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The Pioneer PG 24 (1200 x 1200 px)

The Pioneer
Pinot Gris 2024

This single vineyard wine is mid-straw in colour with a slight copper tone. Off-dry in style with lifted aromas of juicy pears, red apples and stone fruit. The palate is weighty and textural with flavours of pears, apple crumble and clover honey – a complex wine that is drinking perfectly after three years in bottle.

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The Pioneer
Pinot Gris 2024

This single vineyard wine is mid-straw in colour with a slight copper tone. Off-dry in style with lifted aromas of juicy pears, red apples and stone fruit. The palate is weighty and textural with flavours of pears, apple crumble and clover honey – a complex wine that is drinking perfectly after three years in bottle. Cameron Douglas – 94 points A bouquet filled with purity and freshness, framed by white spice and brown pear, white-fleshed stone fruits, and a definitive seam of lees complexity—a bouquet of depth and elegance. A full-bodied expression with weight and intensity of fruit, some warming alcohol, and a light, creamy texture. Well-made, with flavours that reflect the bouquet—a wine to enjoy on its own or with protein-rich fare. Best drinking from 2025 through 2030.  
   
Tasting Notes: The Pioneer
Pinot Gris 2024

Vineyards and viticulture

The fruit for this wine came from just one pick from the Barnsley Block in the Waihōpai Valley. The vines were leaf-plucked and fruit thinned several times to ensure the crop level was low, while the grapes were full of flavour and perfectly ripe.

Winemaking

The winemaking here was minimal. The grapes were hand-picked and gently pressed, one third into old French oak barriques for a long and slow fermentation (over six months) with wild yeasts and the rest was fermented in tank. Once we felt the wine had achieved the perfect balance of sweetness and acidity, the two components were blended, filtered and bottled.

Food Pairing

A delicious pairing with flavoursome seafood, poultry, spicy foods, Moroccan and Middle Eastern dishes and many different cheese styles.

The Pioneer Pinot Gris Tasting Notes:

Tasting Notes: 2017
Tasting Notes: 2016

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