Untitled Wines

About

Untitled Wines has one of the most unique wine concepts in the world! Untitled are exactly that, untitled! Each wine has its own unique code which you enter into Untitled’s website to find out where it comes from and what it’s made of. They don’t own any vineyards, they source very small batches of grapes from various growers. Often buying grapes from Pleasant Valley clients where Lee works, Untitled’s Founder and winemaker.

Lee says, “I wanted to do something different and I didn’t want the style or quality of the wine to be limited by vineyard, variety, or vintage. There’s a strong focus in NZ on single vineyard wines, and there’s nothing wrong with that, I just wanted to do something different… My Grandparents in England always drank wine at meal times so from a young age there I had a strong connection between wine, food and family. I always liked the ritual that went along with it too (popping the cork, letting it breathe, getting the red to room temperature, tasting it, serving the ladies first, discussing its merits). During my undergraduate degree, which was in Sport and Exercise Science, I became really interested in the role red wine can play as part of a healthy diet. So, I started consuming wine more regularly rather than just on special occasions… I enrolled in a post-graduate Oenology degree at Curtin University in Margaret River. And went on to work in France and twice in Italy… I love that even though, in its purest form, there is only one base ingredient in wine, grapes, the possibilities for flavour, texture, style, and expression is endless, and we’ve only just scratched the surface, particularly in New Zealand. The biggest challenge is you only get one shot a year—this is where the beer guys have a big advantage over us”.