• Dry style
• Crisp pear
• Baking spice
• Lingering finish

"Beautifully ripe and inviting, the bouquet shows ripe peach, Asian pear, lemon peel and white floral aromas, followed by a succulent palate offering silky texture and bright acidity. Splendidly balanced and lingering with a refreshing finish. At its best: now to 2027" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Jul 2024

This fruit-driven Pinot Gris from Marlborough’s Awatere Valley displays aromas of crisp pear, juicy ripe citrus and ginger notes. On the palate this wine displays fresh quince, apple, and subtle hints of sweet baking spice. Full-bodied yet bright on the palate, this this is a fresh and richly textured wine with a long and lingering finish.

This wine is grown in three very distinct vineyards located in the cool southern Awatere Valley region of Marlborough; one located on the windy, exposed coastal planes, with the other two located further inland on young fertile river terraces.

The 2024 harvest was noted as one of the most exceptional in memory. Following on from a dry winter, the growing season began with a number of spring frosts over flowering that resulted in lower than average crops. Windy and warm conditions over the summer, combined with record low rainfall provided ideal growing and ripening conditions into the early autumn. A welcome spot of rain in early March refreshed the vines in time for perfect harvest conditions to prevail in the late autumn.

Grapes sourced from three sites in the Awatere Valley are machine picked and then transported just a short distance to our nearby winery, where they are gently pressed with minimal skin contact. The resulting juice is then settled and racked into stainless steel tanks for warming and inoculation with carefully selected yeasts. The fermentation is carried out at cool temperatures of around 13°C to help preserve the fruity characters and lasts around 21 days until the levels of residual sugar, acidity and light phenolics are perfectly balanced. Post-ferment the wine is held in tank and matured for a short period of time before being stabilised and prepared for bottling. With no additional finings necessary this wine was bottled in June 2024.