This special wine takes its name from the owners' two very special Olivia's, Freddie's wife Olivia and James' first born daughter Olivia. Fruit for this wine is selected the best rows of Pinot Noir on the Ward Valley Estate Coastal Block. The fruit was carefully harvested before being transferred to the winery to cold soaked on the skins for 4 hours. This « time on the skin’s » gives the wine it’s salmon pink colour. 

Food pairing

The Olivia Rose is perfect for enjoying on its own on hot summer days or pairs beautifully with light fresh meals.

Press quote

“fabulously fragrant... immediately appealing” 93pts & 5 Stars – Wine Orbit, Feb 2020.

Wine Orbit 93 Points

Wine Orbit 5/5 Stars

This wine is 100% sustainably produced and vegan friendly. It has been crafted carefully for greater length while retaining true Awatere Valley finesse and elegance. 

Attractive, concentrated sauvignon blanc with typical Awatere tomato leaf, green capsicum, gooseberry and lime zest flavours plus a suggestion of wet stone mineral character. A weighty, textural wine. 

A deep, dark, fruit driven nose with loads of dark cherry and spicy plums as well as a touch of warm oak. The palate is rich and full, and oozes with dark fruit flavours. Blackberry and dark cherry flavours combine with a rich toasty oak and a fruit toast type spicy finish. 

The wine is sweetly fruited and fragrant on the nose showing spiced cherry, strawberry, game and mushroom characters with subtle nutty complexity.

The palate is succulent and smooth with ripe berry flavours together with elegant savoury nuances, backed by polished tannins. 

The grapes were harvested and then fermented in small open top cuvees and hand plunged 4 times per day. Very gently pressed, the wine was aged with a mix of new and old French oak for 4 months prior to light filtration before bottling.

“Packed with fruit flavour with a light oak influence, this is a great example of a value for money New Zealand Pinot Noir. Also great served chilled from the fridge” 

Grapes were hand picked then whole bunch pressed and juice settled for 4 hours. They were barrique fermented in French Oak barriques (27% new) and aged for 10 months before blending. A full malolactic fermentation occurred in spring, followed by lees stirring in winter every 2 weeks to stop post malolactic fermentation. 

Ripe peach and grapefruit aromatics on nose. Underneath hints of butter scotch and toasty oak. Creamy malolactic notes on palate, with tropical fruits sitting nicely on top. Rich and full bodied, whilst showing nice balance and elegance. 

This wine is 100% sustainably produced and vegan friendly. It has been crafted carefully for greater length while retaining true Awatere Valley finesse and elegance. 

With distinctive herbaceous aromatics and fresh acidity, the palate shows stonefruit, passionfruit and citrus with a hint of minerality. 

This wine is Mediterranean in style using Pinot Noir grapes. Grapes grown specifically for Rosé production were sourced from a single vineyard in the Southern Valleys. 

Floral aromas of orange blossom overlay nuances of crushed berries. The generous palate exudes fleshy tangelo flavours and finishes with a peppery twist. An ideal match with all Mediterranean cuisine. 

An extremely hot, dry vintage combined with cooler nights and clay-rich soils contributed to very small berries, which gave a lifted nose and good intensity of fruit from the Mt. Victoria Block. Lightly pressed after fermentation the wine was then aged in 100% seasoned French oak. 

Spicy, complex and youthful aromas of sweet cherry, cardamom seed and exotic spice. The palate is juicy and bright with earthy savoury undertones and a suave, plush tannin structure. 

A convergence of flavours from vineyards located on the banks of the Wairau and Awatere rivers. Harvested at optimum ripeness, the grapes were gently pressed and fermented, at cool temperatures, in stainless steel to maximise fruit purity and character. A percentage of the wine was aged on fine lees for 3 months, adding texture, complexity and increased mouth feel to the palate. 

Bright straw with golden/green hues, it has an abundance of ripe tropical fruit aromas overlaid with exotic gooseberry and an attractive herbal pungency. The palate balances great concentration with stylish elegance. Fresh, balanced and persistent flavours leading to a long mineral finish. 

From a single vineyard situated in new sub-region of Ward, the grapes were picked at dawn to retain freshness from a special parcel of the Pinot Noir clone-Abel. They were gently pressed and fermented and then left for 11 months on the lees before bottling. 

A vivacious sparkling rose with an abundance of strawberry and cranberry aromas,plus nuances of rose petal and orange blossom. 100% Pinot Noir grapes, it exudes red fruit flavours finished with a slight sweet spice. 

Sourced from 18 year old vines from a single vineyard site in the Upper Wairau Valley. Hand-picked over two different passes to deliver a broader flavour spectrum, the grapes were then lightly whole bunch pressed and fermented at cool temperatures (7 degrees) to retain crisp fruit intensity. Fermentation was stopped when the sugar and acidity were perfectly balanced. The acidity, texture and minerality of this wine interplay harmoniously. 

Aromas of honeydew melon and apricot kernel are mixed with an underlying touch of mandarin peel and lanolin.The palate is full of character, releasing juicy mandarin fruit with bright citrus and spicy undertones.