PINOT GRIS: 2021

Single Vineyard - Hand Picked
 
Price: $27
 
Review:  92 Points, Premium wine, by Cameron Douglas MS. 
 
Tasting Notes:
 
Sight:  Light straw with a gold hue and a bright clarity.
 
Smell:  Fresh with aromas of fleshy, ripe pear and white nectarine then scents of honeysuckle and white spice.
 
Taste:  A dry wine on the palate with a core of ripe tree fruit flavours, some more honeysuckle then apple. The mouthfeel has a satin texture carried along with acidity and youthful freshness from the fruit flavours.
 
Pairing:  Serve this Pinot Gris with pork, chicken or a broad range of vegetarian dishes.
 
Cellaring:  Drinking beautifully now and through to 2024.
 
RS: 4.6 g/L.  Alc: 13.0%.  TA:4.9g/L   pH: 3.39
 
Grape-grower:  Blair Macdonald.
 
Location:  Bladen Vineyard, Conders Bend Road, Marlborough.
 
Soils:  Silty loam over free draining gravels.
 
Training:  Vertical shoot positioning.
 
Harvest Date:  20th March, 2021

Winemaker:  Pierre Vienings & Tom Hindmarsh.