{"id":5487,"date":"2022-05-07T07:44:28","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T19:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/?p=5487"},"modified":"2022-05-07T07:56:13","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T19:56:13","slug":"man-o-war-the-kulta-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/?p=5487","title":{"rendered":"Man O’ War – The Kulta Family"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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I\u2019ve been to Man O\u2019 War<\/strong> Tasting Room on Waiheke Island – like a million others have. Sat in that beautiful coastal garden setting, enjoying a glass of something yummy, lapping up the sunshine and view. I\u2019ve also been to the winery and spent a couple of hours philosophising with winemaker Duncan McTavish<\/strong> over some lovely back vintages of Dreadnought, Gravestone<\/strong> and Valhalla<\/strong>. But I have also delved into the new-ish top tier of wines that are now being produced at Man O\u2019 War – the Kulta range.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Over a series of stupendous tasting nights last year, I was introduced to this selection – a M\u00e9thode Traditionelle sparkler – Tulia<\/strong> – that echoes fine Grower Champagne; Mathilde<\/strong> – an absolutely stunning Chardonnay; Tytti<\/strong> – a right-bank Bordeaux blend red; and the Syrah – Totto<\/strong> – all of which sit very, very comfortably alongside their \u2018old world\u2019 inspirations – and the best of local competitors. Wines at the very upper echelons of New Zealand\u2019s production.<\/p>

With this in mind, I wanted to explore the idea of the \u2018Kulta Family<\/strong>\u2019 in more depth. As a membership scheme, this allows a participant to be invited \u2018beyond the gate\u2019 at Man O\u2019 War – not only securing an allocation of these extremely limited supply wines (more on that later) but also to have the opportunity to spend time and chat with the crew behind the wine in your glass (or cellar). I find that time spent exploring the origins of a wine does deepen your appreciation of drinking it, so this would probably appeal to the wine afficiando more than your Average Joe – but, then, the prices do reflect that. A Kulta Family Membership starts at $800, rising to $1425 for a year.<\/p>

Best to have another chat with Duncan McTavish then.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Duncan explains how the Kulta Family started: \u201cFirstly we just wanted to put some different wines out there, but then\u2026 how do you actually leverage off the degree of uniqueness and scarcity, and get people really interested? That\u2019s where the idea of a family came about. I\u2019ve been at Man O\u2019 War for thirteen years now, and we\u2019ve just been quietly going about our business.I was just down in Central Otago and wearing our work shirts out and about, and the amount of people that say to you \u201cOh wow – Man O\u2019 War!! What are you doing down here?\u201d Which is phenomenal because I just live up here on Waiheke and don\u2019t get out much. It\u2019s incredible – the recognition that people have for Man O\u2019 War, because we don\u2019t do much flag waving. We do the local Expo and a couple of tastings, but having people come down to the Tasting Room and try our wines – that\u2019s been about it. So the whole Kulta Family membership was very much our first foray into telling our story.<\/p>

The way we tend to do it it pretty unique and irreverent. It\u2019s an insight for people to see the kind of people that we are, and the way we want to enjoy wine and food. Get a bunch of like-minded people together and have a shindig\u201d.<\/p>

I ask Duncan whether – because when people travel down to the Tasting room, whether in a vehicle or going on their boat – it\u2019s something for everyone; and quite a diverse slice of the population – doing this VIP club could be seen as a bit elitist?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u201cI guess what we\u2019re trying to do is to get people beyond the gate. Anyone can go to the Tasting Room, but if you actually want to go and see where the wine is made and meet the people behind it\u2026you literally have to go through a locked gate. And part of what we\u2019re trying to do is swing that gate open. Especially for people who want to understand a bit more of the \u2018secret sauce\u2019 behind what we do. We\u2019ve got so many small parcels, wines and ideas all frothing away – so when people come down, they get a full-on experience. For me it is like \u2018Oh you\u2019re interested? Let me tell you everything!\u2019 But also, if people want to be part of it, love wine, but have no idea of the technical understanding.. then..cool – we\u2019ll just taste wine!\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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I sometimes wonder whether visitors to Waiheke see places like Man O\u2019 War, Cable Bay, Stonyridge, Passage Rock, Mudbrick as an almost homogenous whole and don\u2019t necessarily differentiate too much between them. So it would be good to get more of those different stories into people\u2019s ears?<\/p>

