Colere Wrekin Chenin Blanc

This wine is influenced by the beautiful intensely flavored bunches selected from the three major aspects of the Wrekin Chenin Blanc block (morning, mid-day and afternoon sun exposure), and most importantly the dedicated farming of this beautiful vineyard.

25% whole bunches foot stomped in vineyard, left to soak on skins and stems for 10 hours. Poured over remaining 75% whole bunches for pressing: the heads and tails of pressing to stainless steel(60%) for primary fermentation, the hearts to old neutral puncheon for primary fermentation to complement and enhance phenolics. Full MLF, left on fine lees for 18 months, before bottling without fining or filtration, 70mg/ total sulphites, vegan friendly.

Gold medal - 2023 Aotearoa NZ organic wine awards https://organicwineawards.co.nz/2023-results/

Gold medal - Jo Burzynska Top 50 Most Thrilling NZ Wineries 2023

Five stars(Gold) “A distinctive, invitingly scented Chenin Blanc. Bright, light yellow/green, it is weighty, fleshy and sweet fruited, with a strong sense of youthful energy, impressive richness and complexity, finely balanced acidity and a dry, long finish. Best drinking 2026+” - Michael Cooper

19+/20(Gold) “A stunningly well-balanced, detailed and textural Chenin Blanc that makes an impression.” - Candice Chow

96/100 (Gold) “Subtle, aromatic, vinous, serious nose with complex aromas of apple peel, quince, and manuka honey, with savoury, cracked pepper and brioche lees influence. Intensely flavoured, focused, mineral, and dry in style with a creamy texture and a delicious grapefruit-pith phenolic finish. All making for a dynamic and interesting rendition of the variety as well as superb drinking.” Outstanding - NZ Wine Rater (Steve Bennett MW, Lynnette Hudson)

96/100(Gold) “Smoky and complex, this creamy Chenin spends 18 months on fine lees, offering a rich texture without being heavy, with freshness bringing harmonious balance. It presents smoky reductive notes, blossoms, ripe peach, yellow apple and honeyed undertones. A rich, mouth coating delight with outstanding tension, intensity and personality.” Outstanding - Sammy Wilkinson

Gold medal - Metro Magazine top ten less common varietals “Bright, with sweet yellow fruits on the nose as well as hay and blossom notes and a touch of smoky (even Vegemite) aromas. A lovely palate, well made. A really nice chenin blanc from a gem of a vineyard” Oliver Styles

95/100 (Gold) “A delicious wine beginning with fragrances of red and yellow apples, stony seaside soils scents, wild white flowers and spice. Taut textures, acidity and soils touch the palate before the fruit begins to emerge and take over. A mineral centric wine with texture and personality, plenty of acidity, a wine that will develop and age over the next few years. Flavours of citrus and apple, flowers and site, a taut texture and lengthy finish. Best drinking from 2026 through 2034+. A specific expression, a real and raw look at a wine that showcases site and fine winemaking.” Outstanding - Cam Douglas MS

Colere Ashmore Chardonnay

This style is influenced by two clones, the softer acidity of clone B95 which imparts charm and accessibility and the Mendoza clone with its small, intensely flavoured bunches with abundant acidity providing the concentration and structure.

95% whole bunch pressed juice stainless steel primary fermentation, with 30% moving to older oak puncheon towards the end of ferment. 5% skin fermentation to complement and enhance phenolics. Left on fine lees for 12 months before racking to stainless steel to stabilize (full MLF) and settle for a further three months. 15months on fine lees before bottling without fining or filtration, 50mg/ total sulphites, vegan friendly.

