Fruit is selected from fine vineyards in Marlborough's Wairau Valley and the neighboring Awatere. Fast draining, alluvial loams over gravelly sub soils provide ideal growing conditions for Sauvignon Blanc. Individual blocks are targeted for their strengths and overall contribution. The aim is to achieve a stunning wine with a plethora of fruit flavours, ample complexity and crisp acidity. Grapes are harvested throughout the cool of evening and overnight to preserve flavours, pressed immediately with minimal skin contact. Each block is kept separate throughout the winemaking. Vinification is carried out at cool temperatures until completion of ferments, assembled, fined and stabilised.