Viticulture Described as a year where average growers shone and good growers excelled, Vintage 2022 will be remembered for being close to the perfect season: a lack of frost and wind, warm and wet at the start with a protracted hot dry spell in the middle and a long cool ripening period. Overall a very warm season, small bunch numbers with big berries the fruit was clean and tasty!

Grower, James Dicey.

Winemaker’s Notes Fruit harvested mid-season. Split into two lots – one fully destemmed, the other with 40% left as whole bunch. 15 days on skins, hand punched down daily. Indigenous yeast, natural malolactic fermentation in barrel. 10 months in neutral oak. Bottled unfined and unfiltered in February 2023.

Winemaker, Matt Dicey

The Dicey Brothers are renowned winemakers based in Central Otago, New Zealand. Before starting their label, they gained invaluable experience by working with well-known wineries in the region, including Mount Difficulty and Peregrine. They have established a reputation for producing some of the best wines in the region, with a deep understanding of the terroir of Bannockburn. Their wines are highly sought after by wine enthusiasts around the world.