Terra Sancta Mysterious Diggings Blanc de Noir

A wise man once said “find the best vineyard sites you can because you can’t out perform your vineyards.” So they found the Sancta vineyard on the now world famous Felton Road in Bannockburn and set up shop.

Terra Sancta. It means sacred earth, holy land and there’s definitely something pretty bloody special about this little corner of the wine world. It’s home to the first vines planted in Bannockburn. And the firsts don’t stop there, these guys can also claim to be the first producer of a wine based Botanical Aperitivo in NZ, the first to plant the Lagrien variety, the first super premium Rosé and the first Rosé producer to make Michael Cooper’s “Super Classic” list.

Once upon a time Otago was all about rabbits and gold. The gold’s gone and the Rabbits are stew – now it’s the grapes that are worth their weight in gold (and especially Pinot Noir!) in these neck of the woods. The Mysterious Diggings label is named after those mining days of old.

This the debut release of the Terra Sancta Mysterious Diggings Blanc de Noir and if you’re a fan of the cult wine Wooing Tree Blondie then you’ll love this! The word ‘Blanc de Noir’ literally means ‘white from blacks’ in French and, as the name suggests, it’s a white wine (essentially a Rosé in this case) made from dark skinned grapes and in this case 100% hand picked, organically grown Pinot Noir grapes from Felton Road.

The wine is picked, destemmed and pressed and spends no time on the skins giving it this gorgeous Champagne colour!

As the TS crew describe it “With flavours and energy as vibrant as the Otago sun in December, this is an interesting, delicious wine delivering exceptional value. Sure to delight the wine curious and elevate any occasion.”