Waipara Hills Southern Cuvee Sparkling CONFIRM VINTAGE

Waipara Hills Southern Cuvee Sparkling - Buy
Riesling Canterbury New Zealand
It is the extreme natural environments of the South Island, it's mountains, hills and valleys that give Waipara Hills wines their intensity, character and complexity, wines that express the soul of the south. At Waipara Hills the philosophy is all about allowing the characteristics of the harvest to shine and achieve their balance with as little interference as possible, for wines that are vibrant and bursting with flavour. Each vintage signals the beginning of a new adventure, to create wines which are recognizably from a place of contrasts and great natural beauty.
Waipara Hills have become famous for their intensity, character and complexity, an expression of the innate contrasts of New Zealand's deep south. Southern Cuvee is fashioned exclusively from parcels of grapes grown to estate vineyards in the Waipara Valley. The focus within each site contributing components is to exploit the endowments of mesoclime and soil by husbanding the vines to yield fruit which is an embodiement of the growing season. To retain vibrancy of fresh Riesling characters, the wine is vinified in temperature controlled fermenters and treated to a cold rest, off lees for a period of seven months, permitting the fullness of palate flavours and aromatic complexity to open up and evolve.
Pale yellow, greenish hues. Rock melon, green apple and wild flower bouquets, vibrant melon and apple flavours. Crisp acidity and lively bubbles are balanced by a moderating sweetness to produce a refreshing and invigorating wine that's made for good food. With its beautiful aromas expressing southern wild flowers, a perfect match to the freshest seafood or savoury nibbles.
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Waipara Hills has won international acclaim for consistently producing some of New Zealand’s best quality wines

At the 2005 Liquorland International Top 100 Wine Awards in Auckland Waipara Hills’ wines were awarded four trophies including Champion Winery of the Show. Trophies were awarded for Champion Pinot Noir, Champion Gewurztraminer, Champion Pinot Gris. Launched as a public wine company in 2001, Waipara Hills was awarded the accolade of fifteenth fastest growing company in New Zealand by Deloitte’s in 2004. Production From 6000 cases in 2001 to over 89,000 cases in 2006 Waipara Hills’ growth has been spectacular.

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To facilitate the rising production a purpose-built 2000 tonne state-of-the-art winemaking facility was leased in Marlborough. Known as South Pacific Cellars the facility offers the company’s winemaking team a high tech platform from which to create the best quality award winning wines. Until recently the company owned no vineyards and relied exclusively on long-term relationships with some of New Zealand’s most established quality grape growers in Marlborough and Waipara.

In September 2005 Waipara Hills entered an exciting and significant merger with Marlborough based New Zealand Vineyard Estates Limited. NZ Vineyard Estates brings 325 hectares of premium, mature vineyards into Waipara Hills’ supply chain ensuring enhanced volume and continuity of supply to expanding world markets. The merger was completed on 3rd July 2006 and included the aquisition of a new prominantly placed winery and restaurant facility on State Highway 1 in Waipara. This brings the company's net asset to around $48M

Along with this growth has come a considerable list of international trophies, medals and accolades. For any wine producer to win eight trophies, thirty gold medals and thirty-two silver medals in such a short time is a notable achievement and one which Waipara Hills is proud of. A condensed ‘Honours Board’ for Waipara Hills’ wines is included. The vineyards previously owned by NZ Vineyard Estates were strategically planted in three of New Zealand’s key grape producing regions: Marlborough (Sauvignon Blanc), Waipara (predominately Riesling) and Central Otago (Pinot Noir)

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Waipara Hills sources grapes from its own vineyards totalling 968 acres of producing vineyards including 220 acres in Marlborough, 588 acres in Waipara, and 160 acres in Central Otago. The focus of each vineyard is to exploit the terroir of each region by growing grapes best suited to that region. All vineyards are managed on site with small and highly motivated core teams of personnel, and each is of sufficient scale to provide maximum economies.

The Marlborough Delta vineyard comprises 220 acres of Sauvignon Blanc with the potential to produce around 740,000 litres of Sauvignon Blanc juice or the equivalent of 80,000 cases. The 150 acre Home Vineyard at Waipara is planted in Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Gris, Riesling Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Merlot. The 278 acre vineyard at The Mound in Waipara is planted predominantly in Riesling with small blocks of Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Noir and Gewurtraminer. This vineyard is also capable of producing around 740,000 litres of wine the equivalent of 80,000 cases.

The Clearvue Vineyard close to Lake Dunstan at Cromwell, Central Otago consists of 160 acres of Pinot Noir which can produce around 375,000 litres or 40,000 cases of wine. Waipara Hills Winery also holds long term supply contracts with a number of skilled and experienced contract growers in Marlborough. These contracts cover approximately 125 acres (50 hectare) throughout the Central Wairau Valley in Marlborough.

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