Rapaura Springs
Marlborough Sub-Regional Pioneers
Owned by the Neylon family, Rapaura Springs has an astonishing track record of Trophies and top points for its wines. The family started their farming career with mussels and apples but found vines much more rewarding and since making this move haven’t looked back. Their goal is to enhance the environment around them through sustainable vineyard and winemaking practices that will leave a natural legacy for future generations.
They have vineyards throughout the best sites in Marlborough, and also work with a handful of skilled and loyal growers to gain access to the finest fruit. Marlborough’s land, climate and water do all the hard work at Rapaura Springs, leaving the vineyards to tell their own story with only a gentle nudge in the right direction from the experienced viticultural and winemaking teams.
Rapaura Springs have a philosophy of minimum intervention, and all vineyards are carefully managed under strict Sustainable Wine Growing New Zealand standards. They let Marlborough’s land, climate and water do the hard work, then handcraft superb wines at the state of the art winery, leaving the vineyards to tell their own story, with just a little nudge in the right direction from experienced viticulture and winemaking teams. The result is a selection of focused, terroir-driven Sauvignon Blancs and Pinot Noirs with outstanding varietal expression.
Site selection, careful viticultural and winemaking practices, stringent grading and managed volumes returns elegant, expressive wines. Winemakers Mike Bann and Matt Thompson have a real passion for Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough and developing new varieties and styles in the region.
They understand the different sub-regional diversity and site selection is key in producing the best wines, and are leading the drive in having the individual sub-regions recognised. Alongside their Classic and Reserve Range, which showcase the expression of Marlborough as a whole, the have also released a selection of sub-regional and single vineyard wines to showcase the depth of terroir and styles within Marlborough. The Rohe series showcases the unique qualities of selected top sub-regions of Blind River, Dillons Point, and the Awatere and have really put Rapaura Springs on the map as a pioneer of quality and innovation.
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