Ep 475: Jeff Clarke of O:TU Wines - The Evolution of Marlborough, New Zealand Wines
Wine for Normal People
Wine for Normal People
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 30 May 2023
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Jeff Clarke has been a winemaker in Marlborough New Zealand for decades, starting at one of the companies that pioneered the Sauvignon Blanc of the region, Montana Wines. Jeff is an award-winning, world famous winemaker who is now at OTU Wine Estate in the Awatere Valley and I discovered his wines through Wine Access — his Sauvignon Blanc was unlike any other Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc I’ve had! I had to have him on to discuss this unique style and what is going on in the region.
Jeff Clarke, head winemkaer at O:TU Wines. Credit: O:TU Wines
Jeff is an expert in the wine of Marlborough and at OTU, he makes very terroir specific wines, which represent the evolution of Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc and the other wines of this region.
If you like the general style of these Sauvignon Blancs but you want to taste a more refined, elegant, herbal, and nuanced version — here is your shot! After you hear the show, you'll want to seek O:TU wines immediately.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Wine for Normal People, the podcast for people who like wine, but not the snobbery |
| 0:12.6 | that goes with it. |
| 0:16.0 | I'm your host, Elizabeth Schneider, author of the Wine for Normal People Book, and certified |
| 0:20.0 | wine dork. |
| 0:21.0 | And I'm MC Ice, just a wine-loving normal person. |
| 0:24.2 | This podcast is sponsored by Wine Access. |
| 0:26.8 | Wine Access is how I found Jeff Clark from O2 Wines. |
| 0:30.3 | If you want really amazing wines, things that are new and different go to wineaccess.com |
| 0:36.3 | slash WFNPC when I'm drinking today and get 10% off your first order. |
| 0:41.8 | Listen in the middle of the show for more details. |
| 0:45.2 | Jeff Clark is the head wine maker at O2 Estate in the Awhatery Valley of Marbon, New Zealand. |
| 0:52.7 | Jeff is Australian, but after starting his career at Penfolds in Australia, he moved |
| 0:57.8 | to New Zealand where he essentially helped shape the style of Marbon Sauvignon Blanc |
| 1:02.2 | at Montana Wines, which is now brand-cott. |
| 1:05.3 | He's grown a bunch of New Zealand wine brands. |
| 1:08.1 | He's been named International White Wine Maker of the Year at the London International |
| 1:12.7 | Wine Challenge in 1999, and then again in Japan in 2003. |
| 1:17.9 | And the UK journalist and master of wine Tim Atkin has called him one of the six top |
| 1:22.6 | wine makers globally. |
| 1:24.8 | Many of you have had Jeff Sauvignon Blanc, which was in the last wine access shipment. |
| 1:29.6 | It was probably the most beloved wine of the group, and I was so excited by the wine |
| 1:33.5 | that I tracked him down. |
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