Blue Earth 2024 Pinot Gris
NZD $45.00 inc GST
An aromatic, complex wine – perfect for people who prefer dry, textured Pinot Gris to match with food. It has aromas of quince, pears and apple, with a lovely mineral edge running through the wine. You can drink it now, or put it in your cellar.
Description
A lovely ripeness and aromatic impact, scents of fresh quince and pear then apple and fruit spices. Youthful, vibrant and enticing. On the palate a dry wine with flavours of pomaceous fruits framed by lees and mineral qualities, there’s youthful tautness that gives a palate squeeze and crunch. Salivating, lengthy and well made, a reflection of vintage and excellent wine making. Best drinking from day of purchase through 2028.
93 Points Excellent
Cameron Douglas, Master Sommelier
Aromatic Pinot Gris is a real treat when it’s as dry and fresh as this vibrant, young white from Blue Earth Estate in Te Muna Valley. All grapes were hand picked and the wine was fermented to less than 1 gram of residual sugar, which makes it absolutely bone dry in taste and style. Flavours of white pears, fresh crisp red apples and a little citrus all run through each sip. Drinks well now and can hold for a further three to four years, evolving in that time but it’s made to enjoy now, so why wait?
Joelle Thomson
Blue Earth Estate Pinot Gris 2024
TASTING NOTES
Aromas of white pear and lemon zest with spice and floral notes coming together beautifully on the nose to from an attractive and refined wine
Serious and rich in style the palate shows lovely weight and texture without cloying and has juicy stonefruit characters and a lovely mineral edge running through the wine. A beautiful lingering finish rounds off a concentrated yet approachable dry style of Pinot Gris.
THE VINEYARD
This family owned and operated vineyard is on an old river terrace at the south end of Te Muna Valley. The stony soils with an underlay of limestone, a gentle north facing slope and exposure to westerly winds produce low volume crops of high intensity.
VINIFICATION
The fruit was carefully hand harvested and gently whole bunch pressed with the juice left to settle for three days. The juice was then racked to tanks where it was fermented using a special Pinot Gris yeast to give finesse and aromatic intensity. Towards the end of ferment the wine was transferred into older neutral French oak barrels to finish and was then aged for a further five months in barrel on lees before racking, blending and bottling in October.. This has given the wine depth and richness on the palate.
THE SEASON
The 2024 vintage will go down as one of the greats for the Martinborough region. The season started very well with good soil moisture and warm winter temperatures. Spring frosts were minimal and we got through this period relatively unscathed. The critical flowering period of late November and early December was cooler than expected and lead to crops being reduced by about 30% across Pinot and Chardonnay. Luckily the second half of the season from Xmas onwards was near perfect with dry, warm, settled conditions throughout.
Autumn started early with cooler nights in late Feb but the dry clear weather continued right through to the end of harvest. Similar to great vintages like 2021, 2015 and 2007, the wines in their youth are showing great form – they have impressive structure, concentration, weight and richness.
Information
REGION: Martinborough
OAK MATURATION: Five months in old 300L French oak barrels
CLONE: Lincoln Berrysmith
HARVEST DATE: 10th April 2024
HARVEST ANALYSIS: 23.4 Brix 3.30 pH 6.50 g/L TA
BOTTLING DATE: 30th October 2024
WINE ANALYSIS: 3.28 pH 6.10 g/L TA 14.2% Alc 0.9 g/L RS