2021 Pinot Gris
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Off dry in style with flavours and aromas of apple, pear, melon, and stone fruit. This wine is balanced in acidity with a hint of minerality and a nice long finish. Serve slightly chilled.
Wine Specs
Vintage
2021
Varietal
Pinot Gris
Appellation
Okanagan Valley
Harvest Date
September 2021
Bottling Date
March 2022
Alcohol %
12.1
Wine Profile
Tasting Notes
Off dry in style with floral and tropical aromas and flavors of melon, pear, and peach. This wine is balanced in acidity with a hint of minerality and a nice long finish. Serve slightly chilled.
Vineyard Notes
The grapes for this single vineyard Pinot Gris were grown on our estate vineyard, River Rock Vineyards, planted in a location that allows the vine to thrive and mature fruit of a consistent quality and character. The vines were in their 19th leaf when the fruit was harvested. All of our vineyards are on south facing slopes where soils are composed of rock, sand, and gravel laid down during the last glacial recession.
Winemaker Notes
The Pinot Gris was hand-picked in early September, at peak ripeness, and destemmed and pressed after a short period of skin contact time. The juice is then allowed to settle and racked to another stainless steel tank where it is inoculated with yeast starting the temperature controlled fermentation. A single commercial yeast strain was chosen for flavor and mouthfeel characteristics. Following fermentation, the wine spent several months on the finer lees before fining, blending, filtering and bottling.
Food Pairing Notes
This Pinot Gris pairs well with oysters on the half shell, prawns or scallops but because of its texture and mouth feel will hold up to grilled chicken or pork tenderloin.