Esses Wine Company is a family-owned sparkling wine estate at 280 Postmans Road in the Kaikōura foothills. It makes only Méthode Traditionnelle sparkling wine, from about 1.5 hectares of 20-year-old vines at the base of Mt Fyffe. Its releases include a Brut Cuvée NV, an Encore 2016 Brut Cuvée and an Extra Brut Cuvée, and the website says the wines are late disgorged and produced from a single estate. The estate is certified sustainable and a member of Organic Winegrowers NZ, and the website says it is the only vineyard in the Kaikōura township area making only sparkling wine. Several releases are listed as sold out.
Reviewers describe the wines as bright and fresh, with apple, almond and brioche notes, and one says the low sulphite level suits them. The estate is on the Kaikōura coast and the website says there are views across the peninsula.