Johner Estate started off on a bare grazing field, in 2001.
Karl Johner, his wife Irene, and son Patrick have a well known winery in Germany where they were amongst the first vintners to adapt a quality regime and focus on great Burgundy style wines. With their vision to also create great Pinot Noir in New Zealand, the focus of the wines is not set to upfront fruit. They just love complexity.
Now they have planted eight hectares of various Pinot Noir clones, originally selected in Burgundy, three hectares of Sauvignon Blanc and a further hectare of 10 trial varieties ranging from Pinot Gris to Syrah. In 2008 they sourced grapes from the Lyndor Estate to create a Cabernet and Merlot Blend from one of Wairarapa’s oldest vineyard growing on limestone. In 2010 they started the first additional planting of half a hectare of Syrah.
Johner Estate are about wines that reveal new delicate flavours whilst drinking, showing great depth and a lingering finish.
$27.00
Tangy fruits and sweet lime, this low alcohol (8.0%) has both weight and succulence. Enjoy with seafood and as...
$27.00
Produced with fruit from the Home vineyard, this Sauvignon Blanc is a customer favourite. This new Sauvignon Blanc is a...
$30.00
''This beautifully fragrant Pinot Gris is packed with ripe fruit and floral, a touch of sweetness broadens the palate, along...
$32.00
Our Viognier from a small parcel in our Gladstone Block vineyard, has been hand harvested, gentle pressed and fermented at...
$32.00
''Ripe, weighty, intense chardonnay with honey, apple, lime/citrus and apricot flavours. Slightly cloying but with good complexity and tangy acidity” 26...
$27.00
The much anticipated Pinot Noir Rose. Once again promising a delicious Rose . hand picked grapes from their Gladstone home...
$32.00
Rich, ripe, juicy fruit on the nose and on the palate fresh red berries with cranberry flavours. A good mouthfeel,...
$42.00
This Pinot Noir is produced from 100% Estate grown fruit which underwent maceration and fermentation for approximately three weeks, 20%...
$53.00
“The 2020 vintage (*****) is a single-vineyard, estate-grown Wairarapa red, hand-harvested from the oldest vines. Deep, bright ruby, it...
$62.00
From our Lime Hill Vineyard 1.3 Ha was planted in Pinot Noir and Chadonnay in 2013 on a hillside 200m...
$33.00
Hand-picked grapes from the Johner Gladstone block. The hot and sunny 2021 vintage, has produced this easy-to-drink, sun ripened Syrah. ...
$42.00
Fruity and generously flavoured, displaying fragrant aromas of red/dark plum, game, and dried herbs. The palate is rounded and smooth...
$27.00
A lifted bouquet of ripe apricots, pineapple and nectarine, with a rich and lush taste of apricot nectar, marmalade and...
$62.00
From our Lime Hill Vineyard 1.3 Ha was planted in Pinot Noir and Chadonnay in 2013 on a hillside 200m...