The STONE wines are grown at Elephant Hill's vineyard within the renowned Gimblett Gravels Wine Growing District. This inland sub-region is formed on deep beds of pure gravel and silt beside the Ngaruroro River. The rocky soils, which retain and radiate heat from the sun, ripens the classic red varieties well to produce mid-full bodied, richly flavoured, precise and well-structured wines with beautifully pure fruit characteristics. 

All grapes in this wine were hand harvested, hand sorted and fermented in small batches in a combination of open top oak cuves and stainless open top fermenters with the inclusion of 10% whole bunches. All ferments were hand plunged and the wine was aged for 26 months in 30% new French oak.

Our team thinks this wine drinks beautifully now and it can definitely age for the long haul; nine to 10 years and then some.