Wines By Palliser Estate

Palliser Estate Pencarrow Pinot Noir 2011

Wellington Martinborough

Palliser Estate make some of the most consistent New Zealand Pinot Noir, a perennial winner and always a favourite, representing peerless quality every year. The label depicts a conspicuous lighthouse at Pencarrow Heads, situated to the east of Palliser Bay at the entrance to Wellington harbour. Martinborough is well known for making the nation's most elegant Pinot wines and Palliser's fruit is acknowledged to be the finest.

$1999each

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Pencarrow is the second label from Palliser Estate, gaining recognition for their impressive quality of fruit, distinctive expression of Martinborough and kind approachability. Pencarrow is crafted to traditional Burgundian techniques, harvests of a variety of clones, 114 and 115, 667 and 777, Abel and 10/5, all of them staunch Martinborough paladins, are treated to a cold soak before a wild indigenous yeast vinification for seventeen days on skins. A post ferment maceration encourages the complex tannin structure. The finished wine is pressed into a selection of French oak barrels for ten months maturation. Alcohol 14.0%

Dark, deep, black hues with a lighter rim. Tightly bound, intense and penetrating nose of ripe black fruits with dark herb and spice notes as well as violet florals. Medium full bodied, the flavours unfold and reveal black fruits and floral, concentrated and densely packed, supported by fine grained yet firm tannins. The oaking is sensitive and the youthful acidity carries the flavours to a long, lingering finish featuring spicy black fruits with hints of liquorice.

Palliser Estate Pencarrow Sauvignon Blanc 2012

Wellington Martinborough

Available by the case dozen only

The enthusiastic maritime climes of Martinborough are heaven sent for a style and quality of Suavignon Blanc to rival the world's finest. Mother nature sets the stage, but ultimately it is the thoughtful viticultural practices of the Palliser Estate team which ensure harvests of ripe and intensely flavoured Sauvignon Blanc at every vintage. Appealing and approachable, previous vintages have claimed Gold Medals Air New Zealand Wine Awards & Liquorland Top 1OO.

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Palliser Estate is blessed by a microclimate and terrain like no other. A block from the Estate's Clouston vineyard is the source of Pencarrow, grapes grown to warmer Martinborough terroirs are generally more fruit forward, round and silkier than the racier South Island siblings. The unique maritime climes coupled with thoughtful viticultural practices delivers exceptional quality fruit. Low cropping levels and undiluted flavours create the essential ingredients of power and concentration, Martinborough is one of the few areas where this situation is naturally imposed by the weather. The Sauvignon Blanc here is always fantastic as a young wine, with intense expressions of passionfruit and gooseberry. Alcohol 12.5%

Pale straw colour with youthful green hues. Full nose with voluminous aromas of pungent passionfruits, gooseberry and lime, lifted with some fermentation esters. Dry to taste, flavours of passionfruit, tropical fruits and English gooseberries, a little restrained and tight in expression. Bright and fresh, leading to a dry, minerally finish. This delicious and succulent wine is great drinking alongside Mediterranean and Middle Eastern faire.

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Palliser Estate Pinot Gris 2006

Wellington Martinborough

A Pinot Gris made in true Alsace styling, from grapes that were picked late to give good flavours and aromaticness.

$2999each

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Palliser Estate's vineyards were first planted in 1984 and the wines now produced are starting to show characters from these older vines. The Pinot Gris planted over a relatively small area, gains complexity from differences in slight variations of soil types and microclimates.Palliser has consistently outgunned rivals in all but the most uncooperative vintages, producing a New Zealand Pinot Gris that's like an Alsation, but bigger, bolder and brassier. Fermented cool to retain varietal bouquets and rested on it's own sediments for five months to gain extra palate texture, it's sensationally rich with balanced acidity and a little residual sugar.


The wine has inviting aromas of ripe quince and stone fruits and a hint of acacia floral character. The palate shows concentrated stone fruits, quince and guava flavours with citrus notes and a delicious textural balance.

Palliser Estate Sauvignon Blanc 2012

Wellington Martinborough

Available by the case dozen only

This wholly seductive wine is one of the best received Sauvignon Blanc in New Zealand, with a distinguished history of amassing the nation's most coveted winemaking awards to prove it. Year in and year out, Palliser is counted on to deliver an immaculately classy and clean, stylish Sauvignon Blanc, fresh and lively, simply overflowing with flavour.

