Cocooned by mountains on all sides, the Waitaki Valley wine-growing region lies 40km inland from the Pacific Ocean on the southern flanks of the Waitaki River. Our warm northwest sloping vineyard consists of ancient white limestone soils inter-layered with river gravels, allowing grapes to truly ripen in this southerly latitude.

Each small parcel of fruit is harvested in the cool of the early morning, crushed/destemmed, and then given a brief 4-6 hour cold soak to extract just enough “lipstick red” colour. The juice was cold settled and then cool fermented before blending and finishing for bottling in July.

Analysis at bottling

pH 3.5 | TA 6.3 | RS 3 g/l | Alc 13.5%