Fruit is hand-picked and fermented with indigenous yeasts, with minimal intervention, so the vineyard and the season can shape the wine’s character.
Central Otago’s only 100% NZ-owned and operated single estate - vineyard, winery and multi-venue destination.
Wine is our expression of place
Everything at Carrick begins with Bannockburn.
This land shapes the way we farm, the wines we make, and the experiences we create. Guided by season and place, we work with care and restraint, allowing the character of this remarkable estate to speak clearly through every bottle and every gathering around the table.
Carrick has always been about more than wine alone. It’s about what wine can create, moments of connection to the land, to the experience, and to each other.
The land shapes the wine.
The wine shapes the experience.
The experience creates connection.
Made to move you. Land. Wine. Soul.
We are guardians of this land
Carrick has always honoured its land, certified organic since 2008 and farmed with care for soil, water, and community.
Today, under the ownership of Tony and Alison Cleland, Carrick remains a fiercely independent wine farm devoted to single-site expression, wild fermentation, and wines that embody the spirit of Bannockburn.
Reviews
94 points - Cameron Douglas, MS
Carrick Bannockburn Pinot Noir 2021
Youthful, savoury, bright, fruity and varietal with core flavours of plums and raspberries laced with dried herbs and that rugged Otago landscape quality. Complex and dry on the palate, a wine that needs to be allowed to mature and develop. Firm tannins and plenty of acidity with core flavours of red berries and plums, a savoury spice and barrel flavours all add complexity and length. Best drinking from 2026 through 2036. I am keen to try this wine again in late 24 or early 25 to gauge its progress, I’m excited.
- Cameron Douglas, MS -
95 points - Cameron Douglas, MS
Carrick Bannockurn Chardonnay 2022
The effect of site on this wine is as distinctive as the vintage this wine. Aroma sand flavours of white and yellow peach, quince and lemon, apple and grapefruit peel. There’s a core of minerality with a clay and stone power then lees and barrel effect adding complexity and a precise aromatic then flavour story. Fruit and some barrel tannins along with acidity and fruit flavours present a wine of complexity and charm. Lengthy and well made a delicious example, best drinking from 2024 through 2029.
- Cameron Douglas, MS -
95 points - Cameron Douglas, MS
Carrick EBM Chardonnay 2019
I tasted this wine over three days - reason being it has as a closed bouquet when first opened and is taut on the palate (day 1). Day 2 the wine begins to reveal some of its key aromas and textures with citrus and apple, a core of mineral and fine textured mouth feel. Day 3 and the wine is ready with a refined and elegant bouquet palate, fine silk texture with a core of citrus. Tree fruits, white fleshed orchard fruits, a hint of flint and floral highlights, layers of stone and mineral surrounded by fruit and lees qualities. Even though the wine has spent 18 months in French oak the flavours and textures overall represent fruit and place before oak spices and fine chalky tannin texture. Great drinking from 2023 through 2030.
- Cameron Douglas, MS -
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