Maritime Wines, Now Onboard!
Wines produced by the sea are touched by its bounty of winds, fog and nurturing spirit, all of it captured in a bottle bearing that most alluring sense of the sea. Enjoy Wine Park’s rare trove of maritime wines. Cheers!
While the heaving oceans may well retain a sunken cellar of ancient vintages ageing toward oblivion, these vast waterbodies play a salient role along some of the wine world’s most consequential shorelines, running drafts of cool winds over them during brutal summers and tempering frosty winters. Infinite breeze and a foggy veneer deliver the decisive gift of additional hang time for the grapes, letting the fruit full evolve its flavours and healthy rush of acidity. Ocean front vineyards dot some of the world’s most revered regions, chiefly Marlborough, Western Cape, Vinho Verde and Tuscany and Wine Park has them line up, anchored in our cellars, containing that unique sense of the sea. Come discover our rare trove of maritime wines, now onboard. Cheers!
Bodegas Albamar Albarino 2024
Bodegas Albambar’s creative force, Xurxo Alba has mastered the modern Albarino style helped by Rias Baixas’s maritime climate and granite rich soils, putting out a wine that shines with notes of lemons, green apple and anise and a distinctive, saline-influenced acidity and minerality. Rias Baixas is all the rage today – the coastal Spanish region, nestled in Galicia, is best known for its sprightly whites and is heavily influenced by the Atlantic ocean that generously tends to the vines by tempering daytime heat and rushing its winds over the plants through the night. This classic Spanish maritime white is crackling proof of Rias Baixas’s maritime wine cred.
Saint Clair, Pioneer Block 2 Sauvignon Blanc 2023
This wine is appropriately named given that Saint Clair counts high among the pioneers of New Zealand’s Sauvignon Blanc style. Marlborough’s generous sunshine, cool nights and hardy, loam soils has helped the Abbots craft a range of refreshing ‘Savvy’ styles and this seaside expression is a sterling standout. This prized maritime expression is vinified from fruit nurtured on seaside vines rooted in a swamp block near the ocean. The wine exudes oceanic bliss and pure fruit, brimmng with lime, grapefruit and acidic zest.
Quinta do Ameal, Loureiro White 2023
This refreshing modern style white wine from the famous Portugal appellation of Vino Verde is just made for this searing season. Organic winemaker Quinta do Ameal specialises in the growing and vinifying the little known Louriero grape into a zesty Indigenous Portuguese wine that impresses with aromatic floral notes, refreshing citrus and lime flavours laced with minerality and zip of acidity. Louriero brings exuberance to the famous Vino Verde white blend and by itself makes a delightful wine that impressed Wine Spectator enough to rate this wine 90 points.
Di Majo Norante, Moli Bianco 2024
Imagine an exotic and organic white wine plucked from Italy’s second smallest region – one you’ve probably never heard of – and then guess the price. We’ll leave the surprise for you to enjoy along with a cool maritime wine. Produced from the Falanghina grape, this vibrant and refreshing wine has an expressive natural palate, brimming with floral notes and bright flavours of citrus, limoncella apple and minerality.
Kara Tara, Pinot Noir 2019
South Africa’s Elgin Valley is the country’s prized vinous possession owed in large part to its elevation above the sea – 350 metres — and yet, close proximity to it. And Kara Tara’s chief winemaker Rüdger van Wyk has made the most of it, capturing it in his Pinot Noir and making the noble Burgundian grape feel right at home. His core approach is to “always be in sync with Mother Nature and “the grape doing its natural thing.” Barrel aged for fourteen months, this Pinot Noir fills the palate with cherries and strawberries with just a hint of spice and earthy tones leading to a soft finish.
