Home \ Our Wines
Our Wines \

Exceptional winemaking goes into every bottle.

Wines bearing our boutique label Paritua are produced only in outstanding vintages, whilst our Stone Paddock selection of wines are made every year. Every bottle of Paritua wine comes from grapes grown on this special, single vineyard, organically farmed site.

Paritua wines are available in New Zealand, USA, UK, Denmark and China.

Read More

We invite you to experience our Paritua and Stone Paddock wines – wines that not only reflect a distinctly New Zealand style, but also our passion for quality winemaking.

Our Flagship wine the 21·12 is now available on our online wine shop.

Paritua wines are available for sale via our secure online store, by email or phone order.  Our prices are quoted in New Zealand dollars. We offer free shipping for orders of 12 bottles or more within New Zealand. For International orders please call +64 (0)6 874 9180 or email us at [email protected].

The Grapes \

All gravel soils and gentle contours, surrounded by hills and blessed with long, lingering summers and clear, crisp winters.

Exceptional conditions to create exceptional wines.

Our Wines \

Exceptional winemaking goes into every bottle.

Wines bearing our boutique label Paritua are produced only in outstanding vintages, whilst our Stone Paddock selection of wines are made every year. Every bottle of Paritua wine comes from grapes grown on this special, single vineyard, organically farmed site.

Paritua wines are available in New Zealand, USA, UK, Denmark and China.

We invite you to experience our Paritua and Stone Paddock wines – wines that not only reflect a distinctly New Zealand style, but also our passion for quality winemaking.

The 2018 vintage of our Flagship wine the 21·12 is now available on our online wine shop.

Paritua wines are available for sale via our secure online store, by email or phone order.  Our prices are quoted in New Zealand dollars. We offer free shipping for orders of 12 bottles or more within New Zealand. For International orders please call +64 (0)6 874 9180 or email us at [email protected].

The Grapes \

All gravel soils and gentle contours, surrounded by hills and blessed with long, lingering summers and clear, crisp winters.

Exceptional conditions to create exceptional wines.

21.12

Our Flagship Wine.

Made in only the very best of vintages. A Cabernet Sauvignon dominant blend with Cabernet Franc and Merlot.

The winemaking team at Paritua have one simple aim, to have 21·12 placed alongside the greatest Bordeaux Blends New Zealand has ever produced. For the release of 21·12, Paritua’s flagship wine, they went ‘Beyond Bordeaux’ and confidently lined up 21·12 shoulder to shoulder with some of New Zealand’s best Cabernet based wines.

Read More

  • “A complex and powerful wine that will age for some years to come”

    Master Sommelier Cameron Douglas \ 96 Points

  • “Set for a long life, the classy 2018 is a powerful, sturdy red.. with impressive complexity, fine tannins and a long, very harmonious finish”

    Michael Cooper \ 5 Stars

  • “Immensely complex and engaging... Concentrated and richly textured... impressively long structured finish”

    Sam Kim \. Wine Orbit \ 97 Points

  • “This is a stunning blend with concentrated flavour of perfectly ripe fruit and balanced acidity, elegantly complex barrel details on a fine structured palatel”

    Candice Chow \ Raymond Chan Wine Reviews

  • “A firmly structured wine with great cellaring potential”

    Bob Campbell \ Master of Wine

12.12

Winemakers Notes

Whole bunches are de-stemmed, and the berries are then sorted using our optical grape sorter, then crushed to a closed fermenter.

After a period of cold soak, we inoculate with preferred yeast. Temperatures are then managed to reach about 30°C. Once the ferment is dry the wine is tasted to evaluate maceration time, usually 20 to 28 days post ferment, Malolactic fermentation occurs on skins during maceration, and then finally basket pressed to barrel.

Read More

Barrels are stored in temperature-controlled rooms, at 8 degrees Celsius. We aim for about 50% new French oak barriques. Elevage in barrel will take up to 24 months. Final barrel selection and blending takes place approximately 8 weeks before bottling.

Tasting Notes

A complex aroma of blackberry, black currant, black Doris plum and cocoa powder with floral hints of violet and spicy notes of cardamom, anise and clove. The palate has great structure and intensity of flavour. A silky textured attack with plush, concentrated blackberry and firm mid palate tannin. Ripe Black Doris plum, cocoa and spice flavours with a hint of petrichor minerality and a long savoury fine grained tannin finish. The wine has fine cellaring potential. Recommended drinking from 2021 till 2036. Enjoy with red meats, hearty roasted game, and rich mushroom dishes.

Blend

Cabernet Sauvignon 65% · Merlot 20% · Cabernet Franc 15%
Alcohol: 14.5%

21.12

Our flagship wine.

Made in only the very best of vintages. A Cabernet Sauvignon dominant blend with Cabernet Franc and Merlot. The winemaking team at Paritua have one simple aim, to have 21·12 placed alongside the greatest Bordeaux Blends New Zealand has ever produced.

Read More
Paritua Range

Our best vintage expression.

The wines are made from very low yielding vines from specially selected areas of the vineyard. The grapes are hand harvested and only the very best quality fruit is used to make these wines.

Read More
Stone Paddock Range

Our finest regional wines.

The Stone Paddock Range of wines, crafted by Paritua Vineyards, represents the best of New Zealand’s diverse viticultural regions, our commitment to quality and pure varietal expression.

Read More