cart View Cart    You have 0 items   

After a Value Experience?

Check out this weekly wine wonder.....

Experience a Deal

Join Our
Wine
Experience
First Name*
Email*

Carrick

Central Otago, New Zealand

 
Bannockburn, home to Carrick wines is nestled at the southern end of one of the broad glacial river valleys surrounded by the Cairnmuir and Carrick mountain ranges. The long cool autumns with their warm days and cool nights create ideal conditions for the production of Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Riesling. In 1993 Carrick's first vineyard was planted with Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Pinot Gris and Sauvignon Blanc on the north facing Cairnmuir Terraces surrounded by the waters of Lake Dunstan. On the Eastern side of Cairnmuir Road our vineyards produce Pinot Noir and Riesling. Situated on windblown loess soils the vineyards have low natural fertility encouraging the vines to grow their roots into the deep fractured schist layers resulting in wines of character and structure. Mindful of the special nature of the soils, Carrick is farmed using only organic practices. In order to produce exceptional wines; pruning, shoot positioning, shoot and fruit thinning, leaf plucking and picking are carried out by hand. There is extensive use of cover crops to encourage natural biodiversity and useful insects and we are rewarded by the numbers of beneficial birds that live in the vineyards. The "must" from the winery along with other organic material is composted and fed back to the vineyards.
 
 
 
Winemaker: Francis Hut joined Carrick in 2010 having decided that Central Otago was where he wanted to be. Being a thorough young man he decided that in order to make wine in Central Otago he needed to know the vineyard first so spent a year working with Blair, our viticulturist before being appointed as Carrick Winemaker in August 2011. He has a particular interest in organic and biodynamic growing of grapes and wine production, so was specially delighted to be the first Carrick winemaker when we were able to show the world our organic certification on our 2012 botttlings.
Viticulturalist: Blair Deaker Originally a Cromwell boy but has been away for a significant time. Returned to Cromwell and Carrick from Villa Maria organic vineyards and has been instrumental in moving Carrick towards its organic status. Great with people, hens, dogs, vegetable gardens, phases of the moon, brews for our compost and of course vineyards
General Manager: Steve Green the founder of Carrick is multi skilled and busy! Initially involved in the development of the vineyards and the setting of the winery, his skills and experience in the wine industry help define Carrick as one of the leading Central Otago wineries. As well as guiding and promoting Carrick wines in the local and international markets, Steve is on the Board of Wine New Zealand, and has been both the chairperson of Central Otago Pinot Noir Limited, the highly successful marketing arm of Central Otago and also the President of the Central Otago Winegrowers Association. He travels the world on Carrick's behalf but likes nothing better than to be in a back country hut enjoying a bottle of Carrick Pinot Noir. g
Sort by:
Carrick Bannockburn Chardonnay 2018

Carrick Bannockburn Chardonnay 2018

Central Otago, New Zealand
  • No it’s not a MOA, it is a Central Otago Chardy!
  • A rare grape variety in this neck of the woods, but Carrick create a stunning chardonnay with Chablis like flavour.
  • Carrick’s (winemaker Rosie has done an outstanding job balancing the characters of this wine. The interwoven flavours of mouth-watering citrus with crisp acidity and rich minerality with unctuous sweet almond cream are well linked in perfect harmony just like the ‘Carrick Bend Knot’ that represents the company.
  • Case of 6 ($30.90/bottle)

Experience more about this wine….

RRP $34.99
$31.90
Bottle/Case
Qty.
Carrick Josephine Riesling 2023

Carrick Josephine Riesling 2023

Central Otago, New Zealand
  • Josephine is Carrick’s sweet little number, named after a version of the wineries Carrick knot emblem
  • Started from a research block and got the nod after some ‘research tasting’ – must be some talented wine researchers at Carrick
  • Not a full blown sticky but sweet-tooths will enjoy 48/L of sugar in this well balanced Riesling
  • Case of 6 ($25.90/bottle)
RRP $32.99
$31.90
Bottle/Case
Qty.
Carrick Unravelled Pinot Noir 2021

Carrick Unravelled Pinot Noir 2021

Central Otago, New Zealand
  • Unravel, pure Pinot magic
  • Carrick's Unravelled shows off Central Otago Pinot Noir in a young fruit driven form, don't be fooled unravelled still has plenty of body to ravel your tastebuds around.
  • Single vineyard, certified organic, vegan friendly thanks to tremendous talents of Rosie Menzies  Unravelled ticks all the boxes....did I mention the outstandng value!
  • Case of 6 ($32.90/bottle)
RRP $34.99
$32.90
Bottle/Case
Qty.
p1  All prices are in NZ dollars including GST.       p2  Order online 24/7 365 days a year.      p3  Drink responsibly