Alpha Domus
Merlin
Wine Club
Merlin Wine Club – Named after the amazing Rolls Royce engine used in the spitfire aircraft.
Become a Merlin and have consistently good quality wines conveniently delivered to your door. Choose from our 5 bespoke Merlin packs, all designed with your personal preferences in mind and giving you a personal connection to us here at Alpha Domus. Each pack contains 6 handcrafted wines.
Merlin Mixed Pack
1
An all occasion mix. You’ll receive 6 carefully selected premium wines, seasonal and new releases, choosing your own shipment frequency. Upon joining you can look forward to receiving your first Merlin delivery. The 6 wines listed are in the current pack.
$150 per shipment
Collection Rosé
Perfect noon to night for Rosé lovers just like us. Harvested early at optimal ripeness for rosé, the juice is quickly and gently pressed off skins to produce lightly coloured wine with perfect balance of fruit flavour, texture, and brightness of acidity. Cool and slow fermentation protects the subtle fruit aromas and beautiful pink hues. Merlot is the main variety with support from Cabernet Franc and Malbec.
The Skybolt Chardonnay
Sold Out. The lithe Skybolt is a captivating combination; its a biplane with an open cockpit and wooden wings, built for aerobatics. Equally capitivating the Skybolt Chardonnay is a friendly style. Grapes were harvested from 3 different clones specially selected for their generous fruit character, palate, weight and richness. The wine offers lovely fruit purity together with silky texture and generosity.
The Wingwalker Viognier
Viognier has the narrowest of windows to harvest the fruit at optimal flavour, sugar and acidity. The best flavours come right at the end of ripening and can dissipate quickly if left too long, luckily our Viognier is located right next to the winery. Fermented with selected yeasts that maximise aromatic potential in Viognier, then matured on light yeast lees for a fuller smoother mouthfeel. An enticing bouquet of floral aromas, freesia and marzipan, along with peach and apricot. A dry finish, complemented by soft acidity and long lasting flavours. It's delightful as an aperitif and an enjoyable compliment to your seafood, white meats and vegetable dishes.
The Barnstormer Syrah
Grapes were picked in several passes from our estate vineyard to obtain a range of ripeness levels and to add complexity. The grapes were gently destemmed and lightly crushed to purpose built red fermentation tanks. This is an aromatic Syrah, medium bodied with flavours of dark berry fruits black olive and savoury tones. French oak imparts spice and vanilla. Soft supple tannins and a lingering finish make this an excellent food wine. Barnstormers were dare devil stunt pilots who roamed the country side in the roaring twenties, bringing aerial excitement to a public thirsty for this wild new thrill.
The Fox Moth Merlot
A blend of five individual parcels of Merlot from the vineyard, each parcel fermented, then matured in barrel separately. Fruit from older vines contribute depth and richness to the wine, while fruit from younger vines give vibrancy and beautiful colour. Individual barrels were selected for this wine based on quality of texture and tannins. Wonderfully expressive and beautifully fruited, medium-full bodied with dark red plums, chocolate, boysenberry and savoury tones. A lovely expression of the variety offering excellent drinkability. Soft supple tannins and a lingering finish make this an excellent food wine ideally suited to red meat dishes and those casual pizza and pasta dinners.
The Navigator Red Blend
A stylish Hawke's Bay blend that has chartered our way, a wine with a strong character and a strong following. Blended from the best blocks from our estate, we use a variety of clones, each block fermented then matured in oak barrels as stand alone parcels. After 12 months initial maturation, each barrel was tasted and scored with only the best making the cut for The Navigator. Softly concentrated with deep and dense aromas of plush red fruits, cocoa, spice and cedar, the palate is medium-full bodied with rich and succulent flavours. The long finish and fine tannins make this an ideal accompaniment for your beef dishes, richly flavoured foods and cheeses. Merlot 39%, Cabernet Sauvignon 36%, Cabernet Franc 18%, Malbec 5%, Petit Verdot 2%.
Bubbles & Rosé Pack
2
Celebratory times, festive days, long lunches, or maybe it's just Friday evening with those special people in your life. Choose your own shipment frequency and upon joining you can look forward to receiving your first Merlin delivery.
$120 per shipment
Cumulus Méthode Traditionelle
Our Cumulus Méthode Traditionelle Blanc de Blanc with zero dosage, is a return to natural authenticity. The grapes were hand harvested and whole bunch pressed from our clone 6 Chardonnay planted in 1991. This Chardonnay clone has been specifically selected for its citrus freshness and light elegant structure on the palate. Cumulus exhibits a fine and persistent bead with creamy brioche aromas from time on yeast lees in the bottle and is elegantly dry in style.
Collection Rosé
Perfect noon to night for Rosé lovers just like us. Harvested early at optimal ripeness for rosé, the juice is quickly and gently pressed off skins to produce lightly coloured wine with perfect balance of fruit flavour, texture, and brightness of acidity. Cool and slow fermentation protects the subtle fruit aromas and beautiful pink hues. Merlot is the main variety with support from Cabernet Franc and Malbec.
Beatrix Sparkling Rosé
First created in 2016, the whimsical brainchild of third generation Beatrix Ham, Beatrix Sparkling Rosé is a personal passion project. Merlot grapes were harvested early at optimal ripeness for sparkling wine. Our vineyard has the perfect climate and soil for growing Merlot. Only free run and light press juice was used, ensuring a perfect balance of freshness and weight. A quintessential favourite that can be enjoyed all year round.
White Wines Pack
3
Amiable companions that enhance an array of dishes and occasions. Choose your own shipment frequency and upon joining you can look forward to receiving your first Merlin delivery.
