Bartosh Family Reserve Albarino 2024

Reserve-quality Gisborne Albariño - fresh, coastal and seriously good buying.
If you like Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Gris, dry Riesling, Picpoul, Vermentino or Chablis-style whites, you should try this.
Bartosh Family Reserve Albariño 2024 is a rare small-batch New Zealand white made from premium Gisborne fruit by one of New Zealand’s most respected winemakers. It is fresh, dry and coastal, with white peach, mandarin, lime, sea-shell minerality and a clean briny finish.
This is not a cheap white.
It is a reserve-quality discovery wine at a very sharp price.

Who Will Like This Wine?
You’ll like this if you enjoy:
Sauvignon Blanc
…but want something less grassy, more stone-fruited and more textural.
Pinot Gris
…but prefer a drier, fresher, more coastal style.
Dry Riesling
…but want less floral intensity and more peach, citrus and mineral texture.
Picpoul or Vermentino
…because you already enjoy crisp, seaside whites with saline freshness.
Chablis or unoaked Chardonnay
…but want something brighter, fruitier and more refreshing.
Albariño from Spain
…but want to taste a riper, rounder Gisborne expression.
What It Tastes Like
In the glass, this Albariño shows a pale straw colour with a green tinge — exactly what you want in a fresh, young coastal white.
The aroma is lifted and expressive: white peach, mandarin zest, orange blossom, jasmine and a subtle crushed-shell mineral note.
The palate is bright and focused, with nectarine, lime and grapefruit peel running through a taut line of acidity. A finely textured mid-palate gives the wine shape, while the finish is clean, chalky and gently briny.
Fresh without being thin.
Fruit-driven without being sweet.
Mineral without being austere.
Taste & Style
Wine Style: Fresh Unoaked Whites
Sweetness: Dry
Body: Light to medium
Acidity: High
Texture: Fine, fresh, lightly rounded
Oak: None apparent
Finish: Clean, mineral and gently briny
Best With
This is a natural seafood wine.
Open it with oysters, scallops, grilled prawns, calamari, white fish crudo, ceviche, lemon-dressed octopus or anything with citrus, herbs and salt.
It also has enough fruit and freshness to work with Thai green curry, Vietnamese spring rolls and lighter dishes with chilli, lime or fresh herbs.
Why Buy It?
Because it gives you the freshness of Sauvignon Blanc, the food-friendliness of Pinot Gris and the coastal mineral snap of classic Albariño — in one reserve-quality Gisborne white.
Only 120 cases were produced, so this is a proper discovery wine rather than a volume line.

Product Facts
Producer: Bird Wines
Region: Gisborne, New Zealand
Vintage: 2024
Grape: Albariño
ABV: 13.0%
Residual Sugar: 3.0 g/L
Acidity: 7.0 g/L
pH: 3.35
Closure: Screwcap
Production: 120 cases
Cellaring: Drink now to 2027–2029
Serve: Well chilled, around 8–10°C