Sunrise over Blackenbrook Vineyard. The vines are covered in white bird-netting. The orange morning light reflects of the netting, giving the image a dreamy feel.
Sunrise over Blackenbrook Vineyard. The vines are covered in white bird-netting. The orange morning light reflects of the netting, giving the image a dreamy feel.

Moutere - Nelson

Where magic happens...

Staff hand-picking Pinot Noir grapes. At the front there are lots of white flowers and vibrant grass between the rows of Pinot Noir vines.
Staff hand-picking Pinot Noir grapes. At the front there are lots of white flowers and vibrant grass between the rows of Pinot Noir vines.

Moutere - Nelson

Goodness from the ground up

A bottle of Blackenbrook Family Reserve 2019 laying on a wooden board. The bottle is surrounded by cloves, cinnamon quilts, hazel nuts, bay leaves, apples and pears.
A bottle of Blackenbrook Family Reserve 2019 laying on a wooden board. The bottle is surrounded by cloves, cinnamon quilts, hazel nuts, bay leaves, apples and pears.
Winemaker Daniel Schwarzenbach leaning on a shiny table. Next to him is a bottle of Blackenbrook Pinot Blanc and in the background several wine tanks and colourful winery hoses can be seen.
Winemaker Daniel Schwarzenbach leaning on a table with three bottles of Blackenbrook Pinot Blanc at the winery. In the background we see 4 stainless steel tanks and some winery hoses.

Blackenbrook

The home of outstanding Aromatics

Ripe Pinot Blanc grapes basking in the sunshine. There are also several wooden canes and lots of vibrant green leaves.
Ripe Pinot Blanc grapes basking in the sunshine. There are also several wooden canes and lots of vibrant green leaves.

Moutere - Nelson

Pinot Blanc - rare and highly aromatic

Welcome to our family winery

On a gentle north-facing slope near Tasman Village in the Nelson region, you’ll find Blackenbrook Vineyard, our small volume, high quality winery.

We are the Schwarzenbach family, producing multiple award-winning wines since first planting vines in 2001. Our seven grape varieties are Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc, Gewürztraminer, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Montepulciano.

Our vines grow into rich Moutere clay soils and the mild maritime breeze gently strokes the grapes ripening on the sun-drenched hillsides.

Proudly hands-on, we strive for minimal interference with natural processes, leading to wines that are pure and genuine. All our white wines are completely unfined and vegan, and we are accredited by Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand.

Pinot Noir 2020

Released this week

Blackenbrook

Pinot Noir 2020

“A powerful young red, mouthfilling, sweet-fruited and savoury” so the words of one of NZ’s leading wine writers.

Add a wood fired pizza and Friday night is sorted in the best possible way!

  

$29.00 NZD

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A near-perfect harvest

We had a beautiful harvest despite Daniel and our two children contracting Covid on the first day of picking.  The weather was stunning and amidst the wide-spread labour shortage we were blessed with a fantastic team of hand-pickers. 

Quality and quantity are outstanding, and the fermenting wines already show great potential - big smiles all round!

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A near-perfect harvest
Winter at Blackenbrook

Winter at Blackenbrook

Pruning is in full swing with most of our white varieties now looking neat and tidy, ready for the new season. We are fortunate to have two experienced pruners chipping away at this mammoth task!

In the winery we are gearing up for bottling . We are currently filtering our wines, the final step before filling around 54,000 bottles with the delicious 2022 vintage in the upcoming school holidays. Needless to say all hands will be on deck...
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Gewürztraminer 2019 - Library Wine

Last three cases

Blackenbrook

Gewürztraminer 2019 - Library Wine

Enjoy this creamy-textured Gewürztraminer with a ripe, melt-in-your-mouth Camembert, dried figs and Nelson walnuts - simply delicious.  But hurry, we're down to the last three cases...

 

$25.00 NZD

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Family Reserve

Montepulciano 2020

Wow, what a monster wine, and I mean that in the best way!

Mark A'Court, Nelson Fresh Choice

Pinot Blanc 2021

This remarkable wine has very quickly become the favourite in our mini cellar and it fully deserves all the accolades it is given. Thank you Blackenbrook; your skills are awesome!

Neil Bruce-Miller, Tasman

Sauvignon Blanc 2021

I recently dined at Ballantynes in Christchurch and sampled your Sav - it was delightful.

Anne Marie Humphries