Trophy for Champion Pinot Gris – The National Wine Awards of Aotearoa New Zealand 2023
Trophy for Champion Pinot Gris – New Zealand International Wine Show 2023
Double Gold Medal – New Zealand International Wine Show 2023
Gold Medal – The National Wine Awards of Aotearoa New Zealand 2023
Winery notes (2023 Vintage)
"A delicious, award-winning Pinot Gris using fruit from Marlborough, Waipara and Hawke's Bay wine regions. We bring these three regions together to create a Pinot Gris wine with great depth of flavour and concentration. Fruit from Marlborough adds acidity to the wine, Hawke’s Bay gives stone fruit flavours, Waipara delivers beautiful aromatics, blossom. This Pinot Gris entices you with fresh pear, peach, nuances of almond meal. Rich fruit with a touch of creaminess and subtle spice leads into a lively, off-dry finish.
Each parcel of Pinot Gris is harvested at optimum ripeness. Short skin contact adds flavour and texture to the wine: fermented in stainless steel tanks, we used very select aromatic yeasts to make the wine more intense. We stopped the ferment early to retain a small amount of acidity and natural sugar to give the wine its off-dryness. The wine was held on lees for two months to help build mouth feel & texture, then blended and bottled."