Swift - Gamay Noir 2022

Swift - Gamay Noir 2022

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Description

This luscious number turns traditional Gamay on its head — dusty ruby red in colour with aromas of bubble gum, red plum, and a touch of spicy complexity. The palate is bursting with crunchy red fruits & a lovely acid backbone that dances all the way down the throat. 

 

As with all our wines, the Gamay Noir is its own entity (no recipe winemaking going on here!). We respond to the grapes and do what’s needed, always aiming for as little intervention as possible which allows the wine to truly sing with a sense of place.

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Swift Wines

“I love solving problems and encountering new challenges.”


Lauren Swift, the winemaker at Ash Ridge Wines, is a rising star in the wine industry. She is energetic and forward thinking, and totally enchanted by wine. Our conversation took place in the winery’s cellar door that features patio seating overlooking grapevines and olive trees.


Lauren grew up in Marlborough, a city south of Blenheim on the South Island. She remembers always working hard, first in the family’s apple orchard, and then after it was ripped out and replanted with grapes, in the new vineyards. Working in the vineyards coupled with attending weekly international food events with “WWOOFers” (aka Willing Workers On Organic Farms) from other countries, inspired Lauren to take a gap year in Great Britain to work with other 18 year olds with a farming background, and she had a great time.


“I returned with no plans but I knew I hated working in vineyards.” As fate would have it, her mother found her a well-paying job in a vineyard in Blenheim. The vineyard was French-owned, and the owners “devoted time and effort to education.” Lauren found much to her surprise that she loved the work! The next year she decided to study winemaking at the Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT) in Hawke’s Bay. Her extensive vineyard experience gave Lauren a good grounding for her degree and made her competitive for part-time work pruning vineyards, which provided financial support while going to school.


 

  

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Hawkes Bay

Sunny Hawkes Bay is along the eastern coast of New Zealand's north island. It is here where some of the most fruit-forward wines come from. They are known for their tropical Chardonnays and their juicy reds from the excellent Bordeaux wines to the peppery Syrahs.