Bordeaux varieties are the reason our vineyard sits on the Gimblett Gravels. The stones hold the day's heat and release it over two or three hours into the evening, and that is what gets Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Malbec and Cabernet Franc to full ripeness this far south.
This is where our Gimblett Gravels Bordeaux blends sit, alongside the single-varietal wines that feed them. Our winemaking team builds a final blend over fifteen to twenty passes, a sliver at a time, until it has length and breadth instead of edges. The wines carry dark plum and blackberry, with chocolate and spice behind them.
All of it comes off one vineyard. Browse the range below, or see the rest of our Hawke's Bay reds.
