{"id":23185,"date":"2019-03-28T11:22:57","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T11:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/?p=23185"},"modified":"2019-03-29T08:44:17","modified_gmt":"2019-03-29T08:44:17","slug":"central-otago-14-domain-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/new-zealand\/central-otago-14-domain-road","title":{"rendered":"Central Otago (14) Domain Road"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The home vineyard, Domain Road<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Graeme and Gillian Crosbie were, like many Dunedin residents, drawn to Central Otago for summer sunshine. ‘Everyone came to Central Otago for their summer,’ says Graeme, who made his money as a property developer, ‘so we’ve had a house here since 1987. All our adult lives we’ve been interested by wine, and when we saw what was happening around us the opportunity came to purchase this land and we jumped in.’<\/p>\n

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Graeme Crosby, owner, Domain Road<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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In 2002 they bought an old apricot orchard on Domain Road in the Bannockburn subdistrict and planted 6.5 hectares of vines. A decade later they purchased more land on Felton Road and popped in another 7.5 hectares, which they named the Defiance vineyard.<\/p>\n

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Defiance vineyard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Schist soils, Defiance vineyard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Loess soils, home vineyard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The area is marked by the gold rush of the 1860s, and from the home block you can see the sluicings: large areas where hillsides were washed away in the quest for gold. They are now protected as a historical feature: the act of desecration of a landscape now redeemed.<\/p>\n

50% of their vineyard area is planted to Pinot Noir, which is a relatively low proportion for the region, which is Pinot focused. They do very attractive whites, too \u2013 including Chardonnay, Riesling, Sauvignon and Pinot Gris.<\/p>\n