Duncan explains that \u201cSometimes we\u2019re one third of the Auckland and Northland region\u2019s combined production. Just Man O\u2019 War. So we are big, on a small island. Small to medium-sized in the scope of New Zealand. I\u2019ve just got back from Central – and we\u2019re relatively big in that scale. We have a different set of challenges, with lots of vineyards and lots of moving pieces. I thrive in that chaos of harvest, with our scale\u201d.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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I wanted to know more about the flagship wines specifically. Do they have vineyards that are growing fruit that is destined for the range, or is Kulta a barrel selection at the end of the process?<\/p>

\u201cNo, the idea that has evolved over thirteen years is to work with the vineyards and get an understanding of what they can deliver. And when you\u2019ve got 70+ vineyards, there are definitely ones that are head and shoulders better than others. So as a marketing term – these are our \u2018Icon Vineyards\u2019. Our job is to take our very best and fashion it into a style of wine that sits apart not just from what else we are doing, but also, from what anyone else is doing. When I arrived at Man O\u2019 War, the whole idea was to make something uniquely different. It\u2019s about \u2018dare to be different\u2019\u201d<\/p>

That is echoed in some of the product that exists through the Man O\u2019 war offerings. You can look at what they have done with Valhalla Chardonnay – that was to my mind, one of the first Chardonnays to emerge from that ABC culture, and adopt the \u2018modern Chardonnay style\u2019 in all it\u2019s reductive, flinty, funky glory. I also see it in products like the Pinque Ros\u00e9 and in particular in the Exiled Pinot Gris. These aren\u2019t your run-of-the-mill wines. Having the balls to do something different and be a wine that some people will love, rather than just a wine that most people think is OK. Marking Kulta as something unique, it then becomes like the \u2018signature\u2019 of Man O\u2019 War.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Duncan laughs – \u201cthat\u2019s like my own signature – it is different every time!! Hopefully with the flagship wines, those who don\u2019t like it, won\u2019t like it. Those who do like it will actually love it! The other challenge is to move on from that and learn from it, so it is an on-going progression. We can\u2019t stand here and say \u2018this is as good as it is ever going to get\u2019 We want it to be exciting for us and hopefully everyone else likes it as well\u201d.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Having been to the Tasting evenings in the city where the Kulta wines are tasted alongside wines from the likes of Cote Rotie and Pomerol – one thing that the flagship range does do is to sit nicely amongst those benchmarks – but at a fraction of the price. So you might think – yes, this wine is excellent compared to a french Grand Cru – but then look at the cost of what\u2019s in your glass – that where it becomes a bit special.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Again Duncan smiles – \u201cThat\u2019s a pretty easy formula to use, and it is a concise way to show that, and to say \u2018You know what – New Zealand can make some pretty awesome wine – under screwcap – for $150\u2019 We\u2019re not saying one is better than the other, but the price is what it is. We don\u2019t have five centuries of production, or big Robert Parker scores, or whatever. You\u2019ve got to have a point of difference, but it is a challenge. You\u2019ve got to put something up that people want to come back to, and it has to be authentic\u201d.<\/p>

I mention to Duncan, that at one of the tastings in the City, as well as the owner, there was a guy who i think was on the viticulture side and he was really entertaining, and swore a lot, and was totally authentic. So you\u2019ve Duncan doing his winemaker talks – David Nash who does the whole MC thing very well, then the owner, and sweary guy\u2026 and it\u2019s all very \u2018real\u2019 and makes for a great, relaxed gathering.<\/p>

\u201cYeah, that\u2019s Matt. I can be just as sweary when i forget to put my winemaker hat on\u201d adds Duncan.<\/p>

One thing to be aware of with the Kulta wines, is that there is only a limited number of bottles – and therefore a limited number of memberships. There will come a time when you simply can\u2019t join.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Duncan agrees – \u201cThe best wines are scarce, and we would rather make a few hundred cases at a good price, then a few thousand cases – that\u2019s going the wrong way. We\u2019re doing 300 cases of the reds, up to 100 cases of the Chardonnay. It could be more, could be less. 2022 is going to be a terrific vintage. 2021 was a great year – a drought and very low yields; which is great for reds, but incredibly hard for whites. We did forty cases of Mathilde Chardonnay. It\u2019s hard to build balance in the whites in a year like that.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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I think the key message to get across is that we think they\u2019re good – we want them to be interesting, challenging and exciting – and some people will get it and some people won\u2019t. But they\u2019ll talk about it.<\/p>

I can guarantee to anyone who is thinking of buying it, or coming to one of these events – that they will get something quite different\u201d.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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