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Brimming with pear drop and fresh figs

Showcasing wonderful balance between fruit sweetness and acidity, with a refreshing crisp finish.

Enjoy with Asian food, chicken and light pasta dishes.

Babydoll Marlborough Pinot Gris 2017

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$14.99p/Btl
Awarded Silver Medal Awarded Silver Medal Vegan Wine
Babydoll Marlborough Pinot Gris 2017

Babydoll Marlborough Pinot Gris 2017

Member rating / 1
Named after the adorable sheep that roam the Yealands vineyard. These happy helpers lessen the need to mow with tractors, reducing the carbon emissions and producing lots of natural fertiliser as being so small they barely reach your knees and so they can’t reach the grapes!
$14.99p/Btl

Accolades

Awarded Silver Medal

New Zealand Aromatic Wine Competition, 2017

Awarded Silver Medal

Hong Kong International Wine & Spirits Competition, 2017

Description

This Pinot Gris is brimming with pear drop and fresh figs, leading to flavours of stone fruit and mandarin. The palate is focussed and shows wonderful balance between fruit sweetness and acidity, with a refreshing crisp finish. 

Marlborough experienced a mild-to-cool spring period, which ensured that the vines naturally produced lighter than average yields. These mild temperatures then extended into the summer months, coupled with an unseasonal period of rain, which ultimately alleviated the drought conditions we had experienced over the past two years. Carrying lighter than usual crops along with the cooler weather meant harvest started at a similar time to other vintages. The Pinot Gris from this year is showing fig and nashi pear with some bees wax high tones. The wines are fresh with a lively, bright palate.

Select parcels of Pinot Gris were individually harvested, de-stemmed and gently pressed. The juice was cold settled for 48 hours then racked prior to a long cool fermentation in stainless steel tanks to capture and enhance the fruit flavours of pear, fig and stone fruit. Each parcel was fermented separately using a range of selected yeasts. Following fermentation the wine was blended, stabilised, then filtered prior to bottling.

Food Pairing: Enjoy with Asian food, chicken and light pasta dishes.

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12.5%

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