Saint Clair Family Estate are pioneers in the Marlborough wine industry, thet first planting vineyards in the valley was in 1978 and then establishing teh winery in 1994. They own 160 hectares of vineyard in 10 different Marlborough locations chosen specifically for the attributes of their individual "terroir" and ability to produce top quality grapes This wine is a single vineyard the called "Doctor's Creek" block. The vineyard is situated southwest of Blenheim where the soils is dominated by clay. Afeter fermented the wine is aged for 10 months in french oak before being bottled.