Estate Gamay Noir, Hawke’s Bay

In 1995, Te Mata Estate introduced to New Zealand a superior selection of Gamay Noir à Jus Blanc, the grape variety of the best wines of France’s Beaujolais region. The Estate Gamay Noir is a single vineyard wine from Te Mata Estate’s Woodthorpe Terraces vineyard, harvested from March 14th to 22nd, 2025. Woodthorpe Terraces is nestled between sheltering hills on elevated, free-draining, north-facing terraces in Hawke’s Bay Dartmoor Valley. The soils, which were left behind as the Tutaekuri River eroded its path through the hills to the sea, are mainly alluvial stone, clay and sandy loam. Vineyard planting began in 1994, and today Woodthorpe Terraces has 75 hectares under vine, planted to a number of varietals, and is the winery’s sole source for Gamay Noir.