In 1980 Molloy and his wife Petra established the St Nesbit vineyard and winery at Karaka, 30 km south of Auckland, on a peninsula on the Manukau harbour. The original plantings were Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Merlot. From these vines, St Nesbit produced an award-winning red wine. However, the vines were decimated by leaf roll virus in the early 1990s and had to be removed. The vineyard was then replanted with the five Bordeaux varieties (the three mentioned above with Petit Verdot and Malbec) using new clones, low-vigour rootstock and very high plant densities. The first vintage was released from the new vineyard in 2002. It was the first St Nesbit released in 10 years. St Nesbit continues to make only one wine, a vineyard-determined blend.St Nesbit Winery
