Blackenbrook Vineyard

Savoury, meaty aromas mingle with musk, red berries, and violets.

The wine will benefit from bottle ageing and we recommend to enjoy it between now and 2010.

Soul mates from the kitchen:

Wood-fired pizza, papardelle pasta with hearty stew of wild pork, delicious New Zealand game birds

Montepulciano originates from Central Italy and produces large, almost seedless grape berries of an amazing dark colour. 
relatively low acidity (especially for an Italian varietal) and mild sweet tannins ideally suited to the temperate Nelson climate

• 100% Blackenbrook fruit from our Home block
• Moutere clay soil with a layer of sandy loam
• All vines grafted on site
• Focus on healthy soil and strong plants

Cold temperatures and rain at flowering, followed by excellent summer and autumn weather
Hand-picked and hand-sorted on 9 May with 23 Brix

• Gentle di-stemming before fermentation on the skins
• hand plunged,  light press cycle
• Gravity-fed from press area to main winery
• 12 month ageing in French oak barriques in temperature controlled barrel room
• Minimal pumping

Bottled on 30 July 2008 under screw capsules

• 14.0% Alcohol