Elston derives its name from the village near Newark in Nottinghamshire where Elston Hall is renowned as the ancestral home of The Darwins of the noted "Theory of Evolution”.
The separate parcels of grapes for Elston were hand harvested from their individual plots within Te Mata Estate’s vineyards. Each parcel was gently whole-cluster pressed, cold settled, and racked to new and seasoned French oak barrels for fermentation. The resulting wines remained in contact with their yeast lees while undergoing complete malolactic fermentation and were matured in barrel for a total of nine months.
Elston has a light golden colour with green lights and aromas of ripe lemons, stonefruits, nuts and oatmeal. The same characteriistics Elston will continue to develop in bottle for five years from harvest and matches well with full flavoured dishes based on seafood, poultry and white meats as well as soft ripened cheeses.
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