A small, limited-release winery on Gordons Road, Waiheke Island, making Bordeaux-style Cabernet blends in a north-facing valley that the website compares to an ancient amphitheatre. The family behind it, the Spratts, has a sustainable winegrowing certification, and the website says the vines grow in a dry, harsh clay soil with a layer of wind-blown dust from the last ice age. The winery says it has not released a 2017 or 2023 vintage, because it would not sell wine it did not think met its standards.
Visitors cannot come to the cellar door. The website says the winery is not open to the general public and offers private tours and tastings only, for people who intend to buy. Current releases are sold on the website. Older library stock is available to members of the Patron Club or by request through the contact form. The wines are also sold through selected retailers and restaurants across New Zealand. The website gives no prices, opening hours or parking details, and quotes no customer comments, so there is no view here on what buyers say.