Tohu Awatere Valley Marlborough Pinot Gris 2022

Tohu Awatere Valley Marlborough Pinot Gris 2022Dry style Pear & golden apple Orange blossom Sweet spice This fruit driven Pinot Gris from Marlboroughs Awatere Valley displays bright aromas of orange blossom and juicy pear. On the palate flavours of fresh quince and crisp golden apple blend seamlessly with hints of sweet spice. With integrated fine phenolics and smooth acidity this is a fresh and richly textured wine with a long and lingering finish. This wine is grown in two very distinct

• Dry style
• Pear & golden apple
• Orange blossom
• Sweet spice

This fruit-driven Pinot Gris from Marlborough’s Awatere Valley displays bright aromas of orange blossom and juicy pear. On the palate flavours of fresh quince and crisp golden apple blend seamlessly with hints of sweet spice. With integrated fine phenolics and smooth acidity this is a fresh and richly textured wine with a long and lingering finish.

This wine is grown in two very distinct vineyards both located in the cool southern Awatere Valley region of Marlborough; one located on the windy, exposed coastal planes, with the other located further inland on young fertile river terraces.

The 2021/2022 growing season started with a warm Spring and early Summer providing excellent flowering and fruit-set conditions, with the resulting fruit levels well above average. Warm and dry conditions experienced over January quickly advanced the ripeness of the large crops, however unusually cool and wet weather in February slowed ripening considerably. Clear but cool conditions prevailed in the Awatere Valley from late February through to the end of March, allowing the fruit to gain concentrated fruit flavours without drastic drops in acidity or succumbing to disease pressure. Ideal fruit in perfect condition was harvested throughout the night of the 29th and 30th March.

Grapes sourced from two sites in the Awatere Valley are machine picked and then transported just a short distance to our nearby winery, where they are gently pressed with minimal skin contact. The resulting juice is then settled and racked into stainless steel tanks for warming and inoculation with carefully selected yeasts. The fermentation is carried out at cool temperatures of around 13°C to help preserve the fruity characters and lasts around 21 days until stopped when the levels of residual sugar, acidity and light phenolics are perfectly balanced. Post-ferment the wine is held in tank and matured for a short period of time before being stabilised and prepared for bottling. With no additional finings necessary this wine was bottled in June 2022.