Blackenbrook Pinot Gris 2017

Blackenbrook Pinot Gris 2017
Get seduced by this finely poised Pinot Gris full of tantalising stone-fruit, pears and spice aromas!
Tasting Notes:
Our Pinot Gris 2017 is packed with fragrant ripe pear, quince and strudel spices framed by a bright mineral edge and a long, juicy finish.
Ideal serving temperature: 15°C
From Sustainable Production, accredited by Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand
Vegan wine, certified by the New Zealand Vegetarian Society
Reviews:
Silver Medal Bragato Wine Awards 2017
4 Stars Michael Cooper
This partly oak-aged wine is aromatic and softly mouthfilling, with richly varietal lychee, pear and spice flavours, showing excellent vibrancy, delicacy and depth, and an off-dry finish.
From Sustainable Production, accredited by Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand
Vegan wine, certified by the New Zealand Vegetarian Society
Viticulture
• 100% fruit from our Home block
• Moutere clay soil with a layer of sandy loam
• Clones: Mission, Larcomb, KWV 7A
• Manual shoot thinning, leaf plucking and crop reduction
• Hand-harvested and hand-sorted on 1 April 2017 with 23.0 Brix
Winemaking
• Extremely gentle winemaking: Whole bunch pressed, gravity-fed from press area to main winery, cool fermentation, extended lees contact, minimal pumping, no fining pre-bottling
• Oak-ageing for 9% of the wine to add complexity
• 10g/ltr natural residual sugar
• Bottled on 19 July 17 under screw-capsules
• 13.5% alcohol