Stonyridge Larose 2021

230,00 €

306,67 € pro Liter

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Product.Nr. 2073


Only a few bottles left. The Stonyridge Larose is a true icon. It has beaten wine like Château Latour, Château Mouton Rothschild and Château Lafite Rothschild in a famous blind tasting in 2006. But Larose is available at a fraction of the price.

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Stonyridge Larose 2021

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review Stonyridge Waiheke Larose 2021James Suckling (JamesSuckling.com): 97/100. & Top 100 Wines of New Zealand 2022. Gorgeous aromas of graphite, lead pencil, crushed blackberries, blackcurrant, and red licorice. Full-bodied with vibrant tannins that are wrapped in nicely ripened black fruit and ground spice. Paprika, coriander and nutmeg. Charred herbs and bark come through as well. A beautiful wine, but needs some time to come together and will age gracefully onwards. 53% cabernet sauvignon, 20% merlot, 12% petit verdot, 10% cabernet franc, 4% malbec and the remainder is carmenere. Best after 2026.

 

Tasting Note of 2021 Larose from the winery

Wow! This wine is inky! Visually and organoleptically. Massive amplitude on the nose, with dark brooding aromas of black currant, blackberry compote, and dark plum, followed by cocoa, cedar, and a hint of savoury spice. At this young age it’s already very forward and open on the nose, and is a wine you can swirl and sniff for an eternity before finally putting it in your mouth. When you do, the sweetness of the fruit across the mid-palate is what first strikes you, then the massive concentration and ripe, firm structure frame the fruit explosion beautifully, so the wine is at once voluptuous but also poised. The 2021 is a wine that has massive cellaring potential despite its forward nature at this stage, and we would confidently say that it has at least 20 years in a prime drinking window.

Additional information

Type: Red wine

Varials: Cabernet Sauvignon 51%, Merlot 24%, Petit Verdot 14%, Cabernet Franc 7%, Malbec 3.5%, Carménère 0.5%

Alcohol: 14.5% vol

Bottle size: 0.75l

Notice: contains sulphites

The name: This classic Cabernet-dominant blend is named Larose as a tribute to the rose, the most aromatic, colourful, intense, and beautiful of all flowers.

Vineyard: Waiheke Island, New Zealand. The North facing site, which Stonyridge proudly occupies, affords their vines all day sun enabling Stonyridge to ripen these Cabernet varieties to perfection. The site is sheltered from the cooler Southwest winds and in summer we can experience over 80 days of temperatures in the 30 °C mark during the ripening period. The soil is a poor low-fertility Waitemata Clay saturated with nodules of magnesium, manganese, and iron oxides. Magnesium is the central molecule of chlorophyll, essential for photosynthesis, much loved by grape vines and so often deficient in NZ soils. The soil profile at Stonyridge is a key factor in much of the complexity and 'terroir' characteristics that the wines display. Organically managed, the only additions to the soils are natural-ground limestone and homemade seaweed 'tea'.

Vintage 2021: Stonyridge had a fantastic growing season on Waiheke, with good fruit set, followed by a settled, dry summer. The above average temperatures leading to the earliest ever veraison and subsequent picking across all varieties.

Winemaking: Aged in 60% new fine and tight grain French oak.

Cellaring potential: Drink from 2025-2041 if you can resist the temptation.

Closure: Cork

Produced and bottled by: Stonyridge Vineyard, 80 Onetangi Road, Waiheke Island, Auckland 1971, New Zealand

Distributor: vinabonus GmbH, Simmedenweg 40, 34134 Kassel, Germany

Larose: A long history of successes

Stephen White produced the first Larose vintage at Stonyridge Vineyard in 1985. Two years later, he made the great 1987 Larose that rocketed Stonyridge to national fame and attracted international attention – a wine hailed as the greatest red wine ever made in New Zealand at that time. Today, Stonyridge is referred to as “One of the Top Ten Must Visit Wineries in the World” by the Guardian UK and topped the list for the best Cabernet Merlot in the Melbourne Age/ Sydney Morning Herald Good Wine Guide.