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Palliser Estate was named NZ Trade & Enterprise's New Zealand Food & Beverage Exporter of the Year, for displaying leadership in developing systems which identify environmental impacts. Palliser's vineyards in Martinborough are trained to achieve low canopy densities whilst exposing the fruit to maximum amounts of sun. Combined with judicious leaf plucking, this produces the distinctive fruit flavours in the wine. Reliable dry autumns increase the intense flavours, and low cropping levels are the result of cool windy spring weather. When the grapes are judged to be at their optimum maturity they are harvested and vinified to retain the inherent fruity qualities of the finest Sauvignon Blanc. Alcohol 12.5%

Brilliant straw yellow colour with green hues and a pale rim. The bouquet is full, open and voluminous with fresh and powerful passionfruit aromas along with gooseberries, lime fruit and flinty minerals that blossom. Dry to taste, the palate has layers of rich, pungent passionfruit and grapefruit flavours with ripe capsicums and fresh herbs that fill the mouth. Acidity is restrained, a fine textural thread provides line and length, leading to a soft, richly nuanced finish. An openly accessible and flavoursome Sauvignon with drive and concentration to match salads, vegetables and rich poultry dishes, best drunk young while it's still crisp, fresh and zingy.

In 1984 when Palliser planted its first vines, they had little inkling of where the future would take them

The original facilities were constructed in time for the 1991 vintage. As the company and vineyards grew it became neccessary to expand. A new purpose built barrel hall was constructed in 1999. This was built from thermomass concrete and is temperature controlled to minimise losses due to evaporation. The winery's works were re-developed in time for the vintage of 2002, and Palliser can now process 600 tonnes of fruit.

Palliser's founders knew they wanted to make good wine, but where does it all start? Palliser Estate's environment allows them to grow outstanding grapes to create magical wines. Palliser take pride in the care of their vineyard soils by encouraging diversity of plant life. The winemakers minimise spraying and use only friendly sprays where possible. Caring for the environment started as a notion, now it is an ethos.

The quality of the Palliser grapes are acknowledged as among the best in New Zealand. Locals say that Martinborough is the best place in the country to make wine. Winemaker Allan Johnson is first to agree and reels off the reasons: soil, water, and air, the three natural elements essential to making quality wine. Reliable dry autumns increase the intense flavours, and low cropping levels are produced by cool windy spring weather. Low cropping levels and undiluted flavours tend to create the essential ingredients of power and concentration from which fine, and even great wines are produced. Martinborough is one of the few areas where this situation is naturally imposed by the weather.

Palliser produces two labels that are recognised around the world for quality, Palliser Estate and Pencarrow. The Palliser Estate wines are a strong and distinct premium portfolio, whilst the Pencarrow range is in a different style, and offers very approachable wines of excellent quality. Palliser Estate's wines are served in some of the world’s finest restaurants, enjoyed by thousands of people every day and savoured by international passengers travelling the world with airlines such as Air New Zealand, Cathay Pacific, Lufthansa and KLM.

Palliser firmly believe that they are responsible for the care and management of their environment. It is the unique combination of soil, air and climate that allows Palliser to grow such outstanding grapes for their wines. Palliser Estate have an environment management system throughout the company that ensures that everything the winemakers do is considered on its environmental impacts. Palliser Estate have introduced a new system that re-uses the winery's wastewater for irrigation. The wines are in recyclable or re-useable packaging.

Palliser owns 90% of their own vineyards and invest heavily in viticulture to produce a great product. To date that investment has been paid off by the production of world class wines. Palliser is proud to be innovative in their approach to environmental aspects. In 1998 Palliser Estate Palliser were amongst the first wineries in the world to be certified to the international environmental standard ISO 14001. Palliser Estate are part of the Living Wine New Zealand group www.livingwine.org.nz, a group of wineries all certified to ISO 14001 and dedicated to continuous improvement of their environmental systems.

http://www.palliser.co.nz/ - Palliser Estate

Palliser grow the varieties of Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Gris. These are grown on the various estate vineyards - Palliser, Pencarrow, Om Santi, Pinnacles and Clouston, which are all on the renowned Martinborough Terrace. The Palliser winemakers have found that even over this relatively small area, there are great differences in soil types and climate which all help to add complexity to the wines.

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