Gold medal - 2024 Aotearoa NZ organic wine awards https://organicwineawards.co.nz/2024-results/

Gold medal - Metro Magazine top 50 wines 2024

Five stars(Gold) “Delicious drinking from now onwards, this wine is full of personality… Fragrant and full-bodied, it has concentrated , vibrant peachy, citrusy flavours, finely integrated oak, and impressive complexity. A vigorous wine, it’s still unfolding.” - Michael Cooper

Five Stars(Gold) “The wine is harmoniously balanced, with well-proportioned elements supported by a seamless, soft line of acidity, driving a textural, long, complex closing. Refined and effortless.” - Candice Chow

94/100 “Such an enticing bouquet filled with mineral and lees, flowers, spice, shape and form. There’s no mistaking the variety and one could be mistaken for think this has French origins, a wine with citrus, white fleshed stone fruits, a leesy pull and complexity in the bouquet. Delicious on the palate, silky touch with contrasting core of fruit, texture, spice and mineral. A wine that has grown into its happy place with flavour, texture and a sense of place. Complex, lengthy and well made.”  Excellent - Cam Douglas MS

94/100 “Showing a distinctive golden straw hue. Attractive and ripe on the nose with aromas of yellow plum, stone-fruit, golden delicious apple and subtle biscuit notes. A superbly textured, well-poised wine with delicious nashi-pear flavours, vibrant, saline acidity, judicious oak handling and great drink-ability.” Excellent - NZ Wine Rater (Steve Bennett MW, Lynnette Hudson)

“Big scents: peach compote, baked apple, green edge… lovely, lively palate – sweet stone fruit, whispers of green, texture is lovely, some fatness and resistance, great length, fruit grows in the mouth, the green tinge is well done” Excellent – John Saker

Colere Holon Chardonnay

Skin fermented chardonnay… 20% whole bunch fermentation on skins for ten days, pressed to barrel. 60% de-stemmed skin fermentation, on skins for ten months in an older oak puncheon. 20% whole bunch pressed juice stainless steel fermentation.

After blending of these components, the wine was left on fine yeast lees in 60% older oak (puncheon) and 40% stainless steel for three months before racking once more and leaving to stabilize (full MLF) and naturally settle for a further six months in stainless steel, bottled without fining or filtration after 18 months, 50mg/ total sulphites, vegan friendly.

Five Stars “This has an alluring bouquet, greeted with a flinty, smoky front overlying stonefruit, citrus, Campari and wildflower. Medium-full bodied, aromas of smoke flint and spice overlying apricot, grapefruit and wildflower, unfolding fennel and Campari linger. A grip of ripe, firm phenolics textures the palate, along with chalky minerals. The wildflower and Campari layer intrigues a creamy flow and carries salinity. A distinctive, textural Chardonnay with its raw beauty” - Candice Chow

“Developed straw hue with a cloudy haze. The nose is compelling and complex with aromas of ripe apricot, Campari, mango skin and smoky open fire embers. The palate is tasty and flavoursome with flavours of apricot and dried apple skin with a crunchy, chalky texture and a firm, phenolic finish.” Excellent - NZ Wine Rater (Steve Bennett, Lynnette Hudson)

94/100 "Aromas of grapefruit and French oak, vanilla and cashew nut then baked apple and kitchen spices. Complex and youthful. Distinctive palate textures and flavours with a mix of lees and wild ferment characters with white flowers and a flinty quality then flavours of stone fruits, apple and citrus. Perfectly weighted, taut and youthful with a light saline quality, medium+ acidity and fine tannin" Excellent - Cam Douglas MS

94/100 “A smoky nose layered with peach, ripe rock melon, and savory seasonings of wax, white pepper, and fennel. The palate is fat and vivacious, bursting with flavour framed by texture – finishing sophisticated, rich and superbly detailed.” Excellent - Sammy Wilkinson

Four & 1/2 stars “unlike its stablemate, this characterful, complex wines was fermented in contact with grapes/skins. Light gold, it is mouthfilling and savoury, with strong peachy, citrusy flavours, mealy, leesy, biscuity notes, fresh acidity, a gentle touch of tannin and a dry finish” - Michael Cooper

“Delicious, apple skin, Mirabelle, lovely weight and presence in the mouth, great length, plenty of acid drive, freshness and vivacity, actually the back end is the triumph, finishes beautifully, tails off slowly and gently, texture is mouth coating, nicely viscous, green shades are masterful” Excellent – John Saker

Colere Fractal Pinot Noir

Mix of clones - 777, 667, 114, 115, 10/5 828, 943.

