There’s nowhere we’d rather stand than on this land — Sliding Hill — shaped, shaken, and renewed by the same forces that built the majestic Southern Alps of New Zealand.
Three generations of our family have lived and worked here, guided by pride, humility, and gratitude for what nature has created. The fruit for these wines comes from Auntsfield Vineyard, our home.
When this hill rose from the sea, rock was crushed, winds brushed the slopes, and loess clay, sliding down the steep greywacke, settled like a gift — which is exactly how this hill got its name. It’s also what makes the soil here perfect for growing vines. Our Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir are pure fruit expressions of this site and its clay loess soil.
Every day we work this land with our hands, our hearts, and dirt under our nails.
2025 | View tasting notes
Silky and supple, this Marlborough Pinot Noir offers ripe cherry, juicy raspberry and a hint of warm spice, framed by soft, velvety tannins.
TASTING NOTES:
2025
COLOUR: Deep Ruby
AROMA: Lifted aromas of spiced cherry, red and dark berry fruit, with hints of
dried plum skin and floral notes.
PALATE: Rich and full bodied with concentrated flavors of berry fruit, plums, chocolate and spice. There is elegance to the palate, with complex dried spice and savory flavors. It displays a lovely silky texture and soft tannin structure that adds complexity and great length to the wine.
ANALYSIS: Alc:14.0% pH: 3.54 TA: 5.2
WINEMAKERS NOTES
This wine was made with a minimalist philosophy to allow the characteristics of the grapes and the vineyard to be revealed. The fruit was hand-harvested, hand-sorted, gently destemmed and gravity-fed to tank. Fermented with a combination of indigenous and cultured yeasts, careful hand plunging was utilized to gently extract flavours and tannins from the skins. Maturation occurred in French oak barriques for approximately 10 months.
VITICULTURALISTS NOTES
The 2025 season was characterised by excellent yields and a warm dry long Summer. Regular winter rainfall and a warm late spring encouraged optimal canopy growth and fruit set. Summer was dry but stayed relatively cool resulting in healthy vines with no disease or water stress. Many hours were spent throughout the season reducing yields to optimal levels. There was a slow progression into Autumn with a long, drawn-out ripening period where the fruit reached optimum ripeness in perfect harvest conditions.
2026 | View tasting notes
Bursting with vibrant passionfruit, zesty lime and fresh-cut herbs, this Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc delivers the crisp, mouth-watering fruit forward freshness the region is famous for.
TASTING NOTES:
2026
COLOUR: Pale straw
AROMA: Lifted aromas of fresh passionfruit, nectarine, citrus peel and grapefruit are complemented with fresh floral and fragrant tropical notes.
PALATE: The palate is concentrated and varietal with weight and balance. Intense flavors of passionfruit and peach flesh give the wine a rich texture, this is balanced by the fresh acidity which gives the wine drive and energy carrying to a long clean finish.
ANALYSIS: Alc: 13.0% pH: 3.12 TA: 6.8 g/L
WINEMAKERS NOTES
Gentle pressing of the grapes is followed by a cool fermentation with culture yeasts in stainless tanks produces the bright, fresh, fruit aromas and flavors which characterize Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc. This is complimented by a portion of grapes that were fermented in seasoned oak barrels and subjected to traditional winemaking practices; hand picking, natural fermentation; adding texture and length to the final wine.
VITICULTURALISTS NOTES
The 2026 season was characterized by excellent growing conditions in a cool dry and long Summer. Regular winter rainfall and plentiful spring rain encouraged optimal canopy growth and fruit set. Summer was dry but stayed cool resulting in healthy vines with no disease or water stress. There was a slow progression into Autumn with a very long, drawn-out ripening period where the fruit reached optimum ripeness in perfect harvest conditions.
Making up a case? Add Auntsfield Wines
“Upfront and instantly appealing, the wine features aromas of green rockmelon, crisp apple, lemonpeel, and garden herbs. It’s succulent and flavoursome in the mouth, with excellent vibrancy and juicy acidity that make it refreshing and highly enjoyable. At its best: now to 2029.”
Sam Kim for Wine Orbit September 2026 – 2026 Sliding Hill Sauvignon Blanc
“Lovely Chewy Tannins, Dark savoury fruit, fresh vibrant Pinot, lovely drinkability.”
New World Wine Awards 2026 – 2025 Sliding Hill Pinot Noir
“Beautifully fruited and inviting on the nose, showing sweet cherry, dark plum, clove, nutmeg, and toasted almond characters. The palate offers a plump mouthfeel, silky texture, and fine tannins, culminating in a lengthy, delectable finish.”
Sam Kim for Wine Orbit September 2025 – 2024 Sliding Hill Pinot Noir