Cape Crest Sauvignon Blanc, Hawke’s Bay

Cape Crest fruit is hand harvested from individual plots within Te Mata Estate’s vineyards across the Dartmoor Valley, Havelock Hills and Bridge PA Triangle sub-regions of Hawke's Bay.
Woodthorpe Terraces is Te Mata Estate's vineyard in the Dartmoor Valley and is nestled between sheltering hills on elevated, free-draining, north-facing terraces. 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 on this site began in 1994 and today Woodthorpe Terraces has 75 hectares under vine. Woodthorpe Terraces has the estate’s largest plantings of Sauvignon Blanc.
The Bridge Pa Triangle has summer temperatures that are among the hottest in Hawke’s Bay. This long, dry heat, combined with free-draining silt loam over a red, mineral gravel base, makes this a superb site.
First planted in 1892, the Havelock Hills are the heart of Te Mata Estate’s wine production and home to the winery. Te Mata Estate has five sites on these free draining, north-facing slopes, including the 1892 vineyard – one of New Zealand’s oldest vineyards, originally called the Hill Block. Soils to the east of the property are predominantly sandy loam over a sandstone base. Towards the west are sandy loam over clay and silica. The distinctive terrain lies at the intersections of two tectonic plates, which has paved the landscape of steep and gentle sloping terraces, ideal for grape-growing. ​