Barwang Tumbarumba Pinot Gris 2013
$1499each
$179DOZEN
WineryBarwang
Fruit Pinot Grigio
Regions Hilltops
  New South Wales
Each $14.99
$179.00
Currently out of stock
McWilliam's has long been a major player and staunch supporter of the emerging Hilltops as a premiere viticultural precinct, retaining some of the region's most salubrious vineyards. Career farmer and veteran RAAF fighter pilot Peter Robinson planted his Barwang property to cuttings procured from McWilliams in 1969. The prodigal vines returned to McWillians stewardship and today contribute the backbone of fruit for Barwang Pinot Gris.
A collation of harvests are separately handled to retain the individual charm of each vineyard. Fruit is gently crushed and cold settled to 6C, skins are removed to minimize extraction of phenolics and the deep Pinot Gris colour. Batches are racked into fermenters and inoculated through choice yeasts, selected on the basis of enhancing fruit character whilst contributing palate weight and texture. A long cool vinification captures the intensity of vibrant Pinot Gris flavour, followed by a further term on sedimentery yeast lees, to infuse greater complexity, before stabilising and early bottling for the retention of vitality, ensuring a fully fruit driven palate and heightened varietal aromaticness.
TASTING NOTES
Medium straw hue. Floral and fruit notes, peaches and granny smith, pear and nectarines, creamy vanilla yoghurt notes. Intense varietal characters of pear drops and almond dominate the palate, texture, complexity and length, the fresh acidity gives focus and adding structure, before a lingering and refreshingly clean finish.
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About Barwang Wines
McWilliam's Barwang Vineyard is situated along the southwest slopes of the Great Dividing Range, near Young in New South Wales, at an altitude of 520m
Hilltops enjoys adequate and reliable rainfall, with mild days and cool nights, allowing for the slow, even ripening of fruit. The region’s high altitude, cool prevailing winds from the Great Dividing Range which offset diurnal temperatures, and the high minerality of the soil are three significant elements which combine to make the Hilltops a distinctive wine producing region. A dry summer and autumn, with cool nights and mild days exacerbate the extended ripening period. Heavy snowfall and frost in winter are quite common; and whilst substantial rainfall occurs in the growing season, most falls in spring. Barwang»