$150 per shipment
The Batten Chardonnay
The fruit for The Batten Chardonnay was harvested from the best parcels of Clone 15 grapes. Handpicked and whole bunch pressed the juice was transferred to 100% French oak barriques and puncheons, 46% new. Lees stirring took place for several months to increase the palate weight and roundness. The Batten is powerful and complex yet balanced, showing golden peach, baked fig, spicy oak and vanilla characters. The palate has excellent concentration with a very long sumptuous and layered mineral finish.
Jean Batten 1909 - 1982; A celebrated and true heroine of New Zealand aviation history.
The Wingwalker Viognier
Viognier has the narrowest of windows to harvest the fruit at optimal flavour, sugar and acidity. The best flavours come right at the end of ripening and can dissipate quickly if left too long, luckily our Viognier is located right next to the winery. Fermented with selected yeasts that maximise aromatic potential in Viognier, then matured on light yeast lees for a fuller smoother mouthfeel. An enticing bouquet of floral aromas, freesia and marzipan, along with peach and apricot. A dry finish, complemented by soft acidity and long lasting flavours. It's delightful as an aperitif and an enjoyable compliment to your seafood, white meats and vegetable dishes.
The Skybolt Chardonnay
Sold Out. The lithe Skybolt is a captivating combination; its a biplane with an open cockpit and wooden wings, built for aerobatics. Equally capitivating the Skybolt Chardonnay is a friendly style. Grapes were harvested from 3 different clones specially selected for their generous fruit character, palate, weight and richness. The wine offers lovely fruit purity together with silky texture and generosity.
The Aviatrix Dry Semillon
The Aviatrix is a textual and moreish experience made with a gentle hand and a non-interventionist approach. The aromas hint of star jasmine and zesty meyer lemon, the palate has lemon curd and white fleshed nectarine. There is a creamy complexity from time on lees in barrel, coupled with brulee and toffee notes typical of Semillon. Wild fermentation gives this subtle and long lived dry white wine a flint gunsmoke edge. Cellaring will reward the Semillon fan.
Red Wines Pack
4
Quintessential reds from the heart of Alpha Domus, classic congenial wines that don't disappoint and are always a pleasure. Choose your own shipment frequency and upon joining you can look forward to receiving your first Merlin delivery.
$150 per shipment
The Barnstormer Syrah
Grapes were picked in several passes from our estate vineyard to obtain a range of ripeness levels and to add complexity. The grapes were gently destemmed and lightly crushed to purpose built red fermentation tanks. This is an aromatic Syrah, medium bodied with flavours of dark berry fruits black olive and savoury tones. French oak imparts spice and vanilla. Soft supple tannins and a lingering finish make this an excellent food wine. Barnstormers were dare devil stunt pilots who roamed the country side in the roaring twenties, bringing aerial excitement to a public thirsty for this wild new thrill.
The Fox Moth Merlot
A blend of five individual parcels of Merlot from the vineyard, each parcel fermented, then matured in barrel separately. Fruit from older vines contribute depth and richness to the wine, while fruit from younger vines give vibrancy and beautiful colour. Individual barrels were selected for this wine based on quality of texture and tannins. Wonderfully expressive and beautifully fruited, medium-full bodied with dark red plums, chocolate, boysenberry and savoury tones. A lovely expression of the variety offering excellent drinkability. Soft supple tannins and a lingering finish make this an excellent food wine ideally suited to red meat dishes and those casual pizza and pasta dinners.
The Navigator Red Blend
A stylish Hawke's Bay blend that has chartered our way, a wine with a strong character and a strong following. Blended from the best blocks from our estate, we use a variety of clones, each block fermented then matured in oak barrels as stand alone parcels. After 12 months initial maturation, each barrel was tasted and scored with only the best making the cut for The Navigator. Softly concentrated with deep and dense aromas of plush red fruits, cocoa, spice and cedar, the palate is medium-full bodied with rich and succulent flavours. The long finish and fine tannins make this an ideal accompaniment for your beef dishes, richly flavoured foods and cheeses. Merlot 39%, Cabernet Sauvignon 36%, Cabernet Franc 18%, Malbec 5%, Petit Verdot 2%.
Special Reserve Selection
5
From our unique place and from our finest parcels you can enjoy these premium wines now, or let cellaring and time enhance the enjoyment. Choose your own shipment frequency and upon joining you can look forward to receiving your first Merlin delivery.
$290 per shipment
The Aviator Red Blend
The Aviator is classical in style with a seamless integration of fruit, oak structure and bouquet, hallmarks of truly great world class Cabernet Blends. Cabernet Sauvignon dominant with Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Malbec this is a very elegant rich wine, showing lovely delicacy and depth. The grapes were brought into the winery at perfect ripeness where traditional Bordeaux winemaking practices are combined with methods that enhance the best of our Hawke's Bay terroir. 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 26% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Franc, 1% Malbec
The Ace Syrah
Lavished with care and attention in the vineyard, we’ve let the exceptional grapes take centre stage in the winemaking process. The 2018 vintage gave us the opportunity to pick Syrah grapes with unparalleled flavour and balanced acidity. The grapes were gently destemmed and lightly crushed to open top red fermentation vats. Soft velvety tannins give way to a generous but balanced palate and a long, lingering finish. Young and vibrant now but cellaring will reward the patient Syrah lover.
The Batten Chardonnay
The fruit for The Batten Chardonnay was harvested from the best parcels of Clone 15 grapes. Handpicked and whole bunch pressed the juice was transferred to 100% French oak barriques and puncheons, 46% new. Lees stirring took place for several months to increase the palate weight and roundness. The Batten is powerful and complex yet balanced, showing golden peach, baked fig, spicy oak and vanilla characters. The palate has excellent concentration with a very long sumptuous and layered mineral finish.
Jean Batten 1909 - 1982; A celebrated and true heroine of New Zealand aviation history.
FAQ
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