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After the previous season’s small yields, perfect flowering in the spring of 2024 meant potentially above average yields for the 2025 vintage. However, we always reduce our cropping levels to maximise flavours and concentration. Coupled with good summer weather this astute crop reduction meant these grapes ripened perfectly and free of any disease pressure resulting in this high-quality wine. These Pinot Gris grapes were picked on 1 April 2025.
Our Pinot Gris block was planted in 2006, so it is now gaining vine age, and this is starting to be reflected in our increasingly complex Pinot Gris style. It is important with Pinot Gris to carefully manage yields. Left unrestrained this variety can easily get out of hand and lose its precise varietal character. When well managed, with low yields, an enticing, crisp and complex wine is achievable, given the right vineyard location and an agreeable growing season. This wine was largely fermented and aged in stainless steel tanks, but a small portion was aged in seasoned oak barrels which, along with time on lees, contributes significantly to the wine’s complexity. It was bottled on 27 January 2026.
Pale straw, lemon in colour, the nose is instantly appealing with a rich, spicy top-note, displaying complex garden florals and compelling aromas of poached pears, ripe peaches and nectarines, grapefruit, mandarin, and spicy cloves. The palate continues the spicy theme with the myriad of spices giving great mouthfeel, texture and creamy complexity to this rich, elegant wine. The nashi pear and peach base is supported by a orange citrus component and a noticeable herbal influence with hints of basil. The lees influence gives it a beguiling grainy character. It has perfectly poised acidity and a refreshing crispness. The long, elegant finish is very attractive, and it will certainly develop even greater complexity with time to age in the bottle.
Technical notes
Alcohol: 13.2%, Acidity: 5.1, PH: 3.6, Residual Sugar: 2.7 g/l.