AM
Alexander McNair (attending)
Local importer / agent, Hatch Mansfield
FM
Fiona Mottershaw (attending)
Local importer / agent, Hatch Mansfield
Description
This Pinot Gris has fresh and intense aromatics of pear, red apple and honeysuckle, leading to a rich and textured mouthfeel with a delicious off-dry finish.
Alcohol
13.5%
Analytical data
dry
5.8 g/l residual sugar
5.6 g/l acidity
3.57 pH
Vineyard
This wine consists of a variety of parcels blended from different vineyard sites across several key regions. The warmer Gisborne and Hawkes Bay regions provide ripe fruit with soft acidity and the South Island provides freshness and aromatics.
Winemaker
Helen Morrison
Viticulture
VSP
Vinification
The fruit is gently pressed and the juice settled and clarified prior to cool fermentation in stainless steel tanks with selected aromatic yeast strains.
Maturation
A brief period of yeast lees ageing follows prior to blending and preparation for bottling.
Bottling
Size: 0.750l