Esses Estate
WINE TASTING

Kaikōura Bespoke Tours are excited to share this wonderful local success story with guests. When you book a tour with us you can add one of our amazing Wine Tastings to your itinerary.

Esses Estate is a premium grower-producer creating sophisticated, aged sparkling through traditional French methods, used for making Champagne. Each vintage showcases the essence of the season and the estate on which it is grown. Esses is a family owned and operated estate, with 25 year old vines, with current releases being produced off a mere 2 hectares.

Esses Estate is only one of a handful of grower producers that specialises solely in Méthode Traditionnelle, with the aim to grow the perfect sparkling.

Kaikōura has a stunning microclimate for naturally growing Méthode, with long ripening periods that naturally create beautiful sugar and acid balance, with expressive fruit flavours. Esses Estate is surrounded by the stunning snow-capped Seaward ranges; grown on stoney soil under spectacular skies with subtle cooling by southern sea breezes. Esses, meaning multiple of the letter "S", pays homage to the environment in which it grown.

Classic Tasting:

$100/adult

Perfect introduction to Esses Estate. This is an opportunity to sip and savour three of Esses Estates classic Méthode Traditionnelles including our ever-popular non-vintage and two vintage méthodes. Our tasting offerings change seasonally, and vintages change regularly.

Premium Tasting: $120/adult

Our Premium Tasting experience incorporates a non-vintage; a vintage méthode along with a taste of one of our rare, aged vintages. This flight takes you through the experience of ageing and the impact of time on lees. It showcases the luxury of time of three distinctly different wines.

Ultra-Premium:

$130/adult

Ultra-Premium Tasting experience incorporates a non-vintage, two vintages and aged Vintage. This tasting experience elevates the experience to dive deeper into the wine making and comparing seasonality, time on lees and styles of Méthodes.