From Sustainable Production, accredited by Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand

Vegan Wine, certified by the New Zealand Vegetarian Society

Weather Conditions: An extremely dry spring lead to an early draught. Luckily we had irrigation available to support the flowering and ensure good pollination.

Summer brought good amounts of rain and warm temperatures, promoting vigorous canopy and grass growth. Unfortunately this weather pattern culminated in two large cyclones - Fehi and Gita - battering the region in February.

March was warm and dry, allowing the now fragile crop to ripen nicely. Once again we had an exceptional picking team who diligently selected the fruit and sent high quality grapes to the winery.


Viticulture
• 100% fruit from our Home block
• Moutere clay soil with a layer of sandy loam
• Clone: Sauvignon Blanc MS
• Hand-harvested and hand-sorted on 21 March 2018

From Sustainable Production, accredited by Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand

Vegan Wine, certified by the New Zealand Vegetarian Society

Winemaking
• Extremely gentle winemaking: Whole bunch pressed, gravity-fed from
press area to main winery, cool fermentation, extended lees contact, minimal pumping, no fining pre-bottling

• Oak-ageing for 4% of the wine to add complexity
• 4.9g/ltr natural residual sugar

• Bottled on 11 July in light-weight bottles to reduce our carbon footprint
• 13.0% alcohol