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In the South Wairarapa valley on the North Island of New Zealand, in a small picturesque town, Murdoch James Estate is one of Martinborough’s pioneering wineries. It was established over 20 years ago when, Roger and Jill Fraser, first planted Pinot Noir and Syrah on the river-stone terraces of the region with the focus on producing wines of distinction. Murdoch James wines are named in memory of founder Roger Fraser’s father. Today, Roger’s son Carl Fraser is a winemaker.

Murdoch James Estate vineyards enjoy premium grape growing soil conditions with a mixture of calciferous lime, clay and river silts with a high mineral content. The action of the Australian tectonic plate, scraping the bed of the Pacific plate millions of years ago, gave rise to the limestone rich hills of the High Block Vineyard of Murdoch James Estate, Martinborough. The lime and clay based soils of the vineyard allows white wines a vibrant fruit flavor with a long, lingering, mineral finish, and red wines of complexity and character. True to their terroir, the wines of Murdoch James Martinborough are rich in flavor and elegant in structure.