Selectively hand-picked fruit from Sam and Mandy Weaver’s hillside,
biodynamic, Churton Vineyard that sits at 200m above sea level between the Waihopai and Omaka Valleys. A parcel from the north east facing slope on loess above a clay subsoil.
Harvested: 31 March 2022
Winemaking
Hand sorted and whole bunch pressed into a concrete Tulipe. Fermented with the indigenous yeast from the fruit and winery and left on lees for 8 months and then racked to old puncheon on light lees for a further 10 months. Bottled in September 2023 unfined and unfiltered.