In the French Guide Les Editions du Bottin Gourmand 2000, in Paris, Stonyridge 1996 came first equal with Lafite Rothschild, Petrus, and Cheval Blanc. The Stonyridge Larose 2010 scored 97 points to make it the highest equal-scoring red wine in 2013 and finished ahead of all of Australia’s most iconic Cabernet Merlots! In 2022, the 2019 Larose scored 97 by New York and Hong Kong wine writer James Suckling.

Lisa Perrotti Brown, Chief Editor of Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, has named the vertical tasting at Stonyridge her "Best Vertical / Retrospective Tasting of 2014" in Lisa Perrotti Brown's Guide to the Best of 2014.

"While there were a number of truly incredible Bordeaux, Burgundy, Italian, Australian and California contenders for my favorite vertical tasting of the year, the most impressive one took place during my New Zealand trip in October, demonstrating that some of the best New Zealand wines being made today really can and are aging remarkably:" Stonyridge's Larose (Bordeaux Blend from Waiheke Island) Vertical (inc. vintages back to 2004) tasted at Stony Ridge in Oct 2014.

Most vintages of Larose have scored 95 to 97 points by Wine Advocate for the last 10 years.

Stonyridge Larose has featured on the wine lists of some of the most exclusive restaurants in the world, including Viridiana in Madrid, Dorchester in London, and the Ducasse restaurants in Monte Carlo and Saint Tropez. Larose is the favourite wine of the former NZ Prime Minister, Sir John Key, and has been royally enjoyed by the reigning Queen Elizabeth II of England, the former King of Spain, Portugal’s Duke of Braganza, and international celebrities including Taylor Swift, Quentin Tarantino, Ryan Reynolds, Simply Red, ZZ Top, Michael Douglas and more.

Stonyridge Larose: other critic views

  • Nick Stock (wine rater for James Suckling): "Sitting right at the top of the New Zealand Bordeaux-inspired blends, the Larose has a beautiful density that is fused with elegance. The palate has the sort of tannin texture that all cabernet winemakers dream of….a real triumph."
  • Master of Wine Bob Campbell: "Larose is typically an elegant, powerful and complex red wine with a proven history of developing well with bottle age. Waiheke's long-time hero, Stonyridge Larose has been making waves since its stellar vintage in 1987 ... Founder, Stephen White, is as clever at marketing as he is at making his world famous red. Most is sold en primeur ..."
  • Cameron Douglas MS: "Stonyridge Larose ...has consistently been one of New Zealand's most sought after wines for the last 20+ years. The Larose consistently stands out in any competition it is shown in - it is sold mainly En Primeur and quickly sells out each year - a worthy investment."
  • Michael Cooper, author of the Wine Guide to New Zealand Wines: "Typically a stunning Waiheke wine. Dark and seductively perfumed, with smashing fruit flavours, at its best it is a magnificently concentrated red that matures superbly for a decade or longer, acquiring great complexity. This is a Super Classic"
  • Raymond Chan: "Stonyridge Vineyard is a true icon. Created by Stephen White with the first vines planted in 1982, the Stonyridge 'Larose' Bordeaux-varietal wine was first released with the 1985 vintage. The 1987 wine is now regarded as one of the landmark wines of New Zealand..."
  • Hugh Johnson: "Stonyridge - Boutique winery, known since mid-80s for exceptional CAB SAUV-based, Larose, one of NZ's greatest."

According to the winery, Stonyridge Larose is the favourite of the former NZ Prime Minister, Sir John Key and has been enjoyed by King Juan Carlos of Spain and Queen Elizabeth II, the Russian President, the Prime Minister of Australia, and the Prime Minister of Great Britain, and has sold at some of the world's best restaurants including Ducasse at the Dorchester in London and Viridiana in Madrid.

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