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We strive to let the natural flavors of the grapes shine through in every glass you drink.

That’s why:

We were one of the first wineries in New Zealand to launch our wines in screw caps because they keep wine fresher than corks. Now it is an industry norm.

At a time when the world was flooded with oak aged chardonnays, we decided the world needed a clean, top quality, fruit driven chardonnay devoid of heavy oak, so we started making one.

We only offer our Small Parcels in stellar vintages.

“With that in mind, our aim is to craft wines that are vibrant, fruit driven and generous.”

Sauvignon Blanc
Marlborough 2012
Loveblock was forged from a love affair with a view and a challenge. 
Perched right on top of the hills overlooking Marlborough's Awatere Valley, 
our Loveblock is far removed from the agricultural bustle in the valley below. 
From here you can almost see the end of the planet, the peace lifts you above 
your troubles. We are charged with creating the best wine we can to express 
this extraordinary place with its unique aspect. We follow our deeply held 
belief of ethical farming which allows the wine to show its true and naked 
terroir.
Loveblock is our heart and soul. 
Vineyard notes:
The grapes come from our Loveblock farm, an organically certified farm in 
the Lower Awatere sub region of Marlborough. The soil type is 
predominantly aged alluvial loams containing some clay over stone. 
Depending on vigour, the vines were cane pruned to two, three or four 
canes and trained in a normal vertical shoot position. Flowering was very 
slow due to the cool Spring. The late Summer weather produced small 
bunches and berry size, resulting in intense varietal flavours for this 
vintage. The grapes were harvested very late (3 and 4 May 2012) with a 
resulting yeild of three tonnes per acre.
Vinification:
The grapes were machine harvested on a cool Marlborough morning and 
were immediately transferred to the winery where they were destemmed 
and crushed before being transferred to the tank press. After four hours 
settling, the juice was inoculated with organic yeast. No preservative was 
added before fermentation and organic winemaking guidelines were strictly 
adhered to.
Tasting Notes:
Colour: Water white with a hint of green and gold.
Aroma: Lifted aromatics with peach, fig and a hint of tomato leaf. 
Palate: Explosive palate with white peach, underscored with subtle 
herbaceous notes and linear acidity.

Pinot Gris
Marlborough 2011
Loveblock was forged from a love affair with a view and a challenge. 
Perched right on top of the hills overlooking Marlborough's Awatere Valley, 
our Loveblock is far removed from the agricultural bustle in the valley 
below. From here you can almost see the end of the planet, the peace lifts 
you above your troubles. We are charged with creating the best wine we can 
to express this extraordinary place with its unique aspect. We follow our 
deeply held belief of ethical farming which allows the wine to show its true 
and naked terroir.
Vineyard notes:
The grapes come from our Loveblock farm in the Lower Awatere sub region 
of Marlborough. The soil type is predominantly aged alluvial loams 
containing some clay over stone. Depending on vigour, the vines were 
cane pruned to either one or two canes, and trained to vertical shoot 
position. The warm Spring brought ideal early growing conditions and a tip 
top flowering season. Pinot Gris has a propensity to over crop, so before 
veraison the vines were extensiely thinned. At veraison the bunches were 
again colour thinned to ensure even ripening. The grapes were harvested 
on 19 and 26 April 2011 and due to the young nature of the vines, yields 
were less than two tonnes per acre.
Vinification:
Where possible the grapes were machine harvested with around a 
quarter of them being hand-picked. The grapes were transferred to the 
winery where they were destemmed and crushed before being lightly 
pressed. The hand harvested portion was whole bunch pressed. The 
juice was cold settled for 36 hours, racked, warmed and inoculated with 
organic yeast. The wine was then cool fermented until deemed in balance 
when the fermentation was stopped. The wine was racked, stablised and 
filtered for bottling in April 2012.
Tasting Notes:
Colour: Pale golden with hints of green.
Aroma: A bursting potpourri of yellow wildflowers underscored with ripe 
pear, lychee and Turkish Delight notes.
Palate: The wine explodes into your mouth with layers of ripe pear,
lychee, musk melon and almond flavor. Finishing dry the wine has great
fruitiness, minerality and length with a touch of lime on the back palate

Pinot Noir
Central Otago 2011
Loveblock was forged from a love affair with a view and a challenge.
Nestled amongst the snow capped mountains of Central Otago is our small 
Pinot Noir Vineyard. This region produces intensely layered and complex 
wines, making it ideal for growing Pinot Noir. We are charged with creating 
the best wine we can to express this extraordinary place. We follow our 
deeply held belief of ethical farming which allows the wine to show its 
true and naked terroir.
Loveblock is our heart and soul.
Vineyard notes:
These Pinot Noir grapes come from our estate in Bendigo, Central Otago, 
called Someone’s Darling. The soil type is free draining sandy loam over 
schist alluvium gravels, known as Molineux soils. The 2011 vintage was 
challenging with higher than normal rainfall during February and March 
putting vineyards in the area under pressure from botrytis. Due to the 
meticulous nature of our viticultural team, Someone’s Darling was 
unaffected by this and the grapes achieved full ripeness. Clones planted 
here are B777, B667, B115 and Abel. The vineyard was cane pruned to two 
canes, with the wire being approximately half full. Harvested in late 
March/early April 2011 the yield from the vineyard was two tonnes per 
acre.
Vinification:
Taking advantage of Bendigo’s extreme diurnal fluctuation, the grapes 
were machine harvested in the cool of evening and a destemmer harvester 
was used to remove any leaves or petioles. The grapes were transported 
to the winery where they were cooled for a pre-fermentation cold soak of 
five days, then warmed and inoculated. Hand plunged twice daily the 
wine was pressed at dryness, and then underwent malolactic fermentation 
and maturation for 11 months with older oak to retain the pure intensity of 
the fruit. The wine was filtered and bottled in January 2012.
Tasting Notes:
Colour: Ruby red with purple edges.
Aroma: Intense dark fruit with perfumed violet notes and a hint of oak and 
herbs. 
Palate: Bright red fruits with a savoury mushroom layer followed by sweet 
strawberry notes. With a hint of oak and balanced drying tannins, the wine 
lingers with brooding complexity.