Yealands Reserve Marlborough Pinot Gris 2020

Description

• Dry style
• Apricot & quince
• Baking spices
• Luscious mouthfeel

The bouquet is generous with concentrated notes of young apricot, quince, pear, honeydew melon and warming baking spice aromas. The palate is luscious and generous, showing wonderful balance between fruit and acidity with a mineral driven finish.

Yealands wine is inspired by the coast that surrounds them, so close to the ocean that the vines are often misted with sea spray. The beauty of the environment influences how they craft wine, respectful of nature and land. Yealands believes in sustainable winemaking and creating thoughtfully crafted wines that work in harmony with the landscape. Their Reserve collection brings together the finest fruit from select sites within their vineyard to create a range of premium wines that showcase the best of both their variety and region.

They were incredibly lucky to be able to continue to create these wines during the global pandemic crisis. For this reason, the 2020 wines carry some very unique memories. The 2020 growing season was very dry, which meant disease pressure was low and some timely light rains kept just enough water flowing in the rivers. They had a classic Marlborough autumn with warm days and cool nights, which created this season’s wines with their signature fresh natural acidity and intense fruit flavours. This resulted in Pinot Gris that is focused, with lifted aromatics and a beautiful concentrated mouthfeel.

Carefully selected Pinot Gris blocks were individually harvested, destemmed and gently pressed. After cold settling for 72 hours, the clear juice was racked into stainless steel tanks for long, cool fermentation. After spending three months on lees to build texture and weight, the wine was then blended, stabilised and filtered prior to bottling.

Food Pairing: Enjoy with poultry and mushroom dishes such as creamy pasta with porcini.