The Hawke's Bay wine region is New Zealand's oldest and second-largest wine-production region, on the east coast of the North Island. Production reached 41,000 tonnes in 2018 from 4,681 hectares of planted vines, representing 10.2% of total national production. Some of the oldest wineries still operating in New Zealand, including Te Mata Estate, Church Road, and Mission Estate, were established in the Hawke's Bay area in the late 19th century. Despite this, it was only established as a geographical indication (GI) in 2018. The GI protects any wine produced within the boundaries of the entire Hawke's Bay Region, but in practice the vineyards are chiefly concentrated in the plains and low hills surrounding the cities of Napier and Hastings.
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Hawke's Bay is a wine region, New Zealand. We track 45 of its wines in stock at 17 shops, from 12 wine houses, from € 13.25; mostly red, white.
- Country
- New Zealand
- In our wines
- Chardonnay, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon
- Styles
- Red 29 · White 16
- Prices
- from € 13.25 · median € 33.50 / 75 cl
Vintages
per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote| Vintage | Wines | From | Median / 75 cl | Critics' score | Growing season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | – | – | – | warmwet +0.8 °C · 1,544 GDD · 152 % rain |
| 2025 | 1 | € 19.08 | € 19.08 | – | warm +0.5 °C · 1,479 GDD · 97 % rain |
| 2024 | 5 | € 27.52 | € 41.82 | 95.5 (2 wines) | average +0.4 °C · 1,456 GDD · 105 % rain |
| 2023 | 2 | € 22.74 | € 25.13 | – | averagewet +0.1 °C · 1,392 GDD · 223 % rain |
| 2022 | 5 | € 15.00 | € 25.72 | 93.0 (1 wine) | warmwetwet harvest +0.8 °C · 1,541 GDD · 192 % rain |
| 2021 | 4 | € 13.25 | € 29.49 | – | average +0.4 °C · 1,463 GDD · 94 % rain |
| 2020 | 5 | € 21.00 | € 25.95 | – | warm +0.7 °C · 1,511 GDD · 75 % rain |
| 2019 | 3 | € 36.95 | € 53.60 | – | warm +0.6 °C · 1,514 GDD · 110 % rain |
| 2018 | 3 | € 25.00 | € 27.95 | – | warmwet harvest +0.8 °C · 1,551 GDD · 107 % rain |
| 2017 | 1 | € 21.95 | € 21.95 | – | averagewetwet harvest +0.4 °C · 1,466 GDD · 138 % rain |
| 2016 | 2 | € 21.00 | € 43.11 | – | warm +0.5 °C · 1,482 GDD · 75 % rain |
| 2015 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,357 GDD · 83 % rain |
| 2014 | – | – | – | – | average +0.4 °C · 1,470 GDD · 89 % rain |
| 2013 | – | – | – | – | averagedrydry harvest +0.3 °C · 1,436 GDD · 55 % rain |
| 2012 | – | – | – | – | coolwet harvest −0.8 °C · 1,210 GDD · 129 % rain |
| 2011 | – | – | – | – | averagewetwet harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,376 GDD · 159 % rain |
| 2010 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest −0.3 °C · 1,307 GDD · 111 % rain |
| 2009 | – | – | – | – | averagedry +0.3 °C · 1,434 GDD · 64 % rain |
| 2008 | – | – | – | – | average +0.1 °C · 1,405 GDD · 89 % rain |
| 2007 | – | – | – | – | average −0.3 °C · 1,312 GDD · 77 % rain |
| 2006 | – | – | – | – | averagewet +0.3 °C · 1,443 GDD · 135 % rain |
| 2005 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest −0.1 °C · 1,342 GDD · 118 % rain |
| 2004 | – | – | – | – | average −0.3 °C · 1,308 GDD · 115 % rain |
| 2003 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 1,299 GDD · 74 % rain |
| 2002 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest +0.3 °C · 1,442 GDD · 99 % rain |
| 2001 | – | – | – | – | average +0.1 °C · 1,388 GDD · 73 % rain |
| 2000 | – | – | – | – | average +0.2 °C · 1,418 GDD · 86 % rain |
| 1999 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.8 °C · 1,545 GDD · 96 % rain |
| 1998 | – | – | – | – | hotdrydry harvest +1.3 °C · 1,656 GDD · 49 % rain |
| 1997 | – | – | – | – | coolwet harvest −0.9 °C · 1,174 GDD · 119 % rain |
| 1996 | – | – | – | – | averagewet −0.2 °C · 1,343 GDD · 134 % rain |
| 1995 | – | – | – | – | average +0.1 °C · 1,407 GDD · 100 % rain |
| 1994 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.6 °C · 1,256 GDD · 72 % rain |
| 1993 | – | – | – | – | coldwet −1.7 °C · 1,023 GDD · 159 % rain |
| 1992 | – | – | – | – | colddry −1.0 °C · 1,158 GDD · 65 % rain |
| 1991 | – | – | – | – | average ±0.0 °C · 1,371 GDD · 127 % rain |
| 1990 | – | – | – | – | warmwet harvest +0.7 °C · 1,527 GDD · 109 % rain |
| 1989 | – | – | – | – | average +0.4 °C · 1,456 GDD · 76 % rain |
| 1988 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,366 GDD · 116 % rain |
| 1987 | – | – | – | – | averagewetwet harvest −0.4 °C · 1,301 GDD · 147 % rain |
| 1986 | – | – | – | – | average +0.2 °C · 1,419 GDD · 84 % rain |
| 1985 | – | – | – | – | warmwet harvest +0.6 °C · 1,513 GDD · 92 % rain |
| 1984 | – | – | – | – | average −0.3 °C · 1,316 GDD · 91 % rain |
| 1983 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest −0.1 °C · 1,346 GDD · 78 % rain |
| 1982 | – | – | – | – | averagedrydry harvest +0.2 °C · 1,417 GDD · 67 % rain |
Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Hawke's Bay's 1991–2020 normal (hot: 1 °C or more above, warm: 0.5 °C, cool/cold below), growing degree days (warmth for the vines, base 10 °C) and rain against normal, with the harvest month (September/March) flagged when very wet or dry. Monthly data from NASA POWER (MERRA-2) at one point in the region. The current year is compared with the same months of a normal year (“so far”); its latest months are preliminary and revised by NASA later.
Critics' score: the average of the best 100-point score quoted for each wine of that vintage, as the shops quote them. A few quoted wines make a thin average; the number of wines is in brackets.
Te Mata 11 · Esk Valley 5 · Kumeu River 5 · Radburnd Cellars 3 · Villa Maria Estate 2 · Pyramid Valley 1 · Ta Mata 1 · Pask Winery 1 · Eva Pemper 1 · Global Endeavours UK Co. Ltd 1 · Monowai 1 · 14754 HaHa Wine. Int Vervoer Fr Hendrickx 1