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West Brook Winery is a comfortable 15 minutes drive from downtown Auckland. From the city take the North Western Motorway and exit at the Te Atatu off ramp. Travel left along Te Atatu Road, turning right at the roundabout into Edmonton Road. Follow this through to the traffic lights at Great North Road. Proceed straight through past the K-Mart complex crossing View Road into Millbrook Road and take the first turn on your left into Awaroa Road.
A small family winery established in 1937, West Brook Winery has been making wines for many years with great success. In 1986, emphasis was shifted to producing premium varietal wines from selected regions.
The name and label of West Brook are regionally derived - Westbrooke being a small area in West Auckland situated close to the Winery. A water-driven mill is the feature on all West Brook labels, and represents those originally found in the area on the nearby waterways.
West Brook pride themselves on their friendly family atmosphere, where visitors are always welcome to stroll amongst the vines and through the technology in the winery, experiencing some of the magic and mystique involved in winemaking. The family winemaker is often on hand to talk to.
West Brook's philosophy is to produce wines from premium regions of New Zealand. These wines consistently win their share of medals at wine competitions and albeit rewarding to receive, awards are not first priority - producing varietal table wines for customers personal enjoyment is more important than what the pundits think we ought to produce. With a current crush of around one hundred tonne and a planned maximum of two hundred, each individual wine is able to be treated with hand-crafted care.
Fruit is sourced from selected vineyards predominantly in Hawkes Bay, with some varieties from Gisborne and Marlborough regions. At the Winery, the six acre home vineyard hosts Cabernet Sauvignon, the ever-popular Merlot and a new planting of Chardonnay.
Extra special parcels of fruit are ear marked for the Blue Ridge label, which is reserved by the winemaker for specially selected wines which are recognised for their distinctly unique style.
A small select range of port and sherries are also available. Wines are available through selected wine outlets and restaurants, by mail order and from the winery at 34 Awaroa Road, Henderson.
Adjoining the winery a covered BBQ area overlooking the vineyard is available most days for private functions where up to 80 people can be catered for.
Why not visit the winery to see and taste for yourself the West Brook experience.
Produced from Hawkes Bay Sauvignon Blanc, this elegantly dry wine of slightly grassy character, with soft lingering tones of tropical melon and gooseberry fruits intensifies in flavour on the back palate, giving a clean refreshingly crisp finish.
Barrel fermented with some malolactic fermentation, this wine has spent 12 months in oak, making it golden in colour with rich but subtle buttery and peachy fruit flavours, complemented by vanillin oak. A wine of weight and style, a complex delight.
This green gold coloured Chenin with soft tropical fruit flavours has residual sugar to give a refreshing medium style and a mouth watering crisp lemon finish. This wine is at home in any setting be it the barbecue or evening dinner, a fine companion with most foods, or even that casual refreshing drink.
Stop fermented, this Riesling, medium in sweetness is brimming with citric / limey fruitiness. An elegant, crisp wine full of Riesling character. Further cellaring of these fine qualities will develop a truly great wine.
Medium in sweetness, offering a pleasant fruit character, this full but delicately aromatic wine captures the unique spicy characteristics of this variety, ensuring a very appealing and lingering finish.
Tropical fruit and citrus aromas are overlaid with distinctively varietal green, herbaceous tones. On the palate fresh tropical fruit and citrus characters are penetrated by ripe green-edged flavours and balanced by crisp, tangy acidity, finishing long and satisfying.
An intensely coloured, purple hued red, with attractively rich, sweet berry fruit aromas complemented with cedarwood. The palate is beautifully rounded, showing appealing chocolate and spice flavours that intensify and linger adding complexity and balance.
A purple hued, medium bodied red with slightly earthy and cigar box characters on the nose. The palate has rich fruit flavours, soft tannins and a delicate oak balance. A soft style suitable for most occasions.