Esk Valley's ?Great Dirt? collection are expressive and age-worthy wines. Each tells a story of its unique soil and history, reflecting our intimate relationship with the Hawkes Bay landscape fostered over many decades of winegrowing. The select
vineyard blocks from which these wines are sourced have long produced the finest of our wines. Each is made in a hands-off manner, using only the best parcels of hand-picked fruit to capture the essence and unique character of each site.

The Seabed Chardonnay is a wine from Howard?s vineyard located on the edge of the Ahuriri Estuary at Bay View. This former seabed uplifted by the 1931 Hawkes Bay earthquake shines through in the saline mineral character of the wine grown upon it.