100% whole bunch fermentation, this wine's creation comes about by one subtle change in technique, simply the draining of the tank! After the free run wine for the Ashmore vineyard Pinot Noir was drained off the skins and sent to its new home , this separate component was left to gently filter through the weight of it’s skins over night, finding it’s own path picking up the final elements of the stems, skins and seeds. This percolation concentrates the tannins, broadens the pallet and shifts the tannins back. This wine is as much about richness as it is concentration and boldness.

Aged in 70% older oak puncheon, 30% stainless steel aging on fine lees for 12 months, before blending and aging for a further six months, bottled without fining or filtration after 18 months, 40mg/L total sulphites, vegan friendly.

Gold medal - Dish Magazine, The best Pinot Noirs in New Zealand 2023. “Classically cloudy from not being fined or filtered, this organically grown tamarillo-scented pinot boasts pure, uninhibited roast rhubarb flavours that are restless and looking to dance. Expertly handled astringency lurks on the insides of your upper lip through fine-grained, grippy tannins. For the adventurous”. https://dish.co.nz/drinks/tasting-panels/when-you-wish-upon-a-noir/

94/100 "A lovely bouquet of fresh and dried red berry fruits and autumn leaves, sweet wood scents and baking spices of cinnamon and vanilla. There’s an earthy quality with crumbled stone scents. Quite youthful on the palate with a tautness from tannins and acidity then contrasting flavours of red apple, strawberry and cherry. Tannins are a mix of fine needle point and coarse silk in texture and long with acidity layers in a youthful structure."  Excellent - Cam Douglas MS

94/100 “Meaty, powerful, and dense, it showcases dense, brooding red fruits with with a bloody, mineral, almost iron-edged accent. Velvety smooth with fine-grained tannin diffusion on the back of the palate, carries the lengthy finish. A wine of impressive power and potential, promising rewarding cellaring for those who can wait.” Excellent - Sammy Wilkinson

“Very different style from the Ashmore vineyard bottling… dark fruit more dominant, more weight and concentration, dark wild berry, hint of sour cherry and spice notes, peppery, easy flow, gentle acids, smooth tannins… enveloping, generous and authentic” Excellent – John Saker

Silver medal - 2022 Aotearoa NZ organic wine awards. https://organicwineawards.co.nz/2022-results/

Colere Southern Valleys Syrah

Not yet released (coming soon)…

More information to come.

2022. Raupo Creek vineyard, Syrah, Southern valleys, Marlborough

Colere Dendron Syrah

Not yet released (coming soon)…

More information to come.

2021 Dendron Syrah. Raupo Creek vineyard, Southern valleys, Marlborough

Non-vintage SolEra

A unique and interesting wine on the New Zealand wine scene today.

A Non-Vintage blend from this gifted site in Marlborough. One-barrel of 2012 Pinot Gris/Blanc, two-barrels of 2016 Pinot Gris and three-barrels of 2017 Pinot Blanc, with a ‘Little Touch of Riesling (LTR) to lift.

All handpicked fruit, wild barrel ferments, bottled un-filtered. Fermented and captured by/with the culture of three winemakers. Hopefully allowing the expression of the site and Vineyard to come through and reveal further elements of its nature. 

Aromas of honeyed bees wax, poached pear, dried fruits, spice and sweet meadow hay. This is a rich, full and complex wine supported by crisp acidity, phenolic weight and freshness. Dry on the pallet with a nice acid tail to finish. Loads of texture and personality. 

Note - Unfortunately, this vineyard has been sold. The new owners removed organic/biodynamic practices the 2017 season. Hence a new label, setting aside from Colere philosophies of certified organic/biodynamic wine growing and making.

Metro Magazine top 50 wine 2020 https://www.metromag.co.nz/food/food-drinks/metros-guide-to-the-best-10-interesting-wines-for-2020