Saint Clair Family Estate Gold Success at the Easter Show Wine Awards 2015 19/02/15
Saint Clair Family Estate has been awarded a total of six prestigious gold medals at the Easter Show Wine Awards announced yesterday. Gold success across a range of varietals and price points display Saint Clair’s commitment to quality at each and every opportunity.
Saint Clair Family Estate is owned by Neal and Judy Ibbotson, viticulture pioneers in Marlborough since 1978. Grapes were originally supplied to local wine companies; however a desire to extend the quality achieved in the vineyard through to the finished wine led to the establishment of Saint Clair Family Estate in 1994. The Saint Clair name originates from the vineyard property, first settled by the Sinclair family. Pioneer James Sinclair bui...
A wide choice in Marlborough Vineyard sites, including the Wairau, Awatere and Ure Valleys, allows Saint Clair to specialise its plantings by grape variety in the sub-regions that provide the most suitable terroir for each.
Saint Clair has developed six vineyards in different sites in Marlborough, including the Rapaura, Awatere, Waihopai and Omaka Valleys. Only superior fruit from the best locations for each individual variety is selec...
Saint Clair has one of the leading winemaking teams in the country headed by Matt Thomson (B.Sc and M.Sc Biochem, Otago). Matt has been involved with Saint Clair since its inception in 1994. He also has had winemaking experience on a regular basis in a number of areas in Italy and in Bordeaux. Matt is uncompromising on quality. Comparatively little emphasis is placed on technological gadgetry. This natural, uncluttered approach helps produce w...
Screw Caps are gaining rapid acceptance in New Zealand and in many of the countries New Zealand wines are exported to. To ensure the best quality wines Saint Clair is in the process of introducing screw caps to all of our wines.
We wish to produce the best quality wine possible 100% of the time. Traditional corks do not allow us to do this. The various quality of corks can affect wines in numerous ways from cork taint that can dull a wine’s...
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