Catalina Sounds Pinot Gris 2023 Marlborough – 6 Bottles

WINERY INFORMATION: Catalina Sounds lies in Waihopai Valley, Marlborough. The area is rich in clayey loam soils, with hot summers and cold winters providing ideal growth conditions for cultivating cool-climate varieties such as Pinot Gris. TASTING NOTES: The fruit for this wine was sourced from the Pinot Gris block in the Catalina Sounds vineyard. Although a hot summer and some frost damage to the fruit resulted in low crop turn-over, the fruit still maintained a good concentration of flavour. The Pinot Gris thus created has a ‘dry white’ liquor style. The nose is greeted with lifted sweet-scented aromas of quince, spiced pears, stone fruits, beeswax and yellow florals. Flavour builds on the palate and mixes with subdued lees, alcohol and oak extracted notes to render a layered and textured palate with an elegant mouthfeel. It ends with a focused and long finish. This Pinot Gris is terrific with Asian cuisine (slightly spicy Thai and Vietnamese foods), white poultry dishes, root vegetables, squashes, quail and pork belly. Taken on its own, this Pinot Gris is still a lovely quaff.