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Lot ID 0087-10745732
Part of Sale Curated Fine Wine Collection :: Critics' Choice 90+
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Church Road is a historic Hawke's Bay winery known for Gimblett Gravels reds and Chardonnay, based in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. This is the 'Single Vineyard Redstone' Merlot bottling.

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Region:
NZ - Hawke's Bay
State:
Imported
Country:
New Zealand

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96 Pts - The Real Review

Winery Tasting Notes

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Deeply coloured, with plum and dark cherry, with soft, rounded tannins.

Winery Profile

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Church Road Winery, renowned for being the first in New Zealand to craft exceptional quality Bordeaux style red wine, pioneered the creation of the Hawke’s Bay wine industry.

Church Road wines are crafted using the most exceptional quality fruit from vineyards across Hawke’s Bay, together with traditional winemaking techniques to create highly acclaimed award-winning wines.

These techniques have been evolved by working throughout the 1990s with winemakers from Domaines Cordier, a respected French winery of its day.

Dating from 1897, when Bartholomew Steinmetz planted his vineyard next to Church Road, ours is one of the oldest wineries in the country.

Steinmetz returned to his native Luxembourg in the 1920s, leaving his winery in the hands of the 19-year-old Tom McDonald, who had been working for him since his early teens.

McDonald later bought the winery and started making the first quality red wines in New Zealand, releasing the country’s first commercial Cabernet Sauvignon in 1949. Quality steadily increased and by the 1960s New Zealand’s wine connoisseurs snapped up McDonald’s red wines year after year.

Tom McDonald retired in 1976 and the winery carried on winemaking up until 1981 when a change of ownership saw the winery slowly shut down.

The Church Road Winery was renovated and reopened in 1989 with the express purpose to re-establishing it as the heart of quality red winemaking in New Zealand. From the 1990 vintage we produced our first Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. We keep working to make even better wine and giving visitors an experience they’ll cherish.

In the Vineyard

We have vineyards in a variety of Hawke’s Bay areas, so we can harvest a diverse range of grapes and select the best. Underpinning everything we set out to achieve in the vineyards is viticulturist Graham Bartleet and his team’s concern for the environment. They make sure our vineyard practices consider the long-term needs of the land.

 In the Winery

In the winery, our commitment to centuries-old winemaking techniques is genuine. We specially imported giant French oak cuves (wine vats) to ferment our red wines, and then age them in French oak barriques. We also worked with famed French winery Domaines Cordier early on to fast-track our traditional winemaking expertise. While the French experience of tannin management and style definition has had a major impact on our winemaking philosophy, we had to modify their approach to suit our fruit.

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Other Information

  • 2021 vintage
  • 2 x 750mL units
  • NZ - Hawke's Bay, Imported
  • Cork closure
  • 14.5% alc.

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We’ll despatch your product the next working day! Depending on your location, you can expect delivery anywhere between 2 and 5 working days from payment date.


We will send you an email notifying you as soon as your items have left our warehouse.


In this email, you will find the name of the carrier company and the consignment note number of your item as well as information on tracking the delivery of your item online. Simply follow the link to the relevant website and enter your reference number. You will then be able to quickly and efficiently track the delivery status of your item!


Please Note: Your goods will be delivered to your registered address. We do delivery Australia wide except for a few remote territories, please check the shipping calculator to confirm delivery availability and timeframes.


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Warranty Details

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Cellar Condition

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We take the time to individually inspect each bottle and photograph it so you know exactly what you are buying. All Private Cellar wine stored at GraysOnline is kept in a temperature controlled wine storage area. Any wine that doesn’t meet our quality standards will not be sold.

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Wines displaying a 5 star designation are recognised as being of proven quality provenance, our team has verified that the wine has been stored correctly from original purchase straight from the winery, documentation, where possible, has been sighted and cellaring conditions have been inspected. This wine generally comes from only the best and most respected of wine collectors in Australia.

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Wines displaying a 4 star designation have been cellared correctly as verified by the current owners. In general these wines have been purchased from retailers or traders and stored in cellared conditions from original purchase.

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Wines displaying a 3 star designation are in good condition when we inspect and we are able to confirm some cellaring conditions but we are unable to verify all ownership and storage conditions of their history.

A wine displaying no stars doesn’t mean that there is a problem with the wine, it simply means that we have been unable to verify provenance, however a quality image is always available for the purchaser to make their own purchasing decisions.

Private Cellar wine is wine which has been stored for aging purposes in a Private Cellar.

Storing the wine and allowing it to age has the potential to improve the quality of the wine. While wine is perishable and capable of deteriorating, storing the wine can alter the aroma, colour, mouthfeel and taste of the wine in a way that may be more pleasing to the taster.

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Church Road 1 Single Vineyard Redstone Merlot 2021 (2x 750mL), Hawke's Bay

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