Apr 08 2010
Spy Valley Winery
Spy Valley is located in Marlboro New Zealand and since its inception in 1993 has been growing some of the most impressive fruit in all of the New Zealand wine industry. Starting in 2000 the winery started producing wines under their own name instead of simply selling the fruit and the results certainly speak for themselves.
Focused on the French ideal of terrior Spy Valley crafts wines which are largely vineyard designated (meaning each wine comes from only 1 vineyard) and they attempt to show not only a representation of a single varietal in each wine, but they also want to show a sense of place and what makes New Zealand wine unique. Their string of successful and now world class wines are even more impressive when you consider not only the young age of the winery, but also the fact that the land on which the vineyards now site was, when they were purchased, considered too hard, rocky and infertile to grow quality grapes. With a focus and an ultra modern wine making facility Spy Valley has proven this assumption to be false and the ownership and winemaker do truly believe in the Napa California ideal that grapes forced to struggle will produce the highest quality fruit anywhere they are grown.
One of the most impressive environmentally conscious wineries on the planet, Spy Valley takes extraordinary steps to insure that they are not only good stewards of the environment, but that they are actually leaving the land better then they originally found it. Some of these steps include waste water recycling (used to water the vineyard), organic mulch made from excess vine cuttings, achieving 100% recycling including all glass bottles used on the property (mostly done on site), going as far as to have a resident pig living on site so that no food scraps are wasted. It is this type of environmental consciousness that all wineries and business should attempt to reach.
Of course, all of this wouldn’t be possible without the production of world class wine. Largely known for white wines, Spy Valley produces some of the most well balanced wines anywhere in New Zealand. They are especially known for Riesling, Gewurztraminer and Sauvignon Blanc. These wines show the type of high acidity, food friendly, fruit forward characteristics that wine lovers the world over have come to enjoy and expect from New Zealand. This is largely possible because of the dramatic temperature differences that the land experiences from warm climates during the day to hugely on shore flows off the ocean at night which allow the grapes to recover from the warm day time temperatures. With multiple wines scoring 90+ points from major critics such as Wine Spectator and famed wine critic Robert Parker, this is certainly a winery label to look for during your next visit to your local wine store.
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