Blackenbrook Vineyard
Blackenbrook
Reserve
St Jacques
Blackenbrook Reserve Pinot Gris 2008
The fruit came in with exceptional flavours and intensity. During the entire wine-making process this wine stood out and we consequently decided to release it as our very first Reserve Pinot Gris.
It is a stylish, finely poised wine with fragrant rich aromas of stone fruit, pears and spice, an excellent mouthfeel and an oily, medium-dry finish.
It will benefit from bottle ageing and we recommend to enjoy it between now and 2012. 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: Larcomb, KWV 7A
Focus on healthy soil and strong plants
Excellent spring weather resulted in almost perfect pollination. A warm summer brought along healthy canopy growth leading to the earliest harvest ever.
Hand-picked and hand-sorted on 27 March at optimum ripeness
25.3 Brix
- Whole bunch pressed
- Gravity-fed from press area to main winery
- Cool fermentation, stopped at approx 15g/ltr natural residual sugar.
- Extended fine lees contact in stainless steel
- Minimal pumping and gentle filtration
- 15.0% Alcohol
The Diam Cork
The DIAM cork guarantees a 100% cork taint free closure of wine bottles. These corks also offer near perfect seals and no random cork oxidation or leaks. The cork is reduced to cork flour, before being washed with carbon dioxide removing TCA. Subsequently the flour is reconstituted and held together by the same polymer that contact lenses are made from.What they say...
New Zealand International Wine Show 2008Gold Medal and Trophy for Best Pinot Gris of the Show
Silver Medal
[94/100] Sam Kim - Wine OrbitThe nose is classically Pinot Gris and beautifully fragrant showing ripe peach, pear and a hint of honey characters.Warren Barton - Southland Times
The palate is rich and gorgeously textured with balanced acidity and a very long finish.
The wine has the Alsace-like rich texture and seamless mouthfeel with an expansive finish, and the high alcohol is certainly not obvious. Simply stunning.
At its best: now to 2012.
More fragrance, richness and viscosity than the estate model but harder to get after earning trophy at the NZ International Wine Show. Medium dry.Jo Burzinska - Viva, New Zealand Herald
A gloriously intense and spicy pinot gris from this up-and-coming Nelson estate.
Creamy and mouthfilling with intense notes of quince and clove, the sweetness and richness of this wine is expertly balanced by its fresh lemony note.