2022

The first year of the new on-site gravity flow winery and a record weight Chenin Blanc bunch.

Journal

Growing Season

Winter saw heavy, extended periods of rain with little sunshine as we came into the growing season. It was a vibrant spring with excellent growth, followed by good fruit set. The Marlborough weather pulled together in the end, producing very intriguing wines for this vintage.

Harvest

Harvest started on the 11th of March and the last pick was on the 11th April (late harvest chenin blanc was picked on the 20th April).

This was the first year we processed all of our own Pinot Noir through the new winery, including a few basket press loads of chardonnay and chenin blanc too. We too had a record 801g bunch of chenin blanc found by Kate Guthrie and managed to avoid Covid in the team as many stayed on-site for the entire harvest.

Picking dates:

Chardonnay: 15th March to the 29th March

Chenin Blanc: 31st March to the 11th of April

Pinot Noir: 11th March to the 1st of April

Jeremy Hyland

Vigneron

Hätsch Kalberer

Winemaker

Picking crew

Ashleigh Barrowman
Andrew Johns
Andy
Autumn Lawler
Clare
James Milton
Jan Johns
Jeremy Hyland
Julian Richards
Kate Guthrie
Lea Kilgenstein
Lorenzo Visser
Nic Nation
Simon Barbeau