Immigrants Vineyard

About Winery and Wines

Immigrant's Vineyard comprises of 23ha of land, with 20ha planted in mainly Pinot Noir grapes and 4ha of Pinot Gris, plus a small amount of Gewürztraminer. The main clone varieties used for the Pinot Noir are clones 5,6,667,777 and 115. For the Pinot Gris the clones used are Berrysmith, 40a, 7a and Selovaille. The vineyard has two terraces, with the top being extremely bony, sandy near "hydroponic" soils. The bottom terrace has far more organic matter, mixed in with the sandy soil. Through fertigation, we irrigate and feed the vines to prevent them from stressing out. Especially the top terrace as it has very little cation exchange capacity. Through the application of fish fertilisers/seaweed/humates and re-sowing of the swards, an effort is being made to increase the organic matter. Every second row was turned and sown with Phacelia, Blue Lupin, Plantain, Tic Beans, Buckwheat and white oats. We are just starting a replanting regime around the irrigation pond. We removed the willow trees and are looking at planting Toi Toi's , Flax and some Central Otago native trees and shrubs.