Luscious & generous showing wonderful balance
Brimming with concentrated notes of ripe pear & honeysuckle, with underlying spicy flavours
Enjoy with poultry & mushroom dishes such as creamy pasta with porcini
Yealands Reserve Marlborough Pinot Gris 2018
Yealands Reserve Marlborough Pinot Gris 2018
Description
Brimming with concentrated notes of ripe pear and honeysuckle, with underlying spicy flavours. The palate is luscious and generous showing wonderful balance between fruit and acidity with a long dry finish.
The growing season in Marlborough started out warm and dry, resulting in even flowering and ultimately balanced vines with the right amount of crop to get them through to harvest. The warm weather continued through Spring and Summer, with periodic rains which kept the vines hydrated throughout the growing season. These warmer conditions also meant harvest started around two weeks earlier than the previous year and resulted in Pinot Gris that is focused, with lifted aromatics and a beautiful concentrated mouthfeel.
The Pinot Gris for this wine was harvested, destemmed and gently pressed, where the free run juice was separated from the pressings into stainless steel tanks and left to settle for 72 hours. The clear juice was then racked, with portions going into older French barriques, a 1000L French Oak Oval and the balance to small stainless steel tanks and fermented using selected yeast strains. The parcels in barriques and oval were kept on lees for a period of time, where they were stirred twice weekly to build texture and structure. The wine was then blended, stabilised and filtered prior to bottling.
Yealands wine is inspired by the coast that surrounds them, so close to the ocean that the vines are often misted with sea spray. The beauty of this environment influences how they craft wine, respectful of nature and the land. Yealands believes in sustainable winemaking and creating thoughtfully crafted wines that work in harmony with their landscape. The Reserve collection brings together the finest fruit from select sites within their vineyard to create a range of premium wines that showcase the best of both their variety and the region.
Food Pairing: Enjoy with poultry and mushroom dishes such as creamy pasta with porcini.
Suitable for vegetarians, vegans and a gluten free diet.
Seal
Payment
Alcohol
Delivery
Similar Products
Recently viewed
Join our mailing list
Subscribe to receive our email newsletters and be the first to hear about our latest specials, new releases and clearance deals.