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ASTROLABE KĒKERENGŪ COAST PINOT GRIS 2022

Product Code: 4422
Country: New Zealand
Region: Marlborough
Style: White
Variety: Pinot Gris
Producer: Astrolabe Wines

Closure: Screw Cap
Unit: Each
Volume: 750ml
Alcohol: 13.0%
Grape: 100% Pinot Gris
Natural: Vegan Friendly

Original price was: $30.99.Current price is: $24.99.

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Winery notes (2022 Vintage)
"The Kēkerengū Coast Pinot Gris was grown on a low river terrace of free-draining limestone loam above the Kēkerengū River. Profoundly influenced by the nearby sea, the southerly Kēkerengū Coast is Marlborough’s first valley for budburst, but fog and cool breezes make it the last to harvest. This long growing season, combined with Kēkerengū’s limestone soil, gives wines of restraint and elegance. This is a wine we make only in the special vintages where conditions are perfect.

Hand-picked grape bunches were gently whole cluster pressed, and a lightly cloudy free-run juice was cool-fermented on light grape solids in stainless steel. The wine has an elevated, almost floral perfume and a precise but satisfying structure. Ours is the only pinot gris grown in that part of the province, and the pinot gris from Kēkerengū has its own particular expression, with bright acid, more perfumed floral notes and a unique palate structure.

Aromas of Nashi pear, white-fleshed nectarine, ripe red apple with a hint of ginger and nutmeg. A crisp and focused wine on the palate with fine minerality and delicacy of structure. Lively flavours of pear, apple and elderflower."

5 Stars Yvonne Lorkin, February 2023 (2022 Vintage)
"Grown on one of the southernmost boundaries of what’s considered ‘Marlborough’, in the sea breeze-buffetted Sleepers Vineyard, this bone-dry, mineral-drenched style is awash with nashi and nutmeg notes, clean stonefruit characters and elegantly taut, tense complexity in the mouth. It has a lengthy, generous mouthfeel and bracing freshness. A lovely example of dry pinot gris."

4 ½ Stars Michael Cooper, November 2022 (2022 Vintage)
"Grown north of Kaikoura, the vigorous 2022 vintage of this single-vineyard Marlborough wine is crisp and dry. Pale lemon/green, it has concentrated, ripe, peachy, distinctly spicy flavours, a hint of ginger, and strong personality."

Rated Excellent & 94/100 Cameron Douglas MS, November 2022 (2022 Vintage)
"A sophisticated and complex wine with layers of white fleshed fruits and citrus, there’s a savoury quality and fine lees suggestion. On the palate a delicious wine with a coarse silk texture, slaine and white spices, citrus and apple, refreshing, a slaivating and new. Enticing and refreshing, textured and lengthy, a Gris with a sense of place and time, charm and presence. Best drinking from 2023 through 2026+."

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Astrolabe crafts wines that epitomise focus, purity, and balance, capturing the full intensity of Marlborough's landscape and climate. Jane Forrest-Waghorn shares that their family’s wine journey spans multiple regions, with daughters Libby and Arabella now joining the Marlborough-based winery. Living in a century-old house on their vineyard, they emphasise sustainable practices and family involvement, ensuring uncompromising quality.

All grapes come from ten families dedicated to sustainable farming, some relationships extending over two decades. These growers understand the land’s rhythms, with vineyards selected for their unique flavours across Marlborough’s sub-regions. Winemaker Simon Waghorn, with four decades of experience, has set a benchmark for sauvignon blanc. His meticulous approach defines Astrolabe wines as focused, balanced, and elegant.

Named after an ancient navigation tool, Astrolabe symbolises exploration and discovery, reflecting Marlborough’s history. Committed to sustainability, their operations are certified by Sustainable Winegrowing NZ, and their organic vineyards are certified by BioGro New Zealand.

Astrolabe is also certified net carbon zero through Toitū, continually working on reduction measures and offsetting to maintain carbon neutrality. As a founding member of Appellation Marlborough Wine, Astrolabe ensures their wines are of genuine Marlborough provenance, marked by the AMW icon.