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The Winery
Okahu Estate’s Winery is a limited production facility with a capacity of around 200 tonnes. All of the Okahu premium and Kaz ultra premium wines are handmade at the site.
Traditional winemaking techniques are used. All the grapes from Okahu’s local vineyards are hand selected and picked. The Chardonnay fruit is whole bunch pressed and receives barrel fermentation and maturation, including lees stirring. The reds are gently destemmed, allowing a high percentage of whole berry fermentation, which takes place in stainless steel vats. Hand plunging and pump overs are used to extract the best from the fruit. Reds receive up to 15 months in French and American barrels and for the most part are fined using egg whites.
Okahu has three temperature controlled barrel rooms and a range of temperature controlled stainless steel fermentation and storage tanks. The Okahu wines are produced in limited quantities and receive individual and focussed development monitoring by the wine making team.
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