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Fancrest Estate Di's Pinot Noir wins bronze for both 2007 and 2009 vintages in the
2011 International Wine and Spirit Competition
Founded in 1969, the IWSC is considered to be the oldest and most prestigious competition of its kind. The awards given by the competition are believed to be among some of the highest honours in the industry. Judging includes a blind tasting consisting of panels selected from over 300 fully experienced and qualified industry judges followed by a detailed chemical analysis.
Fancrest Estate's entires came from young pinot noir grape vines planted on our limestone fan in Waipara New Zealand in 2003. These vines have had a hard life slowly pushing their roots through inhospitable limestone soils on a site managed organically from the outset. No cushy start for them!
Winning these awards meant the judges scored these two wines somewhere between 75 -79.9. In a nutshell the judges consider our wines to be good examples, well above average! And from such young vines! We're a boutique, relatively unknown player and we hope this achievement will give wine drinkers and buyers the confidence to try our wines...
Fancrest Estate is a family owned vineyard run by Ian & Di Holding. Di grows and makes the wine. From 2011 vintage Di took a form hold of the winemaking and moved all winemaking activities back to the Estate. Given the quality of the 2011 vintage in barrel we have no doubt this was the right move for us.
Fancrest Estate selected to participate at Pinot Noir 2013
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Fancrest Estate has been selected as one of the 100 wineries that will participate at Pinot Noir 2013 to be held in Wellington from 28-31 January 2013. Over three days Pinot Noirs representing the best from Pinot Noir growing regions around NZ will be tasted by delegates and wine press from around the world.
Fancrest Estate's "baby", our 2007 Di's Pinot Noir, and our first wine to be entered into a competition, brought home a silver from the 2011 Romeo Bragato Awards. Nice to know we're on the right track...
Fancrest Estate's "baby", our 2007 Di's