Boatshed Bay Marlborough Pinot Gris 2024

Description

Dry, Lychee, Pear

"Attractively ripe and fruit forward, the wine shows ripe pear, melon, peach and crunchy apple notes on the nose, followed by a nicely rounded palate offering youthful fruit flavours with bright acidity, finishing lively and lingering. At its best: now to 2026" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Sep 2024

Our 2024 Pinot Gris opens with aromas of ripe pear, vanilla pod and lychee with supporting notes of candied ginger and spice. Bright pear flavours continue to the palate and bounce off a long lush mid-palate showing moreish texture. The wine has a touch of acidity and a long balanced finish.

Our Pinot Gris is crafted from premium fruit grown in the Awatere and Wairau Valleys of Marlborough, New Zealand. Combining fruit from each of these regions adds an extra dimension to the wine; the Wairau Valley fruit lifting the aromatics, whilst the Awatere component adds an attractive mineral note.

The Marlborough growing region is New Zealand’s premier wine producing area. It is known for its diverse terrain of rugged mountain ranges and vast stretches of flat valleys outlined by jagged hills. The area is marked by plentiful bodies of water from streams and rivers to the famed Marlborough Sounds and captivating views of the South Pacific Ocean. One of New Zealand’s sunniest and driest regions, Marlborough enjoys about 2,400 annual sunshine hours. With an average daytime temperature of 18°C and cool nights brought on by coastal winds, it offers idyllic conditions for growing world-class, cool-climate wines.

We believe in letting the quality of our fruit show through in our wines. Our Pinot Gris is picked at optimum ripeness and gently pressed before being fermented and aged in stainless steel tanks. The result is a wine that is the purest expression of our Marlborough terroir.

Food Pairing: Try alongside grilled pork chop, chilli and apple salsa.