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Available in cartons of six
SauvBlanc / Marlborough / NewZealand
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PinotNoir / Marlborough / NewZealand
An elite block of Pinot Noir at Rutherford Vineyard, nestled within the gently north facing foothills of Ben Morven Valley in the Southern Marlborough Clays. Crafted to minimalist handling techniques, a beguilingly eloquent style of Pinot Noir defined by its outstanding purity and finesse. Seductive perfumes of ripe red apple, violets and lithe, fragrant spice over an expansive Pinot palate layered with bright fresh fruit flavours, supported by supple tannins and delicate background oak, a lengthy, exquisitely balanced, immaculate, satin sheen finish.
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PinotGris Grigio / Marlborough / NewZealand
Marlborough's Seddon Vineyard is a spectacular site, sheltered from the southern elements within a very warm mesoclime. Fruit is all hand picked throughout the chill of early morning and treated to a minimalist vinification to preserve the urgency of fully ripened Pinot Gris on the vine. Aromatic with pear, cinnamon and floral spice, finely textured and judiciously off dry, elegantly defined with exemplary balance between crisp acidity, textures and intensity of fruit, an engagingly compex, lingering finish.
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SauvBlanc / Marlborough Wairau / NewZealand
From the southern tributaries of Wairau Valley. Identifiably Wairau Valley in its elocution, bursting with all the trademark ripe fruit exuberance that speaks of sunshine, alluvium and prevailing maritime winds. Villa Maria are all about exemplary standards of viticulture, care for the soil and fastidious husbandry of each sacred vine. Pure, powerful varietal aromas of passionfruit, blackcurrants and grapefruit, an underlying flinty complexity, gooseberries and guava, rejuvenated by a fine thread of cleansing acidity on the lingering finish.
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PinotNoir / Marlborough / NewZealand
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Merlot / Hawkes Bay / NewZealand
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Chardonnay / Gisborne / NewZealand
An assemblage of elite parcels from Gisborne's most prestigious vineyards. Katoa and McDiarmid Hill are western edged sites on gently north facing hillside slopes. Blessed with auspicious aspects and ample sunshine, drying breezes and cooler temperatures. A choice harvest from the propitious Ledger Block in the middle of Patutahi, contributes the richness of fully ripened fruit. The luxury of oak barrel ferments infuses opulent smokey, grilled nut characters, creamyness and serious palate weight, an extended finish of exquisite French cake house complexities.
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PinotNoir / Marlborough / NewZealand
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PinotGris Grigio / Marlborough / NewZealand
Villa Maria possess the magic touch with Pinot Gris, regularly clearing international wine events of prestigious trophies. Private Bin has been included in the Decanter Top 50 Best Under £10 and identified as a Decanter favourite. Villa Maria retain the finest vineyards throughout New Zealand's grand expansive viticultural precincts, affording the team every opportunity to collate harvests at the zenith of flavour development. Exciting characters of lychee and pinenut, apples and melon, a crisp and racy acidity. Meet your Maria at a Trattoria, for an evening of gaiety, gorgonzola and Gris.
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Merlot / Hawkes Bay / NewZealand
From fruit grown to closely husbanded vines on the Villa Maria estate property, at the outskirts of the eminent Gimblett Gravels precinct in Hawkes Bay. The vineyard has been managed to holistic principles of viticulture for many years, the quality of wine speaks for itself. Rather than relying on herbicides or pesticides, the focus is on enhancing soil health and yielding harvests of clean, natural grapes. Yields are kept limited to realize a quality of fruit that's concentrated and bursting with ripe natural sugars.
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Chardonnay / Gisborne Hawkes Marlborough / NewZealand
A collation of harvests from splendid vineyards in Te Ika-a-MÄÂui, Hawkes Bay and Gisborne provide the backbone of fruit. Waipara and Marlborough contribute components at the fruitier end of varietal spectrum. Fashioned to a medium bodied style that's delicately aromatic, soft on the palate and appealingly dry, ideally enjoyed alongside crisp skinned chicken or sticky pork ribs.
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CabernetSauv / Hawkes Bay / NewZealand
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Chardonnay / Hawkes Bay / NewZealand
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Chardonnay / Hawkes Bay / NewZealand
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SauvBlanc / Marlborough / NewZealand
From fruit grown to Templar Vineyard in Marlborough’s Awatere Valley, fully BioGro Certified. This low cropping site is managed with a focus on enhancing soil vitality to grow healthy and balanced vines, employing organic methods to work in complete harmony with nature. The most pristine grapes have been secured for Cellar Selection, the harvesting carried out with inscrutable timing to capture all the naturally juicy flavours. A fresh, fruit driven Sauvignon Blanc with lithe passionfruit, kiwi and citrus characters from nose, through palate to finish.
