Single Estate Pinot Gris

Name: Single Estate Pinot Gris
Brand: Ara Wines

Aromatic • Lush • Orchard Fruit

This beautiful Pinot Gris delivers delicate aromas of pear and nectarine which flow through to honeyed floral and citrus notes on the palate. A textural and elegant structure provide length to the finish.

WINE OF THE YEAR
Melbourne International Wine Competition

Pinot Gris Wine of the Year - 2015 Vintage

Marlborough, New Zealand

The 2017/18 growing season was legendary, with the hottest January on record and one of the best flowerings in living memory. Prior to harvest the winemaking team identified clean, bright fruit with lovely varietal characters. Plentiful bunches of evenly ripened grapes were harvested before the spring rain soaked our vines. Fruit was harvested with a range of maturity to contribute a broad flavour spectrum.

Yeasts used are selected to express classic Pinot Gris aromatics and contribute a mealy complexity, which is typical of a Pinot Gris wine. A small amount of skin contact helps to extract flavour and build weight of the wine. Fermentation is stopped when balance is achieved whilst retaining some natural sweetness to balance the classic Marlborough acidity. A mixture of warm ferment temperatures are used to add texture to the wine. Cooler ferments help to retain bright fruit and purity. Following a short time on lees the wine was racked to blend, fined and stabilised before filtration to prepare for bottling.

You will thoroughly enjoy this wine immediately and for a further 3 years after release.