93pts... EXCELLENT FRUIT PURITY AND INTENSITY
The wine offers excellent fruit purity and intensity, wonderfully supported by whispering sweetness and refreshing acidity, leading to a lingering delicious finish. A real crowd-pleaser.
It is made in an off dry style
Whether it be with gurnard and dill, chicken and tarragon or Asian pork, the match will be in heaven.
Brookfields ‘Robertson’ Pinot Gris 2016
Limited time special
Brookfields ‘Robertson’ Pinot Gris 2016
Accolades
Awarded 93/100 Points
Sam Kim, Wine Orbit
Awarded 5 Stars
The Wine Guy
Awarded 18/20 Points
Raymond Chan
Awarded Silver Medal
New Zealand International Wine Show
Description
The wine offers excellent fruit purity and intensity,
"This is instantly appealing on the nose showing ripe pear, nectarine, rockmelon and floral characters, leading to a succulent palate that is rounded and silky. The wine offers excellent fruit purity and intensity, wonderfully supported by whispering sweetness and refreshing acidity, leading to a lingering delicious finish. A real crowd-pleaser. At its best: now to 2019" Sam Kim Wine Orbit
The 2016 Robertson Pinot Gris has fresh Nashi pear, peach and honey with a pinch of ginger. There is good palate length, thus endorsing its universality as a wine. It is made in an off dry style (6 g/L residual sugar), hence it is an excellent food wine. Whether it be with gurnard and dill, chicken and tarragon or Asian pork, the match will be in heaven.
Most of the grapes come from Ohiti Estate, which is situated in an inland heat trap on the bed of the old Ngaruroro River. Trained on classical VSP trellis system, on arid alluvial soils, the Pinot Gris ripens well, producing clean fruit with full flavours, good extract, and moderate acid. The 2016 growing season was hot and dry, hence the flavour development is concentrated
On arrival at the winery on the 1st and 7th April, the fruit was pressed as soon as possible. The skin of Pinot Gris is coloured and will tint the wine. The free run was kept separate from the pressings. After overnight cold settling, the clear juice was inoculated with an aromatic yeast strain, and fermented at cool temperatures. Following completion of fermentation, the wine remained on its gross lees for texture and flavour enhancement, with weekly lees stirring.
Cellaring: 8 years
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