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Poppies Martinborough Late Harvest Pinot Gris 2024

2024

From a very small 400 vine block of 30 year old pinot gris on pure clay soils, we hang our fruit to the brink of collapse,
not from botrytis but simple hang time to create a sweeter style of pinot gris.

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Not all vineyard sites are equal, usually due to soil. However there are ways to extract and create magic when one is prepared to take risk and step outside their comfort zone. We are lucky enough to have risked with experiment and achieved. From a very small 400 vine block of 30 year old pinot gris on pure clay soils, we hang our fruit to the brink of collapse, not from botrytis but simple hang time to create a sweeter style of pinot gris. The most exciting thing with this wine is yes, it is sweeter than the traditional pinot gris we also make, but with more sweetness comes a substantial amount of spiciness and a more intense minerality is also achieved. A wine of curvaceous structure without the flirtatious intensity of Gewürztraminer, our Late Harvest Pinot Gris is possibly a little more reserved and grounded.

With more sweetness comes a substantial amount of spiciness and a more intense minerality is also achieved.... A wine of curvaceous structure