Isabel Estate Pinot Gris 2007

Isabel Estate Pinot Gris 2007Isabel Estate was established in Marlborough's prestigious Wairau Valley in 1980 and boasts some of the oldest vines in the region. The Pinot Gris, which is sourced from the north eastern corner of the estate, is a traditional dry style, supple, yet complex, with wonderful fruit ripeness. "A fine, tight, and pleasingly dry wine with good mineral, pear and pineapple flavours. This is an excellent food wine with good acidity and a bone dry finish.

The communes are dotted up and down the twin valleys and hilly ranges that offer a huge variety of terroir

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Organic and biodynamic practices have been introduced

The original Elderton Nuriootpa vineyard planted in 1984

Holm Oak is a labour of love for winemaker Bec Duffy and her viticulturist husband Tim Duffy

Sorting is something they do a lot of at expensive estates in Bordeaux where Emmanuelle has worked

deserved its Blue Gold Medal at the Sydney International Wine Competiton

A quilt caught on the line in a southerly wind

Ample fruits of dark cherry and spiced plums take the lead

The different soil and a different clonal material result in a wine closer to the French Rhône style

Deep Woods Estate was established in 1987 with plantings of Semillon

a Luxembourg émigré who had come to New Zealand to make wine for the Marist Brothers Catholic Mission