ASKERNE PINOT GRIS 2025

Trophy for Champion Pinot Gris – Hawkes Bay Wine Awards 2025
Gold Medal – Hawkes Bay Wine Awards 2025

A fleshy and full Hawkes Bay Pinot Gris with an abundance of juicy fruit, pears and peaches with a touch of spice. A portion of barrel ferment adds weight, texture and interest to this all round luscious and instantly appealing style. 

Winery notes (2025 Vintage)
"Vibrant aromas of ripe pear, quince, and tropical fruits meld with delicate honeysuckle perfume and a hint of ginger spice. Luscious stone fruit and pear flavours harmonize beautifully on the textural palate, offering rich concentration and a lingering, satisfying finish.

The fruit for this wine was grown on both the upper and the lower terraces of Askerne Vineyard and harvested in multiple picks as each clone reached optimal ripeness. 25% of the juice was fermented in older oak barrels providing texture and richness to the blend, whilst the balance of 75% was cool fermented in tank for aromatic vibrancy. A variety of different yeasts were used across the barrels and tanks to build aromatic complexity. The components were then blended and held for 3 months on light lees with stirring to build further palate richness prior to finishing."

5 Stars & 94/100 Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, February 2026 (2025 Vintage)
"Wonderfully ripe and inviting, the bouquet shows poached pear, rockmelon, ripe apple, and rich floral aromas, leading to a succulent palate that's beautifully weighted and generously textured, making it deliciously appealing. At its best: now to 2028."

92/100 Cameron Douglas MS, October 2025 (2025 Vintage)
"A lovely example with a bouquet of jasmine and honeysuckle, brown pear and golden delicious apple. A lush satin-cream texture on the palate has a natural softness, contrasting acid line and flavours that reflect the bouquet. As the wine opens out in glass a hint of lemon adds the flavours highlighted by the acidity. Just dry, a wine in balance with a decent length and ready to drink from day of purchase through 2027+."