Clark Estate Black Birch Pinot Gris 2022

The 2022 Black Birch Pinot Gris is shy at first, almost playing hard to get, but with a little time it opens up and rewards you with a beautifully powerful aroma and invites you for a taste. This wine is full bodied, aromatic and fruitful with a creamy texture. The flavour lingers well after the first taste and the fine acidity helps cleanse the palate.

The Black Birch is a pristine alpine stream which feeds clean mountain waters into the main Awatere River. The Black Birch range also directs cooler winds down onto the vines during the autumn months, slowing the ripening process just enough to ripen the Pinot Gris fruit to perfection.

Our Pinot Gris has a delicate richness and power driven by the low cropping and fully ripened grapes hanging from the vines that have been nourished by the Blackbirch waters

The grapes were quickly pressed off the skins and fermented under very cool conditions. The ferment was stopped when the fruit sweetness complimented the fine acidity. The wine was left on full yeast lees for an extended period to mature and gain extra complexity.