Starborough Family Estate Marlborough Pinot Gris 2021

Description

• Dry style
• French oak
• Stonefruit
• Chalky minerals

"This is instantly appealing on the nose showing golden peach, poached pear, subtle spice and rich floral aromas. The palate displays excellent weight and plump mouthfeel, combined with velvety texture and juicy acidity, finishing long and refreshing. At its best: now to 2024" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Sep 2021

A stylish wine with a delicious palate displaying concentrated white and yellow stonefruits, lifted exotic florals, fresh pears and chalky minerals. The wine shows beautiful fruit intensity with silky texture and refreshing acidity, leading to a lingering smooth finish. 

The 2 cane VSP (vertical shoot position) trained vines were shoot and bunch thinning to produce low yeilding intensly concentrated fruit. Additional colour thinning was done post veraison to further enhance bunch uniformity. The 2 vineyards were carefully monitored during ripening and hand-picked in cool early morning conditions at peak maturity and flavour development.

The fruit was crushed and following settling the clear juice was racked to stainless steel and fermented using selected yeasts at cool temperatures. A 10% portion of the juice was fermented in seasoned French oak barrels adding weight, texture and complexity to the finished wine. Fermentation was stopped at 5.0g/l residual sugar. Before blending, the individual components were left on light yeast lees for three months to build additional texture and creaminess to the palate. The wine was bottled in July.