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Pressed straight off the skins, and separated free run and pressings juice to treat separately. Juice settled and racked keeping a small amount of solids and cool fermentation initiated in 100% stainless steel using several different selections of wine yeasts. Post ferment different parcels of wine were kept on yeast lees and stirred. Stirring ceasing when desired complexity and palate weight was achieved, then left to settle. The different parcels were then blended; the wine then stabilised, clarified and filtered prior to bottling.
The Wairau Valley with its abundant sunshine, long autumns and crisp cool winters has a proven to provide ingredients needed to produce world-class wines. The blend of fruit from these sub-regions of the well known Marlborough gives vibrant yet elegant flavoured wine with a distinctive character.
The 2009 Drift Pinot Gris shows subtle aromas of tropical fruits, dried pears and sweet spice with complimentary hints of pineapple and red apple fruit. The palate is full flavoured and luscious; with apple and pear juice likeness and a slight lychee character. The flavours linger as wine finishes with a zesty fresh acidity.
Well weighted fruit with flavours of honey, apple and pear, orange peel, with a crisp finish.
Coldstream Hills Yarra Valley Pinot Noir is sourced from low yielding vineyards in the Lower and Upper Yarra Valley, all fruit is selectively handpicked prior to its delivery into the winery.
Medium red with a purple hue. Attractive varietal fruit characters of cherry and raspberry are evident with underlying gaminess and spice. Toasty oak adds further complexity to the wine's bouquet, but does not dominate. Medium bodied in style with silky texture and length. Cherry and plum fruit characters dominate the palate with underlying gaminess and spice.
Pinot Grigio is the Italian name for the variety known as Pinot Gris in France. In France it is grown in Burgundy and particularly in Alsace where it produces richly flavoured, dry wines. Although French in origin it is more widely planted in Germany, where it is known as Rulander, and Italy where it is grown in the north-east regions of Friuli, Alto Adige and Veneto, and as far south as Emilia-Romagna. The Brown Family was one of the first Australian wine producers to embrace the variety.
The 2009 – 2010 growing season saw one of the earliest seasons to date. Timely rainfall received during early summer gave the vineyards some relief from a dry winter and spring. Conditions for ripening of Pinot Grigio were close to ideal with warm days and cool nights. Fruit was picked once optimal flavours were achieved.
Fruit was hand harvested and whole bunch pressed to retain varietal character and freshness and to avoid any pink colour pickup. Winemaking techniques included warmer fermentation with fine solids to improve texture and softness while preserving varietal expression. The wine is given extended time on yeast lees to give complexity to the natural fruit flavours
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