Gibbston Valley GV Collection Central Otago Pinot Gris 2021

Description

• Dry style
• Nashi pear
• Acacia
• Full-bodied

"The GV team are stoked to be the winners of the Organic Winery of the Year. We are proud to be carrying the baton for Central Otago; an area where so many wineries are dedicated to producing organic and biodynamic wine. Hats off to all the organic wine producers who continue to care about the way they go about producing a bottle of wine; It's the norm for us now; all our own vineyards are BioGro certified; our last lease vineyard will be fully certified by 2024. It’s a great show because it promotes wines from producers who care about the way they produce wine, their land and their environment. Thank you to the many people who work hard during this rime; and continue to look, listen and observe"

Bright straw in colour with nashi, acacia, and sweet summer hay aromatics. The palate is full bodied; its weight balanced by a mineral, dry finish. The wine is structure for immediate enjoyment or again up to ten years.

Our approach to Pinot Gris is to keep yields low. We source fruit from a range of vineyards that give uniqueflavour profiles, from high altitude aromatics to lower altitude body and texture. In the winery, fruit is treated differently according to site, with a mix of skin contact and whole bunch pressed fruit, then barrel and tank ferments. Following six months on fine lees, the wine is bottled.

A very early budhurst and some particularly cold spring nights had the region on edge during October; with, happily, little damage. Warm days and regular rainfall ensured healthy canopy establishment and an early flowering across all subregions. Crop loads were moderate precluding the need for thinning; most summer work went into opening canopies up, exposing fruit during a warm wet and wild January. The weather turned from February onwards, warm dry conditions prevailed into harvest. After such a changeable summer, March conditions were beautiful; classic Central Otago, allowing a gradual ease into ripeness.

GV Collection wines are a pure expression of Central Otago.