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• Located on the east coast of the North Island in and around the cities of Napier and Hastings
• New Zealand’s oldest wine producing area and is the country’s leading producer of red and second largest wine production region
• Over 80% of New Zealand’s plantings of Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah grapes are here
• Diverse climate and soils from hot, shingle soils of the Gimblett Road area to the cool, higher altitude vineyards of central Hawkes Bay
• Premiere area for bordeaux blend reds ( Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Cabernet Franc) in New Zealand and a promising area for Syrah and Malbec
• Also see complex full-bodied Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc and lately Viognier
• Gimblett Gravels, a sub-region which has achieved international renown, boasts free draining soil and a slightly higher temperature than the rest of the Hawkes Bay (particularly suitable to grow the Bordeaux red varieties)