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Welcome! We have updated our website (www.kaitunavalley.co.nz) and we hope that you enjoy looking at the site to glean information about our wines and our vineyards on Banks Peninsula and in Marlborough.

Welcome! We have updated our website (www.kaitunavalley.co.nz) and we hope that you enjoy looking at the site to glean information about our wines and our vineyards on Banks Peninsula and in Marlborough.

CASE SPECIAL! (for a limited time only) SAVE 40% now only $180 per case (this is $15 per bottle)
	Marlborough Pinot Gris 2008 A perfect accompaniment for the coming summer BBQ’s and picnics 4 ½ star 91/100 Wine Orbit Issue 8 2008 “…elegance and purity in this gorgeous wine. The nose is gently perfumed showing ripe peach, tropical fruit and subtle spice characters. The gentle sweetness (12g/l) on the palate leads to richly textured mid range and a lingering finish with nicely balanced acidity. It has the immediate appeal but will improve with further aging.”
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CASE SPECIAL! (for a limited time only) SAVE 40% now only $180 per case (this is $15 per bottle)

Marlborough Pinot Gris 2008

A perfect accompaniment for the coming summer BBQ’s and picnics

4 ½ star 91/100 Wine Orbit Issue 8 2008 “…elegance and purity in this gorgeous wine. The nose is gently perfumed showing ripe peach, tropical fruit and subtle spice characters. The gentle sweetness (12g/l) on the palate leads to richly textured mid range and a lingering finish with nicely balanced acidity. It has the immediate appeal but will improve with further aging.”

more info
BUY ONLINE

NEW RELEASES:
	Canterbury Pinot Gris 2009 $25 per bottle This is absolutely classic Pinot Gris for the Tai Tapu vineyard on Banks Peninsula. Complex, lively and intriguing. At first, the wine shows glimpses of its promised fullness with aromas of pear, stone fruit and floral notes. It opens in the glass to reveal a gorgeous and characterful wine with multiple layers of spice, fruit and mineral flavours. A rich, vibrant palate with an excellent balance of acidity and natural grape sweetness (10g/l residual sugar).
	more info BUY ONLINE
	Canterbury Pinot Noir 2007 $39 per bottle Our flagship wine with a huge haul of GOLD medals in previous vintages . 2007 was an exceptional year and combined with very low yields produced a wine of exceptional power, concentration, multi-layered complexity and finesse. The nose is already entrancing with aromas of black cherries, plums and wild berry fruits and a suggestion of violets, smoke and exotic spices. The palate is rich and concentrated. The wine reveals layers of flavours and is tightening up by a backbone of abundant fine-grained tannins. It already shows the potential of the vintage and will reveal greater complexity and develop a gorgeous silky mouth-feel with bottle age.
more info BUY ONLINE
	Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2009 $19 per bottle Fresh, pungent nose of gooseberries, lime zest, passionfruit and herbs. The palate is explosive with excellent weight and texture, masses of fruit and herb flavours and crisp acidity. Try this with fresh, grilled salmon, asparagus out of the garden and salad greens laced with a herbaceous extra virgin olive oil. Grant’s favourite food match is fresh Bluff oysters in the half shell, add a splash of Sauvy, three drops of herbaceous extra virgin olive oil and sprinkle with with Maldon salt. Chase with a slurp of Kaituna Sauvignon Blanc – heaven!
	more info BUY ONLINE
Or contact us on: Email: kaituna.valley@xtra.co.nz Ph: 0064 3 3290110 Fax 0064 3 3290113

NEW RELEASES:

Canterbury Pinot Gris 2009 $25 per bottle

This is absolutely classic Pinot Gris for the Tai Tapu vineyard on Banks Peninsula.
Complex, lively and intriguing. At first, the wine shows glimpses of its promised fullness with aromas of pear, stone fruit and floral notes. It opens in the glass to reveal a gorgeous and characterful wine with multiple layers of spice, fruit and mineral flavours. A rich, vibrant palate with an excellent balance of acidity and natural grape sweetness (10g/l residual sugar).

more info
BUY ONLINE

Canterbury Pinot Noir 2007 $39 per bottle

Our flagship wine with a huge haul of GOLD medals in previous vintages .
2007 was an exceptional year and combined with very low yields produced a wine of exceptional power, concentration, multi-layered complexity and finesse. The nose is already entrancing with aromas of black cherries, plums and wild berry fruits and a suggestion of violets, smoke and exotic spices. The palate is rich and concentrated. The wine reveals layers of flavours and is tightening up by a backbone of abundant fine-grained tannins. It already shows the potential of the vintage and will reveal greater complexity and develop a gorgeous silky mouth-feel with bottle age.

more info
BUY ONLINE

Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2009 $19 per bottle

Fresh, pungent nose of gooseberries, lime zest, passionfruit and herbs. The palate is explosive with excellent weight and texture, masses of fruit and herb flavours and crisp acidity.

