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Nga Pari Vineyard @ Cottier Estate
East Taratahi 5887 · New Zealand
What you receive
A year of the vintage, in your hands.
01
Samples all season
Verijuice, post-ferment, barrel, and finished wine — shipped as the vintage takes shape.
02
A vote at every fork
Pick date, oak, and where the blend lands. The winemaker lays out the options; you choose.
03
Watch it live
Livestream access to harvest at dawn, the cellar, and bottling day, from anywhere.
04
Your bottles at release
Allocated pro-rata to your vines, with your Crew's name on the back label.
Vine to bottle
You’re there for the whole year.
We farm the vineyard every month of it. The filled stops are where a call comes to you: in a Crew you vote on it with the other members; on a whole-block lease it’s yours alone.
Jul
Dormant pruning
Cane counts set the size of the crop.
Aug
Cane tying
Sep
Bud break
Oct
Shoots grow
Nov
Flowering
Dec
Fruit set
Jan
Canopy
Feb
Véraison
A verijuice sample ships to you.
Mar
Harvest
Your call · Pick date
The winemaker brings the ripeness numbers and the forecast. Pick now, or wait.
Apr
Cap punch
A post-ferment sample ships to you. On a whole-block lease, fermentation is your call too.
May
Barrel down
Your call · Oak
How much new wood, and how long the wine spends in barrel.
Jun
Barrel samples
A barrel sample ships to you.
Then
Blend & bottle
Your call · The blend
Where the final wine lands inside the winemaker's range — then bottling day.
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The place
Why the wine tastes like East Taratahi 5887.
Situated in the picturesque East Taratahi region of New Zealand, Nga Pari Vineyard @ Cottier Estate boasts a commitment to sustainable winemaking and organic farming practices. The vineyard benefits from a unique microclimate that enhances the expression of its varietals, particularly the crisp, aromatic Sauvignon Blanc and the elegant, complex Pinot Noir. With a focus on low-intervention techniques, the estate produces wines that truly reflect the distinctive terroir of the region.
- Region
- East Taratahi 5887, New Zealand
- Soil
- Sandy loam with excellent drainage over a gravelly subsoil
- Climate
- Temperate maritime climate with mild summers (75-82°F) and cool nights (50-55°F), 220 sunny days annually, 30 inches rainfall primarily in winter
- Elevation
- 100-150 meters above sea level
- Varietals
- Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Noir, Chardonnay
Follow the season
The East Taratahi 5887 growing year, by the numbers.
Weather is live and real, updated hourly. The season curve is typical for this region’s latitude and climate, replaced by your Crew’s readings once farming begins.
58% humidity · wind 15 km/h
83 growing degree days · last 90 days
Last 14 days · high / low °C
7-day forecast
Sun
16°
5°
Light
Mon
20°
4°
Overc
Tue
18°
8°
Overc
Wed
20°
7°
Mainl
Thu
22°
7°
Clear
Fri
22°
9°
Overc
Sat
21°
9°
Partl
Hemisphere
Right now
Harvest
Target ripeness
Shoots away and growing — canopy filling in nicely
4h ago
Flowering underway on the home block; even fruit set looking likely
Yesterday
Soil moisture steady after last week's rain
2 days ago
Crew poll opening soon: green-harvest drop or full crop?
3 days ago
First shoot-thinning pass completed across the lower rows
5 days ago
Example activity. Your Crew’s feed from East Taratahi 5887 appears here once the vintage begins.
BarrelLogicSeason progress
Typical · Oct–Mar
Typical ripeness
Typical · véraison to harvest
Beyond the bottle
Your vintage, end to end.
Lease it here, follow and steer it in BarrelLogic, and taste the wider world at BarrelTaster. Three sites, one vintage.
01 · Lease it
SplitVineyards
Your own vineyard. Without the work.
Your vines in East Taratahi 5887 and the wine they make — a few by the vine, or the whole block.
You're here02 · Follow & decide it
BarrelLogic
The operating system for modern winemakers.
Track your vintage from bud break to barrel — ripeness, the cellar, samples, and every winemaking vote — in the winery's operating system.
Visit BarrelLogic03 · Taste first
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Tell us what you'd want
Nothing is open at Nga Pari Vineyard @ Cottier Estate yet.
This page marks a vineyard we'd like to work with, not one we have an agreement with. Tell us what you'd want here. When enough people ask, we go to the estate with the demand already in hand — and you'll be the first to know what they say.
Buy with confidence
Owning a vintage, without the worry.
This listing opens with the 2027 vintage. Questions about delivery, timing, or how a season runs where you live? Ask before you commit.
Talk to us firstGuest checkout
No account until you pay. We create it from your email so you can follow your vines.
Secure checkout
Payments are handled by Stripe. We never see or store your card details.
We farm it
Pruning, canopy, harvest and the cellar work are done for you. The winemaking calls come to you.
Real provenance
Your bottles are tied to your vines, with your Crew's name on the back label. Lease the whole block and your own name goes on it.
A deposit, then the lease
A $500 deposit holds a whole-block lease while the winery confirms the yearly price and the three-year terms with you. It's fully refundable from your account until you sign.
Ships within the US
To most states. Outside the US: storage, pickup at the estate, or a US address.
No — check out as a guest. We create your account after you pay so you can follow your vines and manage shipments.
Make the East Taratahi 5887 vintage yours.
Buy a few vines or lease the whole block — no account needed until checkout. We farm it; you make the calls, and the wine is yours.
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