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Welcome to Auntsfield Estate

Shaped by glaciers over ten thousand years, uncovered by a true pioneer of wine making in New Zealand and preserved by the Cowley family, Auntsfield Estate is the beginning of the vinous history of Marlborough. The original vineyard was established in 1873 and made highly regarded wine for over 50 years. The dramatic hillside vineyard with its unique variety of soils is again producing premium wines under the guidance of the Cowley family.

The proud heritage of the land is the inspiration to produce exciting, handcrafted wines of balance and individuality that display the special terroir of this historic Marlborough vineyard.

Marlborough

Surrounded by mountains, Marlborough is one of the driest and sunniest areas in New Zealand. It is wine country like no other. The cool climate conditions provide a long and slow ripening period, intensifying flavors that form the signature, bold and fragrant wines of the region.

The Southern Valleys

The Southern Valleys is a sub region within Marlborough where the climate is cooler and drier. With its mix of high mineral Greywacke rock and old low fertility Loess clay soils, the Southern Valleys is regarded for its riper styles of wine with more structure, texture and minerality. The Auntsfield vineyard covers 65 hectares and is planted in Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, and Pinot Noir. Unlike many Marlborough vineyards, Pinot Noir is Auntsfield’s most planted variety, and is particularly suited to the old clay hillsides of Auntsfield.

Vineyard

The vineyard planting has taken full advantage of the soils and climate by separating the land into over 50 small distinctive blocks. Each of these blocks has been planted with a carefully selected clones of Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.

Each small block has revealed its underlying personality over many years and contributes the intricate layering of character in our wines.

Wines

Each of the Auntsfield Single Vineyard wines show the distinctive characteristics of ripeness, texture and minerality – qualities unique to the ancient Greywacke rock and Loess clay soils of the vineyard.

"We pride ourselves in the fact that the wine we craft comes from one source. Our vineyard. We nurture it from the vine to your glass."

Reviews

2022 Auntsfield Single Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc

"The 2022 Single Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc is concentrated, powerful and densely packed with flavor and acid. The wine is classy and robust with layers of lemongrass, tatami mat, yuzu, kiwi fruit, hints of passionfruit and leafy green herbs. It’s a really smart wine from a wonderfully detail-oriented producer in the Southern Valleys."

93 points. Erin Larkin, Wine Advocate

2019 Auntsfield Single Vineyard Chardonnay

"Magnificently styled and elegantly expressed, the bouquet shows white flesh peach, grapefruit, roasted hazelnut and nougat notes, leading to a wonderfully concentrated palate displaying excellent depth and persistency. It’s brilliantly structured by firm acidity, finishing impressively long and linear."

95 Points. WINE ORBIT

2020 Auntsfield Single Vineyard Pinot Noir

"Offering stunning fruit purity with stylish complexity, the wine shows dark plum, violet, subtle spice and almond notes on the nose, leading to a gorgeously concentrated palate that’s silky and flowing. Wonderfully composed and poised for a graceful development."

94 Points. WINE ORBIT