This wine is mouthwatering, vivacious and captures the fragrances of strawberry and cream.
DESCRIPTION:
APPEARANCE – Delicate pink colour
TASTING NOTES – This wine is mouthwatering, vivacious and captures the fragrances of strawberry and cream.
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
LOCATION – 45 Degrees South
Low cropping estate grown grapes for this wine were hand harvested in April from Aurum’s Te Wairere vineyard in the Lowburn area of Central Otago.
CLIMATE – A long warm autumn with hot dry days and cool nights allowed an extended ripening of fruit still holding good acidity.
SOILS – Fluvial, glacial silts and gravels.
VINE AGE – 13-17 year old vines
TRELLIS STYLE – VSP
WINEMAKERS COMMENTS:
Macerated to extract the delicate colour of the Pinot Gris skins and vinified in stainless steel at low temperature. Perfect as an aperitif or with a light lunch.
Residual Sugar: 2 g/L
Alcohol: 14% alc by vol
