Esses Estate
WINE TOUR
Kaikōura Bespoke Tours are excited to share this wonderful local success story with guests. When you book a tour with us you can add one of our amazing Wine Tasting Tours to your itinery.
Esses Estate is a premium grower-producer creating sophisticated, late-disgorged sparkling through traditional French methods. Each vintage showcases the essence of the season and the estate on which it is grown. Esses is a family owned and operated estate, with 25-year-old vines, with current releases being produced off a mere 2 hectares.
Esses Estate is only one of a handful of grower producers that specialises solely in Méthode Traditionnelle, with the aim to grow the perfect sparkling.
Kaikōura has a stunning microclimate for naturally growing Méthode, with long ripening periods that naturally create beautiful sugar and acid balance, with expressive fruit flavours. Esses Estate is surrounded by the stunning snow-capped Seaward ranges; grown on stoney soil under spectacular skies with subtle cooling by southern sea breezes. Esses, meaning multiple of the letter S, pays homage to the environment in which it grown.
Tasting Options
Classic Tasting:
$100/person
Perfect introduction to Esses Estate. This is an opportunity to sip and savour three of Esses Estates classic Méthode Traditionnelles including our ever-popular non-vintage and two vintage méthodes. Our tasting offerings change seasonally, and vintages change regularly.
Premium Tasting: $120/person
Our Premium Tasting experience incorporates a non-vintage, a vintage méthode along with a taste of one of our rare, aged vintages. This flight takes you through the experience of ageing and the impact of time on lees. It showcases the luxury of time of three distinctly different wines. Our tasting offerings change seasonally, and vintages change regularly.
