Mt Difficulty Bannockburn Pinot Gris 2022

Description

• Dry style
• Nashi pear & stonefruit
• Jasmin florals
• Creamy finish

Aromas of Nashi pear, white peach, and jasmine florals combine together with complex savoury notes on the nose. Flowing through to the palate flavours of ripe pear and stonefruit with a weighty and creamy finish. The cool climate to which this wine comes from shines through with its mineral edge on the finish. Mt Difficulty Estate Pinot Gris will improve for 3-6 years given optimal vintage and cellaring conditions.

The fruit was hand harvested in top condition from the 25th March through to the 29th April. The fruit was processed in a reductive manner, with the juice settled for a week prior to being racked clean. This gave us time to brew an indigenous starter culture. The wine was fermented cool with indigenous yeast, to help maximise varietal character. All the components were left on gross yeast lees for four months post fermentation with weekly stirring to help enhance the complexity and textural aspects of the wine. This wine is vegan friendly.