Mahi Marlborough Pinot Gris 2016

Description

This wine shows an array of characters, ranging from ripe pear through to roasted almond notes. 

This is complemented by some secondary characters from the natural yeast ferments and also some barrel aging. The palate has an elegant structure with a creamy, textural mid-palate and a long finish.

Our Marlborough Pinot Gris comes from one vineyard located just outside the township of Ward in the Awatere Valley.  It is owned and managed by Pam and Polly Francis.  The fruit machine-picked to bin so maceration was minimised. A portion of this juice was barrel-fermented in older French oak to give greater weight, though ensuring that wood is not evident on the nose. The balance of the wine was fermented cool to retain the fruit characters from our vineyards.

The final blend this year was made solely from free-run juice, as we feel it gives a more elegant and subtle wine, especially with Pinot Gris, that has quite ‘grey’ coloured skins.