Halcyon Days Vermillion 2023
Te Matau a Māui / Hawke's Bay, Aotearoa
Sangiovese, Chardonnay
10.5% ABV.
Amy and Olly Hopkinson-Styles are two of our biggest heroes in the world of wine – dear old friends, brilliant winemakers and tirelessly passionate communicators within the global community of organic winemaking.
2023 was a challenging year in Te Matau a Māui, marked by the highly destructive Cyclone Gabrielle which struck Hawke’s Bay and the surrounding coastline in February. Yields for Amy and Olly were affected, but happily, the fruit that survived ripened well, and the resulting wines are, perhaps, the best that the pair have ever made.
Vermillion is sangiovese with 7% chardonnay, with grapes grown by Andrew Colman at the beautiful certified organic Osawa vineyard in the Mangatahi subregion. A portion of the fruit was direct-pressed and the other portion was macerated as a red wine, before the two portions were blended together to create an ultra-light red wine. As usual with Amy and Olly, everything was done in tank in an effort to capture energy, tension and purity of fruit – in this case, an incredibly delicate yet vivid red-fruited expression of sangiovese (from some of the only sangiovese vines in Aotearoa).
A wine of sheer precision and utter deliciousness, this has been one of our most popular wines of the year so far, and for very good reason. Cheers Amy and Olly!
Te Matau a Māui / Hawke's Bay, Aotearoa
Sangiovese, Chardonnay
10.5% ABV.
Amy and Olly Hopkinson-Styles are two of our biggest heroes in the world of wine – dear old friends, brilliant winemakers and tirelessly passionate communicators within the global community of organic winemaking.
2023 was a challenging year in Te Matau a Māui, marked by the highly destructive Cyclone Gabrielle which struck Hawke’s Bay and the surrounding coastline in February. Yields for Amy and Olly were affected, but happily, the fruit that survived ripened well, and the resulting wines are, perhaps, the best that the pair have ever made.
Vermillion is sangiovese with 7% chardonnay, with grapes grown by Andrew Colman at the beautiful certified organic Osawa vineyard in the Mangatahi subregion. A portion of the fruit was direct-pressed and the other portion was macerated as a red wine, before the two portions were blended together to create an ultra-light red wine. As usual with Amy and Olly, everything was done in tank in an effort to capture energy, tension and purity of fruit – in this case, an incredibly delicate yet vivid red-fruited expression of sangiovese (from some of the only sangiovese vines in Aotearoa).
A wine of sheer precision and utter deliciousness, this has been one of our most popular wines of the year so far, and for very good reason. Cheers Amy and Olly!
Te Matau a Māui / Hawke's Bay, Aotearoa
Sangiovese, Chardonnay
10.5% ABV.
Amy and Olly Hopkinson-Styles are two of our biggest heroes in the world of wine – dear old friends, brilliant winemakers and tirelessly passionate communicators within the global community of organic winemaking.
2023 was a challenging year in Te Matau a Māui, marked by the highly destructive Cyclone Gabrielle which struck Hawke’s Bay and the surrounding coastline in February. Yields for Amy and Olly were affected, but happily, the fruit that survived ripened well, and the resulting wines are, perhaps, the best that the pair have ever made.
Vermillion is sangiovese with 7% chardonnay, with grapes grown by Andrew Colman at the beautiful certified organic Osawa vineyard in the Mangatahi subregion. A portion of the fruit was direct-pressed and the other portion was macerated as a red wine, before the two portions were blended together to create an ultra-light red wine. As usual with Amy and Olly, everything was done in tank in an effort to capture energy, tension and purity of fruit – in this case, an incredibly delicate yet vivid red-fruited expression of sangiovese (from some of the only sangiovese vines in Aotearoa).
A wine of sheer precision and utter deliciousness, this has been one of our most popular wines of the year so far, and for very good reason. Cheers Amy and Olly!
