MAORI POINT

We are deeply connected to this ecosystem. Each grapevine has a story, and we laboriously hand-tend each vine to help it tell that story. Flowers and aromatic plants are grown between the vine rows and then mown and mulched under the vines, which along with our compost creates beneficial nutrition for the vines. Our extensive native plantings are thriving, and our honeybees can be found buzzing throughout the property. This land and its microflora may explain why our wines show particular purity and intensity, combining beautiful flavors with soft, velvety textures. We allow the native wild yeasts from our vineyard to perform our Pinot Noir fermentations, and we do not fine or filter our Pinot Noir. Our winemaking is the artisanal ideal: our winery is right next to our vines, and we hand craft our wines with minimal intervention. We do not intervene, yet we are deeply involved: we smell and taste and ponder each fermentation and each barrel of our wine, from start to finish. We have..