"A vibrant, young & fresh wine" Cuisine Magazine
"Gentle delicate aromas of baked apple & pear with a hint of residual sugar" Cuisine Magazine
Can be enjoyed on its own or with soft cheeses, pork, chicken & seafood dishes
Esk Valley Hawkes Bay Pinot Gris 2019
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Esk Valley Hawkes Bay Pinot Gris 2019
Accolades
Awarded 5 Stars - Best Buy
Cuisine Magazine
Awarded Silver Medal
Royal Easter Show Wine Awards 2020
Description
- Dry style
- Baked peach & apple
- Citrus
- Honey
"Gentle delicate aromas of baked apple and pear with a hint of residual sugar playing on the palate. Full-bodied and complex with a silky creamy baked-peach-crumble characteristics. A vibrant, young and fresh wine that has a gorgeous lengthy finish to offer" Cuisine Magazine
This is a dry style Pinot Gris with aromas and flavours of Nashi pear, peach, citrus and honey. A small portion of barrel fermentation has added richness and complexity to this delicious and highly drinkable wine. Enjoy as a young wine or cellar for a richer and more complex style.
The grapes for this wine were sourced from the inland Maraekakaho sub-region of Hawkes Bay. The Keltern Vineyard and Scott's Vineyard further upstream, sit on stony river terraces formed by the Ngaruroro River. With their gravel based soils, warm daytime temperatures and cool nights, these are ideal sites to grow premium Pinot Gris. Both vineyards are cane pruned and intensively managed to provide ripe fruit from low yielding vines.
The grapes were harvested in the morning while temperatures were cool and processed as quickly and gently as possible to avoid colour and tannin pick up from the pink Pinot Gris berries. The juice was settled bright before fermentation in both tank and large old oak barrels. The finished wine was left on its yeast lees with regular stirring until bottling in June 2019.
Food Pairing: Very versatile. Can be enjoyed on its own or with soft cheeses, pork, chicken and seafood dishes.
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