2024 Mansion House Bay Marlborough Pinot Gris
$18.00
TASTING NOTE
Colour / Appearance: Pale lemon with a bright clarity.
Aroma / Bouquet: Lifted notes of ripe nashi pear and fresh almond, with a subtle hint of red apple skin and honey suckle notes.
Palate: Fresh pear, red apple, and lemon flavours, with underlying herb notes.
Suggested Food Match: Try serving with pasta, mushroom or poultry dishes.
Serve: Lightly chilled.
Cellaring: This wine is ready to be enjoyed now or within three years of the vintage date.
WINE ANALYSIS
Alcohol: 13.2%
Residual Sugar: 3.3 g/L
Acidity: 5.8 g/L
pH: 3.37
VITICULTURE & VINIFICATION
Harvest Dates: Multiple dates March 2024.
Climate: The growing season started with soil moisture at capacity following a wet winter. Flowering conditions in November and December were uneven across Marlborough with some sub-regions achieving a good set and crop load and others below average. Vigilance around disease pressure was paramount, with regular rain events, unusual humidity and warm nights in December and January. Day temperatures were cool, delaying the vine’s physiological advancement. Marlborough breathed a sigh of relief as cyclone Gabrielle minimally impacted the region in February, while wreaking havoc through much of the North Island. The season turned a corner for in early March with a return to cool nights and sunnier conditions allowing us to delay harvest, resulting in fruit that reached good sugar levels with attractive flavours, while disease levels remained low. Fruit condition remained very good through until the end of harvest.
Winemaking: Made with 100% Pinot Gris from fruit from the Awatere (8%) and Rapaura (92%) regions of Marlborough. Fruit was machine harvested and pressed immediately with minimal skin contact, with the remainder hand-harvested and whole-bunch pressed. After cold settling the clear juice was fermented in stainless steel tanks. After fermentation the wine remained on lees for 3-4 months and was filtered then bottled on the 9th October 2024.
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