Framingham Marlborough Pinot Gris 2023

Framingham Marlborough Pinot Gris

Region: Marlborough, New Zealand

Vintage: 2023

Bottle size: 75cl

Grape: Pinot Gris

ABV: 13.5%

This wine has mellow aromatics of red apple and nectarine, with a touch of flinty savoury notes. On the palate, it is richly textured and has generous flavours of stone fruit and ginger with a persistent mineral finish.

Fruit was sourced from four small Wairau Valley vineyards across a range of soils, from river gravels to fertile silt-loams to heavy clays. All vineyards are trained with the vertical shoot positioning method, and yields are reduced through extensive fruit-thinning to promote concentration and ripeness in the wines.

Fruit was harvested by hand. 50% was whole bunch pressed while the remainder was destemmed and kept on skins for 12 hours before pressing. Juices were treated oxidatively and underwent fermentation spontaneously in old oak barriques (50%) and stainless steel (50%). Components were aged on full ferment lees for five months prior to blending and bottling.

Based in Marlborough, Framingham is home to some of the oldest Riesling vines in the region, with their first plantings dating back to 1981. Though still focused on Riesling, they now produce a range of wines from their 19.5-hectare estate vineyard, certified organic in 2014, alongside other carefully selected sites across Marlborough. Their reputation is such, that Jancis Robinson has described Framingham as “one of the finest producers of Riesling, both in and outside Germany”.

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