Te Mata Estate
Zara Viognier 2024 750ml

The grapes for Estate Sauvignon Blanc ’24 were harvested between 5 and 14 March 2024 from Te Mata Estate’s own vineyards in the Bridge Pā Triangle, Dartmoor and Havelock Hills sub-region of Hawke’s Bay. Hawke’s Bay’s warm climate and free draining soils produce sauvignon blanc with ripe fruit characters, balanced by fresh acidity.

Zara ’24 will continue to develop in bottle for three to four years from harvest.

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS

pH: 3.89

Total acidity as tartaric: 4.7gpl

Alcohol: 14.5%

Residual sugar: Dry

WINEMAKING    

The fruit was destemmed and crushed with controlled skin contact blended to enhance the wine’s varietal complexity. The juice was then barrel fermented in seasoned French Oak with a full malolactic fermentation aged on gross lees for nine months, blended and then bottled.

VINEYARDS            

On 21 March 2024, fully ripe viognier grapes were hand harvested across the sloping middle terrace of Te Mata Estate’s Woodthorpe Terraces Vineyard.

ORIGIN              

Zara is affectionately named after Zara Buck, the first born child of the third generation of Te Mata Estate’s Buck family. Zara spent her childhood playing amongst the vines at the vineyard which is home to this delightful viognier.