The vineyards in the heart of New Zealand's acclaimed wine-growing region, Hawkes Bay, with stony soils and gentle contours, surrounded by hills and blessed with long, lingering summers and clear, crisp winters, truly exceptional conditions to create exceptional wines.
Stone Paddock is a selection of organic wines that are made every year using grapes grown on Paritua's own estate and carefully selected regional vineyards. The Stone Paddock wines are wines that not only reflect a distinctly New Zealand style, but also Paritua Vineyard's passion for quality winemaking.
Stone Paddock Scarlet Red Blend 2018
90 Points Bob Campbell
This blended red is a prime example of the style produced from the stony soils of Hawke’s Bay. Highly scented plum, blackberry and cassis aromas with hints of five spice, cedar and fine spicy oak. The palate shows dark fruits dominated by plum and cassis while supported by firm, ripe tannins. The oak influence is subtle and provides spicy notes and great structure.
Stone Paddock Syrah 2020
95 Points Bob Campbell
An aroma of sweet dark plum, white pepper and five spice, with notes of cola bean and blueberry. The palate is velvety soft, has ripe fleshy fruit flavors of plum and blueberry, hints of baked fruit tart, five spice, white pepper and a sweet vanilla oak. The finish is firm with fine ripe tannins and long spicy prune and anise flavors. A bright, food friendly wine, with spicy notes.
Stone Paddock Cabernet Franc 2020
92 Points Bob Campbell
All fruit is sorted with our state-of-the-art optical sorting machine and destemmed to closed fermenters. Cold soaking takes place before ferment and fermentation is for approximately 10 days with regular pump overs to optimize extraction of colour, flavour and tannin. Daily assessment of flavour and structure determines when we press. The must is pressed when maximum flavour is achieved. We then keep each batch and variety separate during barrel maturation for up to 12 months for this wine. The wine is blended a few weeks prior to bottling.
Stone Paddock Cabernet Sauvignon 2018
Planted on the free draining red metal gravel soils of the Paritua vineyard, an organically farmed single vineyard in the Bridge Pa Triangle Wine District of Hawke’s Bay. The vines are managed with an open canopy to provide good airflow and exposure to sunlight. All are single cordon spur pruned. Grapes are sorted with our state-of-the-art optical sorting machine and destemmed to closed fermenters. Some cold soaking takes place before ferment and fermentation is for approximately 10 days with regular pump overs to optimize extraction of color, flavor and tannin. Daily assessment of flavor and structure determines when we press. The must is pressed when maximum flavor is achieved. We then keep each batch and variety separate during barrel maturation in seasoned oak for 12 months. The wine is blended, fined and filtered just prior to bottling.
Stone Paddock Sauvignon Blanc 2022
91 Points Bob Campbell
This Hawke’s Bay Sauvignon Blanc is a youthful wine with fine acidity and length. On the aroma we find white flesh nectarine, passionfruit and citrus and fragrant white floral notes. The palate is refreshing with lively white fleshed stone fruit flavors, and long citrus finish. This Sauvignon Blanc shows great aromatics and can be drunk young as a summer wine. Some aging may enhance the weight and structure of this wine.
Stone Paddock Chardonnay 2021
91 Points Bob Campbell
Stone Paddock Chardonnay is a lightly oaked wine. Showing ripe tropical fruit and peach aromas with fine grapefruit and mineral undertones. The gentle influence of oak accentuates the sweet stone fruit, melon and grapefruit flavors. The texture is creamy and luscious with a fine minerality on the finish.