Nobilo East Coast Pinot Gris 2015 CONFIRM 2015 VINTAGE

Pinot Gris Grigio Gisborne Hawkes New Zealand
Steeped in national history for their significant contribution to viticulture, Nobilo are one of New Zealand's most distinguished winemaking estates. Their vineyard team have taken an initiative to develop the most suitable terrains and to retain the most expressive parcels of fruit. The first choice in Pinot Gris, from harvests grown to splendid sites within the salubrious growing climes of Hawkes Bay, grapes with the brightest flavours and most vibrant aromas have been fashioned into a deliciously fruit driven, complex, off dry style.
Pinot Gris is picked at optimum levels of ripeness and treated to a cool fermentation, leaving some residual sweetness to create a drier style. Berries are evenly coloured with a typical shade of light grey, flecked by red and pink. Fruit is crushed and destemmed, a portion of the juices are given several hours of skin contact to release the flavour precursors. Fermentation is carried out exclusively in tank, inoculated to yeasts selected for their ability to accentuate the aromatics and mouthfeel. The slow, cool ferment is stopped early to provide a touch of residual sweetness on the palate. The final wine is cold stabilized, fined and sterile filtered prior to bottling.
Light straw in colour with a pinkish hue. A rich, perfumed bouquet of orange blossom and pear. Flavours of ripe stonefruit, melon and pear linger on the palate. Showing excellent weight and balance, a creamy texture complemented by gentle acidity. Elegant and refreshing, it closes to a smooth, generous finish.
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Steeped in history, Nobilo wines are proudly acclaimed as some of New Zealand's most respected pioneering wine brands

The history of the company in New Zealand goes back to the early 1940's when the Nobilo family landed in New Zealand. They settled in Huapai, West Auckland, situated in the North Island of New Zealand, and started planting vines in 1943. The Nobilo family effectively persuaded and guided the New Zealand wine industry away from hybrid grape varieties and fortified wines, to a higher level of quality wine, now recognised and appraised by all markets.

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With the passage of time, the early 1970's ushered in a whole new awareness of grape growing for quality wine production in New Zealand. The search was on for more suitable vineyard sites away from Auckland. This coincided with the move away from the consumption of fortified wine, and the emerging love affair of consumers in the 1980's with the classic varieties of the world.

Key House of Nobilo brands, namely White Cloud, Fernleaf, Fall Harvest, Regional Collection and Icon, have always been market leaders with style initiative and packaging innovation, winning local and international intrinsic and packaging awards each year.

The Selak family, another early pioneering family from Croatia, came to New Zealand in the early 1900s, also bringing with them many years of wine experience. They bottled their first wine in 1934. Today the Selaks brands Premium Selection and Founders Reserve boast an enviable reputation both in New Zealand and overseas.

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In mid-2000, Australia's second largest wine producer, BRL Hardy, purchased Nobilo Vintners, which later merged with Constellation Brands Inc. in 2003. The resultant global wine company, Constellation Wines, now incorporates the parent company's wine interests in the USA, Australia, UK/Europe, South America and New Zealand. Nobilo Wine Group enjoys ownership and partnership of many diverse sites within the key wine-growing regions of New Zealand, namely Marlborough to the north of the South Island, and Hawkes Bay and Gisborne, on the eastern coasts of the North Island.

Drylands Vineyard is situated near the middle of the Wairau Valley Region and surrounds the Drylands Winery in Hammerichs Road, Blenheim. It has some of the oldest Sauvignon Blanc vines, going back to 1980. This vineyard produces intensely herbal and some sweaty characters. Fruit from this vineyard shows traditional, typical Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc characters.

Situated in the Wairau Valley region, Rarangi Vineyard is by the coastal settlement of Rarangi and is planted on gravel swales (undulating terrain that was ancient beach fronts) with underlying sandy lenses. As the sea has retreated it has left behind gravels, which have been thinly covered in fine, wind blown and organic material. This vineyard is a very low vigour site because the soils are very free draining beach gravels. Sauvignon Blanc from this site shows ripe, tropical fruit flavours with sweaty characteristics and provides balance to traditional Marlborough blends. Gewurztraminer, Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir are still in establishment phase but aim to reach Icon labels.

The Castle Cliffs Vineyard is a 100ha block, situated on three terraces on north bank of the Awatere River, to the south of Blenheim in Marlborough. The altitude is 40m above sea level. Spring 2002 planting's comprised 20ha Pinot Noir, and 80ha Sauvignon Blanc. It consists of Pinot Heights, Middle Terrace and River Terrace.

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