Abbey Cellars is a single-estate family winery in Bridge Pa, Hawke's Bay, on 13 hectares of red metal soils. The website says the family bought the land in 2002 and grows all the fruit it uses. The winery building is a gothic abbey-style building on the same property as the vines, with views over them. The reds are described as deep and rich with smooth tannins, aged in French oak and released only when ready to drink. Grapes are hand-picked and reselected at harvest.
The cellar door is open on Labour Weekend and on Spring Saturdays, and visitors must be 18 or over. The family also brews beer and cider on site, and the website describes the cellar door as the place to meet the family, with one son running it. Our pick in Bridge Pa for red wine on a single estate.