Mt. Beautiful Pinot Gris
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Our Pinot Gris is an invitation to experience the unexpected. Aromatically the wine is floral with a nutty undertone featuring scents of quince blossom and hazelnuts. On the palate, it’s dry and full-bodied, warm and ripe with luscious ripe Nashi pear flavors backed by sensuous texture. It has a cream-like finish; clean with a crisp citrus twist at the end.
The Perfect Match
Pair our Mt. Beautiful Pinot Gris with carbonara, a salty feta and fig salad or whole baked Chinook salmon and especially rowdy dinner guests.
For The Aficionado
The Pinot Gris is planted on the warm slopes of a north facing hill block of natural un-contoured land, sloping from 55m to 32m above sea level. This site is well suited for Pinot Gris as it is out of the cooler and lower surrounding areas and the soil mix of silt loam and clay provide excellent water holding properties. It is all hand tended throughout the season and at harvest.
A variety of Pinot Gris clones have been planted including, German Geisenheim clone 2/21, new clonal reselections from South Africa, e.g. clones 7a, 14a and 52b and the Berrysmith clone, which provides a full bodied, textural wine with a richness in the mid palate.
Pinot Gris Vineyard Stats:
Planted 2005-2006
1 block, 4.3 ha (10.6 ac)
66 rows, 11,733 vines
Spacing: @2.4 x 1.5 m
Yield: 8 T/ha (2.4 T/ac)
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