THREE FATES ARNEIS 2025

Winery notes (2025 Vintage)
"From a dry-farmed block in the Havelock Hills, Hawke’s Bay, managed by our friend Bridget Wilton. The bunches here resemble those we’d come to know in
the Noetzli vineyard; small but bearing giant shoulders and plump, green jube-like berries, packed with flavour.

Handpicked and whole-bunch pressed, with the juice settled overnight before being racked to a seasoned puncheon and barrique for a natural fermentation. The wine spent 11 months on lees with moderate stirring.

A charmingly pretty wine, the ever unsuspecting Arneis hits you with complexity. At first approach you’re met with pear, citrus and apricot, but returning to the glass reveals notes of toffee, orange sherbet, chamomile and sweet dill and fennel. A ripe yet refined expression, with well-balanced acidity keeping the palate lively and readying this to be a great food pairing wine."

91/100 Stephen Wong MW, The Real Review, May 2026 (2025 Vintage)
"Fresh and lifted aromas of sweet almond, apple, angelica, lemon peel and linden flowers evolve into a silky, seamless palate with notable weight. The concentrated flavours of almond meal, sour cream, grapefruit and fennel bulb remain bright and tight, supported by taut acidity with long wet stone notes on the bone-dry finish. Very fine pithy phenolics add interest on the back. Approachable now with mid-term upside."