Owned and operated by chief winemaker Tim Turvey he established the vineyard in 1988 after being told it was ‘too cold’ to grow there. His wines are amongst the most highly decorated in New Zealand history. Over the last 15 years Clearview wines have won over 8 trophies, 33 Gold & 80 Silver medals
Production remains small for his worldwide audience and allocations into the UK will always be limited.

Old Olive Block 2005
From one of our best ever vintages, this is our ‘Cabernets’ dominant Reserve label. A classic Bordeaux style, a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Malbec. This wine has a wonderful nose and the palate is generous, warm and spicy with complex flavours of cassis and plum. Savoury cedar oak and long soft tannins finish this wine beautifully. Age from 3 to 12 years, earlier for a more fruit driven style.
The grapes were all hand picked from a mixture of our estate 20 year old vines and some fruit from Gimblett Road. The fruit was crushed and de-stemmed to 2000 litre tanks, cold macerated for 3 days and fermented with a mixture of wild and inoculated yeasts. Temperatures reached 32ºC with 4 hourly hand plunging and daily rack and returns. The wine then spent 28 days undergoing extended maceration, then was pressed to barrels for 20 months ageing.
The individual components were fermented separately and then blended at 12 months, undergoing 8 months ageing as a single parcel. The wine is made from 44% Merlot, 28% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Cabernet Franc and 5% Malbec.
13.5% Alc Vol
Gold – Bragato Wine Awards 2007 - Aug 2007
Gold – NZ International Wine Show - Sept 2007
Trophy – NZ International Wine Show - Sept 2007