Gunn Estate Hawkes Bay Pinot Gris 2008
$999each
$119DOZEN
WineryGunn Estate
Fruit Pinot Grigio
Regions Hawkes Bay
  New Zealand
Each $9.99
$119.00
Currently out of stock
When George Poppa Gunn first settled in 1920, Hawkes Bay was a farming region where great skill and experience were required to compensate for the poor soils and rather dry conditions. After sixty years of struggling to eke out an existence, providence spoke to the Gunn family with the epiphany that their farm on the banks of Ngaruroro River at Hawke's Bay was Sol superbe for the production of the most splendid, award winning wines. A traditional style of Pinot Gris offering warmth and creamyness, flavoursome and long.
Time has ways of turning adversity into an endowment. Today you'd think the Ohiti Valley was purpose built for wine making. Dry soils and poor farming conditions don't daunt winemaker Denis Gunn. The benig, warm microclimes around the leeward aspects of the Gunn Estate, coupled with a unique combination of soil, climate and geography consecrate the grapes before they've even been introduced to the winemaker. Cool fermented in temperature controlled tanks to retain freshness and vibrancy.
TASTING NOTES
Pale straw colour. Lifted aromas of gooseberry, citrus and floral notes, hints of passionfruit. Fragrances of sweet orchard stonefruit, fleshy white peaches and nashi pear, subtle spicyness with floral notes. A rich and softly textured palate with great depth of flavour reflecting the intense aromatics. Pinot Gris of persistence, exquisite balance and long clean flavours.
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About the Gunn Estate Winery
Gunn Estate Winery is a family affair that started in 1983 when the first estate vineyards where planted on the banks of the Ngaruroro River at Hawke’s Bay
Since these first plantings Gunn Estate has grown into a highly regarded producer of quality New Zealand wines including Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Riesling and Bordeaux varietals including Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec. The textured symbol on the Gunn Estate logo represents the Greywacke river gravel and waters of the Ngaruroro river that follow near the estate vineyards, it also symbolises the ‘O’ of Ohiti Valley - home of the Gunn Estate family. ‘From the Heart, from the Home’, captures the essence and philosophy of the Gunn family who have tilled and nurtured the estate vineyards since the mid 1980’s. Gunn Estate»