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Winestate Magazine BEST OF NEW ZEALAND Awards Results 2019: 4.5 Stars
Winestate, BEST OF NEW RELEASES Awards 2019: 4.5 Stars
Winestate, New Release Special Edition 2018/2019: 4.5 Stars & Top in Category New Zealand Wines 2020: Michael Cooper’s Buyer’s Guide: 4.5 Stars
Winestate, BEST OF VARIETAL/STYLE Awards 2019: 4 Stars Winestate, Organic Tasting 2019: 4 Stars
Cuisine: 4 Stars
International Wine & Spirit Competition 2018: Silver
2018 New Zealand Aromatic Wine Competition: Silver
In making a dry style of Pinot Gris, we have to manage the vine to give physiological ripeness at low Brix, so that the wine is not overly alcoholic. Organic management does this for us, with the competition from the wild flowers and grasses forcing the vine to struggle. Beautiful melon and fruit notes are underscored with lingering texture, mouthfeel and linear acidity. Organic, vegan friendly and from a single vineyard. Grown with love, made with care.
A wine to enjoy with delicate Asian flavours, seafood of all sorts or just simply by itself.
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Login / RegisterColour: Pale with golden touches.
Aroma: Delicate aromas of rockmelon yield to additional layers of Nashi pear and prosciutto-wrapped melon.
Palate: Beautiful melon and fruit notes are underscored with lingering texture, mouthfeel and linear acidity.
Food Match: A wine to enjoy with delicate Asian flavours, seafood of all sorts or just simply by itself.
Cellar: Up to 10 years.
Organic Status: Certified organic – BioGro #5266.
Vegan Friendly
The grapes come from our family-owned Loveblock Farm in Lower Dashwood, Marlborough. Relatively unique in Marlborough, these grapes were sourced entirely from our certified-organic estate vineyard, the Triangle. Here, the vineyard soils are alluvial silt over stone. Organic management decreases the vigour of the vines, reducing berry size and hence overall yields. The grapes were harvested in March yielding seven tonnes per hectare.
In making dry Pinot Gris, we have to manage the vine to give physiological ripeness at low Brix, so that the wine is not overly alcoholic. Organic management does this for us, with the competition from the wild flowers and grasses forcing the vine to struggle. Once the grapes were deemed ripe the fruit was machine harvested and membrane pressed immediately (no preservatives were added in the field to reduce the grape phenolics). The juice was then floated and inoculated. This was followed by cool fermentation with an organic yeast, in order to optimise the aromatics, and the ferment was stopped when deemed in balance. Once finished, the wines were stabilised and bottled in June 2018.
Alcohol 13.0% pH 3.52 TA 6.0 g/l
Residual sugar 7.1 g/l
Winemaker: Kim Crawford
Tasted: June 2018
Winestate Magazine BEST OF NEW ZEALAND Awards Results 2019: 4.5 Stars
Winestate, BEST OF NEW RELEASES Awards 2019: 4.5 Stars
Winestate, New Release Special Edition 2018/2019: 4.5 Stars & Top in Category New Zealand Wines 2020: Michael Cooper’s Buyer’s Guide: 4.5 Stars
Winestate, BEST OF VARIETAL/STYLE Awards 2019: 4 Stars Winestate, Organic Tasting 2019: 4 Stars
Cuisine: 4 Stars
International Wine & Spirit Competition 2018: Silver
2018 New Zealand Aromatic Wine Competition: Silver
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