Weather Conditions 

Good rainfall in spring promoted healthy canopy growth. December brought fine and dry weather, ideal conditions for a successful flowering and pollination. 

From January right into harvest a heat wave and drought gripped the region. Our deep-rooting vines and the moisture-holding clay soils enabled our un-irrigated vineyard to thrive in these challenging conditions and produce a healthy crop with outstanding flavour concentration.

From Sustainable Production, accredited by Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand

Vegan wine, certified by the New Zealand Vegetarian Society 

Viticulture

• Moutere clay soil with a layer of sandy loam
• Close planting: 3780 to 4000 vines/ha
• 100% Pinot Noir, Abel clone
• Hand-picked on 8 March 2019

Winemaking

• Extremely gentle winemaking: 48 hours cold maceration
on the grape-skins, gently pressed (not saignée), gravity-fed
from press area to main winery, cool fermentation,
extended lees contact, minimal pumping, no fining
pre-bottling
• Oak-ageing for 10% of the wine to add complexity
• 5.4g/ltr natural residual sugar
• Bottled on 18 July 2019 in light-weight bottles to
reduce our carbon footprint
• off-dry, 13.5% alcohol