Pinot Gris 2008
Gourmet Traveller -Bob Campbell April 08
90/100 read more 
Wine Advocate USA - April 2008
89/100 read more WineState - Michael Cooper
5 Stars read more
Wine Tasting Notes
Viticulture:
Region Omaka Valley Marlborough
Aspect Gentle north facing hillside
Vine density 5000 plants per hectare
Trellis Vertical shoot position
Pruning Guyot double ( 2 canes of 6 buds and 2 spurs)
Summer work
Shoot thinned, leaf removal and fruit thinned by hand
Yield 0.4kg/vine
Winemaking:
Hand harvested into 10kg picking bins 28th March 2008
Processing dispersed onto conveyor, quality checked and carried conveyor into small batch press. Whole bunch pressed to barrel.
Fermentation
Ambiant prior to Indigenous fermentation in barrel
Maturation
Old French oak on fine lees
Oak barrels & aging French Burgundy barrels for 11mths
Bottled 13 March 2009
Production 140 cases
Vintage Notes
Terravin is based on the premise that there is a direct link between the land where a vine grows, the climate and the lives of the families that farm that land. We strive in both our viticulture and winemaking to preserve all that this embraces. The vineyard site is carefully chosen, then the clones and rootstocks chosen that best suit these soil types, the vines then cared for by hand and add my 25 years working in the local vineyards.
2008 vintage was one of the warmest of recent vintages. Pinot Gris tends toward over cropping so fruit thinning was essential removing over half of the crop pre veraison (vendage vert) and then removing more after veraison to ensure even ripeness and richness in the mid palate of the resulting wine. This also ensured we were harvested before the rains that spoiled the vintage for many in 2008.
Technical Data
Harvest Date:
30 March 2007
Brix at Harvest:
24.5
Winemaker:
Mike Eaton
Clones:
40A , 7A and Lincoln Berry Smith
Barrels:
Old french
Alcohol Levels:
14
Residual Sugar:
12g/l
Cellaring Potential:
3yrs
Release Date:
15 October 2009