Try this with fresh, grilled salmon, asparagus out of the garden and salad greens laced with a herbaceous extra virgin olive oil. Grant’s favourite food match is fresh Bluff oysters in the half shell, add a splash of Sauvy, three drops of herbaceous extra virgin olive oil and sprinkle with with Maldon salt. Chase with a slurp of Kaituna Sauvignon Blanc – heaven!

more info
BUY ONLINE

Or contact us on:
Email: kaituna.valley@xtra.co.nz
Ph: 0064 3 3290110
Fax 0064 3 3290113

BECOME A KAITUNA VALLEY FAN ON FACEBOOK OR FOLLOW US ON TWITTER We have entered the social networking age and joined up to Twitter and Facebook. So all you social networkers out there can get on line and follow what’s going on at Kaituna Valley. We will be keeping you up to date with photos, blogs, events and special offers. We are very new to this, so any advice is greatly accepted.

BECOME A KAITUNA VALLEY FAN ON FACEBOOK OR FOLLOW US ON TWITTER

We have entered the social networking age and joined up to Twitter and Facebook. So all you social networkers out there can get on line and follow what’s going on at Kaituna Valley. We will be keeping you up to date with photos, blogs, events and special offers. We are very new to this, so any advice is greatly accepted.

OUR THOUGHTS: Our Favourite Pinot Noir Wines from Kaituna Vineyard that we have produced – DO YOU AGREE?!! 1993: Our first vintage, doing everything by the French book (including foot crushing and hand de-stemming of the clusters until 2am!). The wine received a Trophy for Champion Pinot Noir in the Liquorland Royal Easter Show 1995 and the dream of producing seriously exciting wine became a reality. 1998: First year of living on site and having daily contact with the vines. It showed! 2000: Seductive, silky smooth and complex. Perfect! 2001: A very dry vintage, very small berries and Grant flexing his winemaker’s muscles. Structured wine, still youthful and starting to loose that cloak of tannins 2004: Bold, rich and crammed full of fruit; a powerhouse of a Pinot noir 2007: Potential classic; great season, very low yield. Longer in barrel and now using 3 year air seasoned wood top quality barrels from three artisan Burgundian coopers. Your tasting experience of our wines could be made on Facebook or Twitter.

OUR THOUGHTS:
Our Favourite Pinot Noir Wines from Kaituna Vineyard that we have produced – DO YOU AGREE?!!

1993: Our first vintage, doing everything by the French book (including foot crushing and hand de-stemming of the clusters until 2am!). The wine received a Trophy for Champion Pinot Noir in the Liquorland Royal Easter Show 1995 and the dream of producing seriously exciting wine became a reality.
1998: First year of living on site and having daily contact with the vines. It showed!
2000: Seductive, silky smooth and complex. Perfect!
2001: A very dry vintage, very small berries and Grant flexing his winemaker’s muscles. Structured wine, still youthful and starting to loose that cloak of tannins
2004: Bold, rich and crammed full of fruit; a powerhouse of a Pinot noir
2007: Potential classic; great season, very low yield. Longer in barrel and now using 3 year air seasoned wood top quality barrels from three artisan Burgundian coopers.

Your tasting experience of our wines could be made on Facebook or Twitter.

GRANT’S FAVE WINE LAST MONTH: BOXLER BRAND PINOT GRIS 2005 GRAND CRU (about $55) "A stand-out on the night at a dinner party. Gloriously rich and decadent. Aromas of peach, spices and mineral characters. Rich, concentrated flavours. Long and delicious - wish I had some more in the cellar! See the boys at Decant Wine Store, Riccarton, Christchurch for later vintages."

GRANT’S FAVE WINE LAST MONTH:

BOXLER BRAND PINOT GRIS 2005 GRAND CRU (about $55)
"A stand-out on the night at a dinner party. Gloriously rich and decadent. Aromas of peach, spices
and mineral characters. Rich, concentrated flavours. Long and delicious - wish I had some more
in the cellar! See the boys at Decant Wine Store, Riccarton, Christchurch for later vintages."

Cheers! Helen and Grant Whelan Kaituna Valley 230 Kaituna Valley Rd RD 2 Christchurch 7672 New Zealand www.kaitunavalley.co.nz email: kaituna.valley@xtra.co.nz Ph: 0064 3 3290110 Fax 0064 3290113

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Cheers!
Helen and Grant Whelan
Kaituna Valley
230 Kaituna Valley Rd
RD 2
Christchurch 7672
New Zealand

www.kaitunavalley.co.nz
email: kaituna.valley@xtra.co.nz
Ph: 0064 3 3290110
Fax 0064 3290113

About Us Our Wines Order Wines Contact Us

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