The pick of the summer

The resulting wine is blended each season from selected clones within the vineyard. Hand work is predominant – pruning, shoot and bunch thinning, bud rubbing, leaf plucking, and harvesting are all by hand. Gate 20 Two is a certified sustainable vineyard and all due care is taken to adhere to those independent standards.

The vineyard was gradually established between 2001 and 2004. It sits on an almost square site surrounded by conservation land on steep to rolling land with views towards the striated cliffs of the old gold-mining reserve to the South, up the Kawarau gorge to Queenstown to the West. Across the river, the Clutha valley stretches to the Lindis with the spectacular Pisa and Dunstan ranges flanking West and East. The homestead sits in the midst of the vines, ensuring close attention to vineyard management. The intimate relationship with the vines and the work involved in production is deeply satisfying. It’s a place that we love,- to wake up each morning to such superb vistas is an experience well beyond the ordinary.