Brookfields Robertson Hawke's Bay Pinot Gris 2021

Description

• Dry style
• Nashi pear
• Lychee & ginger
• Long

The 2020 Robertson Pinot Gris has classic Nashi pear, white peach and lychee with a touch of ginger. The palate has good length, thus endorsing its universality as a wine. It is made in a nearly dry style (4g/L residual sugar), hence it is an excellent food wine.

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 2020 growing season was a vintage year, and the parcels we harvested had excellent development and concentrated flavours.

On arrival at the winery on the 14th March, 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.

Food Pairing: salt & pepper squid, chicken risotto or varied Asian dishes.