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Gravel
Ancient gravelly riverbeds, laid down by the Wairau over millennia. River stones lend a fine, stony mineral edge.
Our way
The vineyard speaks. We listen.
We named our wines after soil because that’s where the story starts — and where we try to keep it. No flourish in the winery, nothing added that the valley didn’t offer first. Just old riverbed ground, careful hands, and wines that taste of the place they were grown.
Certified — Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand
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Picked cool
Fruit comes off the vines in the cool of the morning, holding on to the natural acidity that gives the wine its spine.
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Pressed gently
A soft pressing and cold fermentation in stainless steel lock in varietal aromatics, keeping the wine bright, pure and precise.
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Farmed to last
Every parcel is grown on vineyards certified by Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand, so the soils that name our wines stay alive for the next hundred vintages.
