Highway 50

An extensive area of “red metal” Takapau silt and sandy loam soils immediately south of the Bridge pa Triangle on State Highway 50, but also extending west from the small settlement of Maraekakaho through the adjoining Kereru Road. In recent years substantial plantings have been developed over this area by corporate wine investors and other boutique wineries. In Hawke’s Bay the Takapau soil series have made a unique and outstanding contribution to the Hawke’s Bay wine Industry over the past decade and as a result have become highly sought after as a preferred medium for premium wine grape production. As with the Gimblett gravel soils, the free draining “red metal’ (volcanic scoria) content of these soils results in a warm, early ripening environment and in the Highway 50 area have proven ideal for a similar range of grape varieties.

Filed under: Hawkes Bay, Vineyards