2009 Pinot Gris 24 Carat
With an intense perfume of quince and orange blossom this fine botrytised dessert wine is spicy and honeyed exhibiting luscious dried apricot, marmalade and caramelized apple flavours with a deep viscosity and a generous finish.TECHNICAL ANALYSIS Location: 45 Degrees South Pinot Gris grapes for this wine were grown at Aurum's 45th Parallel vineyard in Lowburn, near Cromwell. Climate: Noble Rot developed on these grapes under the influence of warm rain followed by sunny days and foggy nights. Soils: fluvial, glacial silts and gravels. Vine Age: 11 year old vines on VSP trellis. Winemaker's comments: for this late harvest Pinot Gris only fully botrytised bunches with Noble Rot were selected. The bunches were 'foulees' (trampled by foot), and pressed the nextday. the wine was fermented in barrel, with just one barrel coming from .5 hectare of vines. Food Matching: Perfect with desserts and foie gras, but also with cheeses or as an aperitif. " A dessert in a glass" Bottled: 5.8.09, Alcohol: 9.8%, Acidity: 9.8g/L, Residual Sugar: 228 g/L. Aurum is the Latin word for Gold which is why we have named our dessert wine 24 carat - the measure of pure gold. |
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With an intense perfume of quince and orange blossom this fine botrytised dessert wine is spicy and honeyed exhibiting luscious dried apricot, marmalade and caramelized apple flavours with a deep viscosity and a generous finish.