Blackenbrook Vineyard

This Pinot Gris has an excellent mouth feel and concentration with an array of stone-fruit,
pears and quince flavours showing great delicacy and harmony.

Ideal serving temperature: 15°C

·    100% Blackenbrook fruit from our Home block
·    Moutere clay soil with a layer of sandy loam
·    All vines grafted on site
·    Clones: Mission, Larcomb, KWV 7A
·    Focus on healthy soil and sustainability

·    After a good Nelson summer with plenty of sunshine, we headed into a wet February.
     Fortunately the good weather returned and we enjoyed a picture-book harvest with warm   
     days and cool nights – excellent conditions for flavour development.
 
·    Hand-picked and hand-sorted from 16 to 24 April at optimum ripeness
·    24.6 - 25.8 Brix

·    Whole bunch pressed
·    Gravity-fed from press area to main winery
·    Cool fermentation, stopped at 10g/ltr natural residual sugar.
·    Extended fine lees contact in stainless steel
·    Minimal pumping and gentle filtration

·    Bottled on 31 July 2009 under screw capsules
·    15.0% Alcohol