Brancott Estate Reserve Marlborough Pinot Gris 2021

Description

• Off-dry style
• Pear & apple
• Ginger spice
• Lingering finish

This wine opens with aromas of ripe orchard fruits. Pear and apple with a hint of ginger spice. These carry through to the palate which is medium bodied, off-dry and full of concentration. There is a floral hint that gives lift to the intensity, and the lingering finish. Ready to drink upon release, this wine will be at it’s best drunk within 2-3 years.

The fruit for this wine came from selected blocks in the Brancott and Squire vineyards, in the heart of Marlborough’s Wairau Valley. Old riverbeds, gravelly soils and wide diurnal variation are the hallmarks, creating fruit intensity and body. The vines are over 15 years old, Mass Selected on 3309 and SO4 rootstocks. The vines are trellised to VSP with 3-4 canes laid down.

New Zealand had ideal growing conditions leading into harvest with average crops and clean, intensively flavourful fruit with early budburst across all the wine regions. A slightly wetter December ensured healthy vines leading into the growing season and a drier than normal January and February created perfect conditions for veraison and grape ripening through to the start of harvest. Cooler nights in late February and March also helped lock in the natural acidity and freshness to the fruit.

Food Pairing: Serve this wine with full flavoured fish such as grilled salmon or lightly spicy Asian dishes such as 5-spiced pork belly. Also serves brilliantly with platters and ripe, soft cheeses such as St Agur, or fruit desserts such as marsala-poached pears with vanilla crème.