2021 Cloudy Bay Te Koko

Te Koko has a more textured, complex and layered profile. It is not meant as an aperitif but a wine of contemplation to accompany a meal. With intense exotic, citrus and tropical fruit characters and hints of spice. With time, Te Koko develops and evolves to become a more open, complex and expressive wine, with honeyed characters, and notes of toast and lemon curd. Each vintage of Te Koko will develop its own unique profile over the years. This wine can be cellared for up to 15 years.

Te Koko comes from Cloudy Bay's older vines, planted on the floor of the Wairau Valley. The warm, free-draining, gravelly soils of the Motukawa, Widow's Block, Estate and Brook Street vineyards are ideal for growing sauvignon blanc. Te Koko was fermented in French oak barrels with indigenous yeasts, gaining complexity over four to five months under the watchful eye of the winemaking team. The wine then rested in barrel on fine lees for 11 months before blending and maturation in Cloudy Bay’s cellars.