2010 Greywacke Marlborough Pinot Gris (Case - 12/75cl)

The fruit was grown at Wrekin Terrace Vineyard in the Brancott Valley, a valley floor site on gravelly clay-loam soils. The grapes were pressed using low maceration press cycles, then the clear juice racked to fermentation vessels. Half of the juice was inoculated in a stainless steel tank using cultured yeast and the balance was filled into French oak barriques where it endured spontaneous yeast fermentation. At the end of fermentation all the wine was transferred to a stainless steel tank. The blended wine was then filled into old barrels where it remained on yeast lees for a further four months.