The Church Road 1 wines. Church Road Wines
Church Road was established in 1897 by Bartholomew Steinmetz, a Luxembourg émigré who had come to New Zealand to make wine for the Marist Brothers Catholic Mission (now the Mission Winery).
Church Road 1 offers single vineyard wines from Hawke’s Bay’s best sub-regions including Redstone, Tuki Tuki and Gimblett Gravels sites.
The winery was later leased by the then 19-year old Tom McDonald who bought it outright a decade later. By the 1960s Tom, assisted by Montpellier-trained Denis Kasza, pioneered quality viticulture in New Zealand.
In 1989 the winery was purchased by Montana Wines who, with the help of Bordeaux-based Domaines Cordier, invested heavily in the development of quality red wine production using Bordeaux grape varieties.
In 1991 the first wine was produced under the Church Road label. Today there is a pecking order of both red and white wines starting with the entry level Estate wines, then moving up to Grand Reserve, Single Vineyard (Church Road 1) and finally the flagship label, Tom.
Church Road 1 offers single vineyard wines from Hawke’s Bay’s best sub-regions including Redstone, Tuki Tuki and Gimblett Gravels sites.
Church Road 1 Red Wines <!– don't show the winery logo – display a generic bottle –> 5/5 96/100
This Article was originally published on The Real Review
