2010 Pinot Gris
Supple and ripe with intense pear, quince and tropical fruit flavours, this wine is soft and full bodied with a rich creamy mouthfeel supported by a mineral backbone and a long lingering aftertaste.TECHNICAL ANALYSIS Location: 45 Degrees South Pinot Gris grapes for this wine were grown at Aurum's 45th Parallel and Te Wairere vineyards in Lowburn, near Cromwell. Climate: a long warm autumn with hot dry days and cool nights allowed and extended ripening of fruits still holding good acidity. Soils: fluvial, glacial silts and gravels. Vine Age: 7-11 year old vines on VSP trellis. Winemaker's comments: The grapes were hand harvested and then whole bunch pressed to minimise extraction of skin phenolics and cool fermented in stainless steel tanks with extensive lees stirring to increase the mouthfeel of this late harvest Pinot Gris only fully botrytised bunches with Noble Rot were selected. Bottled: , Alcohol: 13.2%, Acidity: 6.6 g/L, Residual Sugar: 19 g/L. |
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Supple and ripe with intense pear, quince and tropical fruit flavours, this wine is soft and full bodied with a rich creamy mouthfeel supported by a mineral backbone and a long lingering aftertaste.