Honey, pear and rose petal, then rolling onto toasty oak and caramelised fig.
Fragrant and delicious with flavours of white peach, honey suckle, hints of nutty hazelnuts and toasty oak. Beautiful and complex with an oily and viscous mouth feel and a lovely soft, round finish.
Harvest
This year produced very ripe and flavoursome grapes for the Pinot Gris. Harvest was a little later than expected but produced berries with 23.5 brix showing that the Awatere Valley is an ideal spot to grow aromatic wines.
Winemaking
The grapes were pressed without sulphur and the juice treated aerobically to help stabilise the colour, which has given this wine maximum complexity. A very long and slow ferment took place using Riesling yeast to help with aromatics. There is a slight hint of residual sugar and a smallest touch of oak.