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PinotNoir / Marlborough / NewZealand
An accord of fruit from Marlborough's Awatere and Wairau Valleys, propitious vineyards enriched by sunshine and stimulated by cooling ocean breezes. Central to the excellence of Villa Maria is an uncompromising attention to the health of each individual vine and cleanliness of environment. A Pinot Noir of remarkable intensity, redolent with the titillating complexity of fragrant fresh herbs, brimming with red cherry fruit richness, the savouryness of grilled mushroom and aromatic smoke, engaging and articulate over a length of fine, grainy tannins.
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PinotGris Grigio / Marlborough / NewZealand
Villa Maria selects clones of Pinot Gris that produce lower yields with smaller bunches, which translates into more concentrated flavours. The viticulturists spend a great deal of time monitoring and adjusting the crop levels to make sure the vines are carrying the right amount of grapes. Low yields of two to three kilos per vine, timely leaf plucking and canopy management activities concentrate the flavours in the grapes. Although this leads to a smaller harvest, the emphasis is placed on quality not quantity, culminating in a fully opulent Pinot Gris wine.
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PinotNoir / Marlborough / NewZealand
Attorney Vineyard is planted to a north facing block on the dry eastern foothills of Wairau Valley. Fully Biogro certified organic since 2012, its deep clay soils receive minimal rainfall yet offer the perfect microclimes for organic farming. The superb harvests of Attorney Vineyard are distinctive for their tiny, thick skinned berries, fortuitously yielding dark intense wines of fine structure and bold tannins. Heady bouquets, coffee bean, blackberries and black olive, layers of savoury flavours, cardamom and clove, length of liquorice before a juicy blackcurrant finish.
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Its relative youthfulness not withstanding, the New Zealand based Villa Maria Group is establishing a reputation as one of the great wine companies of the world
Founded in 1961 and still operated by George Fistonich, Villa Maria has been New Zealand's leading wine award winner, both nationally and internationally since the early 1980's. Villa Maria's talented people have an unrelenting passion to produce quality wines.
Realising that it takes more than just good winemaking to produce quality, a passion to succeed begins in the vineyard. Astute site selection by Villa Maria's vineyard experts, is followed by superior vineyard management and then complemented by expert winemaking. A strong focus on continually improving the vineyards is considered by Villa Maria to be an incredibly important factor in quality winemaking.
Vineyards have the highest of priority for Villa Maria whose team really does live and breathe the philosophy that it all starts in the vineyard. The grapes produced must be superb quality, as this is the essence of good winemaking. Villa Maria owns vineyards and sources grapes from contract growers from some of the best sites in three of New Zealand's leading grape growing regions; Marlborough, Hawke's Bay and Gisborne.
Villa Maria Estate has two state-of-art wineries in New Zealand. The largest is the new Auckland Winery and Vineyard Park. The Marlborough winery is based in one of New Zealand's premium grape-growing regions. The winery now crushes Villa Maria's Marlborough harvest from its vineyards and contract growers throughout the region. A new winery in Auckland was essential for Villa Maria to meet the increased domestic and export demand for wines and it has been designed to allow for long-term growth. Villa Maria also has 20 hectares of vines at the Auckland Winery site.  As well as managing the company and publicly owned vineyard sites, Villa Maria's winemaking team work closely with contract growers. Villa Maria has a team of 80 dedicated contract growers in Hawke's Bay, Gisborne and Marlborough who grow grapes under the close guidance of the company’s vineyard experts. Villa Maria's viticulturists, based in all three regions, have one focus - to consistently deliver quality fruit that is physiologically ready, to the winemakers.
Villa Maria was named as one of the world's 50 great wine producers by Wine Spectator. Named New Zealand Wine Company of the Year at Australia's Winestate Wine Awards for the sixth time in seven years. New Zealand Wine Producer of the Year and Best Sauvignon Blanc Trophy - 2004 International Wine and Spirit Competitions in the United Kingdom. Trophy for the Most Successful Exhibitor at the 2004 New Zealand Wine Society Royal Easter Show for the third time in four years and winemaker Alastair Maling MW, collecting the Gold Medal for Champion Winemaker of the Show. This is the third time in four years Villa Maria winemakers have won the award. George Fistonich was also short listed as one of 50 prominent figures in the wine industry by UK Wine International Magazine, named New Zealander of the year by the prestigious National Business Review, and in the top ten New Zealanders by daily newspaper, The New Zealand Herald.
Villa Maria pioneered the development of specialist publicly owned vineyard companies in New Zealand with the setting up of Seddon and Terra Vitae Vineyards. Both companies own vineyards, which Villa Maria is contracted both to manage and source grapes from. Seddon was the first ever public vineyard company in New Zealand. Terra Vitae owns vineyards in Hawke's Bay and Marlborough. Many of the estate's Hawkes Bay red grape varietals are planted in company owned and managed vineyards in the area known as Gimblett Gravels. Now regarded as an appellation in its own right, Gimblett Gravels represents 34 wineries and winegrowers, including Villa Maria Estate. The area, which takes in the Gimblett Road, is defined both by location and by soil type. Vineyards in the Gimblett Gravels area have already produced numerous award winning red wines for Villa Maria.
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