"Bright, light straw-yellow colour with some depth, lighter on rim.  The nose is full with soft, solid aromas of white and yellow stonefruits and subtle honeysuckle elements melded with flinty and minerally lees notes.  This has depth and density, unfolding nuances of musk, spices and savoury reductive suggestions.  Dry to taste and medium-bodied, the mouthfeel is soft and rounded with a good core and restrained flavours of yellow stonefruits entwined with complexing flint and mineral layers.  The wine is soft and smooth flowing, with gentle acidity, and guided by a subtle, underlying phenolic line and alcoholic power.  The palate leads to a soft, vinous finish with light stonefruit nuances.  This is a soft, deep, weighty and vinous, dry Pinot Gris with restrained stonefruit and flinty flavours.  Serve with Middle Eastern fare over the next 3 years.  Berrysmith clone fruit, hand-picked and fermented in stainless-steel to 14.0% alc. and 5 g/L RS." Raymond Chan, October 2015

Delicate yet expressive, this Pinot Gris exhibits aromas of pear, stone fruit highlighted with floral notes. The bright fruit is echoed on the palate with ripe pear, melon and stone fruit. This dry-style wine offers textural layers in the mid-palate and together with a balanced acidity leads to a long, lingering finish.

The beauty of owning a single vineyard estate is that the wine it produces speaks of  a ‘place and time’. In any given vintage we never know how Mother Nature will treat us. What we do know is – no two vintages are the same!

The 2014 growing season began with cooler, wetter weather. A few frost events in October had us nervously keeping night vigil - watching and hoping the wind machines would do their bit. Unusually warm weather in November advanced the flowering a little earlier than usual but at the same time gifted us with a good even fruit set and a promise of  an excellent vintage. Our meticulous approach to managing the crop levels is both an art and science – We monitor our yields carefully to ensure the right balance of  fruit to canopy is achieved, whilst at the same time ensuring the vines and soils remain in good health.

The 2014 harvest resulted in showcasing wines that are elegant, balanced and show purity of fruit with bright focused flavours. Harvest commenced on 26 March and finished on12 April.

The fruit was hand harvested at 23.7 brix and was de-stemmed and crushed before being pressed off to tank. The juice was inoculated with selected wine yeast and fermented in a stainless steel tank to retain the varietal and fruit characteristics. The fermentation was stopped to retain some residual sugar.