Restrained and elegant with bright citrus, almond, flint and an underlying minerality. Hand-picked, whole bunch pressed, barrel fermented. Taste: Citrus, toasted almond, flint, resolute
Taste: Lime, greengage plum, white florals, racy. This year we made our Grüner in our 1600 litre concrete fermentation egg . The egg shape of this tank creates a little bit of convection to keep the wine gently moving. This...
A wine that balances seductive primary red fruits with the earthy savoury complexity Wairarapa Pinot does so well. 30% whole bunch to provide a taut line of tannin, and aged 15 months with 20% new oak. Cranberry, rainy forest, spice,...
A beautifully fresh, fragrant, weighty and delicious Pinot Noir Rosé. Sourced from the Taratahi Plains north of Greytown. A low wire, densely planted vineyard, on the boniest of ground, creating naturally low yields of intensely favoured bunches. Raspberry, cherry, spice,...
Co-ferment of Gewürztraminer, Pinot Gris, and Riesling. Taste: Nectarine, blossom, spice, poised. This co-ferment is a classic Alsace combination shining with bright fruit, seductive spice and freshness with that underlying mineral seam all Mānuka Flats Vineyard wines are known for....
rich, complex, dry, white wine made from Pinot Noir grapes. Hand-picked, whole bunch pressed, fermented in stone, bottled young. Weighty, textural, bright and minerally. Taste: Quince, pear, saline serene.
Alexia Lagrien 2025 – Lagrien is a Northern Italian variety – it has a wild and slightly feral streak. Think dark fruits, fresh acid and tannin like an external earthquake-proof steel framework. All this means is that a quick decant...
After two seasons of no Chenin the 2024 vintage gave a beautiful Chenin crop - full of golden bunches, bright flavours and a wonderfully taut mineral seam giving the wine intensity, texture and drive. Picked late April, and fermented wild...
Groves St Vincent 2025 - Simon Groves and Amanda Ra make very small quantities of sought after wines. Occasionally whimsical blends like this appear – named after the Patron Saint of Wine, Saint Vincent of Saragossa, and a kinda very...