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Pinot Gris 2013 relisted

We discovered we had a few cases of this wine in the warehouse that was excess to a pallet we sent to New York. Now 10 years old and tasting fantastic, it was a revelation at the recent Marton Harvest Festival we attended last weekend. 2013 was an excellent year and we thinned our crop to 3kg/vine and hand picked it on 6th April 2013 at 22.4 brix.The nose delivers Seckel pear and lime notes, high country freshness and delicate mandarin peel (which reminds us of the Mosel). This wine, with its br...

Our Kota label

Our second label is Kota (meaning shell in the local Maori language) and shows an illustration or picture of one of the large oyster shells from our 3 million year old seabed. Some of the shells are as large as a bottle and also include scallop shells and barnacles. When these are crushed under the pressure of overlying layers they form a limestone called Coquina, which forms the base layer of our vineyard. This  type of limestone has a soft, crumbly structure and is free dra...