2021 was an outstanding Hawkes Bay vintage and will be remembered for a long time due to the high quality of wines produced. Lovely sunny days and heat throughout the growing season was offset by cool night-time temperatures ensuring concentration, ripeness, and good natural acidity in the grapes. Moderated yielding vines were harvested relatively early with the fruit in excellent condition.

The Twyford Gravels vineyard is located right in the middle of the Gimblett Gravels, a small sub-region of Hawkes Bay renowned for producing some of New Zealand's finest red wines. The soil is made up of consistent free draining gravel which ensures naturally low yields and the heat from the sun continues to radiate from the stones throughout the evening promoting ripeness in the berries. The block selected for this single vineyard wine is the stoniest part of the vineyard planted with the Hawkes Bay heritage Limmer clone.