 2007

Richmond Plains Nelson Pinot Noir 2003. "Some grapey and earthy, essential essences of pinot. Our Tasters found it hard to find a pinot they loved until they sipped this smoky, ruby red wine."

- Christy Canterbury, Smith and Wollensky, New York

Richmond Plains Nelson Reserve Pinot Noir

"Love Potion. I fell in love with this (2005 Reserve Pinot Noir) wine and hesitated to share my good fortune - savoury smoke with a whisky finish and a nose that would put Pinocchio to shame. The wine started with tart blueberries and finished with savoury chorizos. This is a complex wine that will integrate with a little cellaring but rewards now with a bottle full of flavour."

- Tim Fraser, wine writer - The Press, 1st Feb 2007

Richmond Plains 2005 Reserve Pinot Noir. "A classic pinot nose of cranberry, cedar, tea and moist, fresh-dug soil, lead to a fresh, lively pinot with flavours of black cherry and savoury spices. Still just a puppy in terms of maturity, I believe this wine will reward another couple of years if put somewhere cool and dark - and more importantly, away from persuasive dinner party friends."

- Yvonne Lorkin, wine writer

Richmond Plains 2005 Reserve Pinot Noir. "This wine has all the great characters a well balanced pinot needs. Bursting with red cherry and berryfruit aromas and a palate that is full in weight, lovely ripe fruit flavours that are not in-your-face fruity are followed by silky tannins and a touch of acidity. The wine has a soft leathery finish. This is a great example of quality Nelson pinot and is another wine that deserves a place in your shopping basket." - Neil Hodgson, Nelson Mail, 3-10-06

Richmond Plains Reserve Nelson Pinot Noir 2003. "Deliciously ripe Pinot, very fragrant and showing floral aromatics. Youthful and promising some richness and complexity to emerge over the next 12 months and offering fine drinking for a couple of years after that. - Peter Saunders, ***** Stars Winestate

Richmond Plains Reserve Pinot Noir 2001

Champion Pinot Noir and Champion Red of the Show. - UK Soil Association

Richmond Plains Reserve Pinot Noir 2001. "A terrific organic wine with viscous textures, plumy mouth filling fruit and balanced structure."

- Paul White, Dominion Post, 12/10/02