Welcome to Greywacke e-cellar door
Greywacke (pronounced greywacky) is the wine label of the Judd family and the name of New Zealand’s most abundant bedrock. The understated grey river stones are found throughout Marlborough’s rivers and alluvial vineyard soils. The name was adopted in 1993 by Kevin & Kimberley for their first Marlborough vineyard located in Rapaura, in recognition of the high prevalence of rounded greywacke stones in the soil.
Since 2009, the Judds have employed a 'keeping it small and hands on' approach at Greywacke, using minimal intervention winemaking to create wines with individuality and personality. The Greywacke team are passionate about producing wines with concentration and texture, aiming for subtle, ripe and delicious-drinking styles. This is achieved by targeting modest fruit yields and meticulously managing the vine canopy to provide ample sunlight exposure to the grapes - ensuring ripeness of flavour, textural richness and optimum acid balance.
The fruit is sourced from mature vineyards within the central Wairau Plains and the Southern Valleys sub-regions. All vineyards are sustainably managed with substantial and increasing proportions coming from organically farmed sites. From 2018 Greywacke has been accredited with AMW status (Appellation Marlborough Wine), a certification that ensures provenance, authenticity and integrity.
Reviews
DECANTER
GREYWACKE SAUVIGNON BLANC 2024
Aromatic and evocative, bursting with pink grapefruit, tropical fruits, elderflower, lemongrass and snowpea, with a creamy lees undertow and flashes of herbal/mineral notes. A rich palate generous in tropical fruit and citrussy acid drive, which tightens up to a nicely crisply saline, long dry finish. Richelle Tyney joined Greywacke in 2021, bringing steady-handed finesse to an already very smart collection of wines.
95 Points, Emma Jenkins MW
DECANTER.COM
WINE ENTHUSIAST
GREYWACKE WILD SAUVIGNON 2023
Anything with “wild” in the name indicates a wine that walks to its own beat, which Greywacke's now iconic wine certainly does. No green veg-and-fruit combo typically found in Marlborough's famed Sauvy B style here. Instead, a great swathe of rich, reductive characters appear from first inhale: toasted cashews, matchstick and grilled lemons. It's waxy, salty and evocative. The palate is all about texture, rich and creamy but never heavy, thanks to permeating acidity that keeps the mouth watering. Sip beside grilled mushrooms or asparagus risotto.
95 points, Christina Pickard
WINEENTHUSIAST.COM
HALLIDAY WINE COMPANION
GREYWACKE PINOT NOIR 2022
Quite a tactile wine; the pleasure is in the finesse of tannins and fine lines of acidity. Black cherries bloom out in the middle palate, with some stone fruit, too. Oak is savoury and the wine finishes with a slight peppery, floral freshness.
95 Points, Shanteh Wale
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