Nineteen crimes turned convicts into colonists. Upon conviction British rogues guilty of a least one of the 19 crimes were sentenced to live in Australia, rather than death. As pioneers in a frontier penal colony, they forged a new country and new lives, brick by brick. This wine celebrates the rules they broke and the culture they built.

Bay and Barnes leaned on our cousins across the ditch for the grapes to make this classic Australian Chardonnay. Following harvest, fruit was gently pressed before settling. Specially selected yeasts were used to start fermentation. From there the wine was delicately matured on oak and lees stirred to impart lovely toasty flavours and a creamy texture.

Richly textured with fresh stonefruit, and citrus notes with toasty oak character to balance.

This creamy textured Hawke's Bay Chardonnay is unashamedly just a little bit old school. Ripe peach, tropical fruit and fragrant citrus notes are enhanced by toasty oak, wild fermentation, full malolactic and regular yeast lees string. This approach delivers layers of flavour reminiscent of toasted brioche, roasted hazelnut and sizzle butter.

The finest free run juice was barrel fermented in predominantly older French oak to produce this finely textured, elegant Chardonnay. Vibrant citrus and stonefruit flavours are overlaid with subtle creamy oak and complexities of toasted hazelnut and brioche.

Classic Chardonnay aromatics mingle in the glass with a touch of citrus peel, ripe stone fruit and toasty oak. The palate is rich and creamy with grilled peaches, lemons and brioche through the mid palate. Fine, toasted oak and balanced acidity lead to a long and satisfying finish. Enjoy alongside creamy cheeses, BBQ chicken or a porcini risotto.

The nose is bursting with melons, peach and ripe tropical and citrus fruits, followed by a generous fruit-driven palate. Classic Chardonnay roundness, giving a mouth-filling finish.

A rich and complex wine that displays intense ripe nectarine and subtle tropical fruit notes complemented by creamy, toasty oak highlights.

A complex well layered wine displaying fresh citrus, grapefruit and white pepper. The crisp acidity carries through to the pallet.

Brilliant bright straw colour in the glass with juicy fruit characters and subtle hints of vanillan oak.

The Story of Hope; Concerned by the appalling mental health statistics of NZ youth, Nathan Nola from Independent Brands reached out to Mike King from I AM HOPE Charity and the GUMBOOT FRIDAY and created a partnership - HOPE WINES was born. $1 from the sale of every bottle will be donated to Gumboot Friday - 100% of the money raised goes directly to funding free professional counselling for New Zealand youth when they need it.

Soft and fresh with creamy peaches, fresh melon and a tasted oak finish. Enjoy on its own or with white fish or creamy chicken pasta.