the jewels of marlborough

Despite the impression of Marlborough, New Zealand has always been a strong Sauvignon Blanc appearance; in the recent years, we start to see some high quality Chardonnay and Pinot Noir begin to emerge onto the classic status of NZ wines. In the year 1991, one of region’s first pioneer - Mike Eaton who developed this hillside to be Marlborough’s first commercial vineyard. The vines were planted highly dense together with only knee-high, this creates nature competition among them, reducing vigour, promoting root structure and intensity of flavour. The block comprises 7.8 hectares of Pinot Noir vines, 3.36 hectares of Chardonnay and 1 hectares of Syrah on the top of the hill.

Giesen may be seen as large wine producers but under the helm of Marcel Giesen (owner of Bell Hill) that there is no doubt they can make world class Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. So when they acquired this hillside in 2010 that they were certain this is going to be the huge future of Marlborough.

Today the vineyard is 100% certified organic and may regard as one of Grand Cru status in the country. To add on their flagship range, Giesen has also included a couple of other single-vineyard such as Matthews Lane and Dillons Point which also has some of the oldest Sauvignon Blanc vines in Marlborough.