Roaring Meg Pinot Gris 2011
This wine has aromatics reminiscent of a fruit cocktail full of stonefruit, passionfruit and melon. On the palate these are duplicated with lovely rich flavours, a textured mid palate and an off-dry finish.
Cellaring Potential:
Roaring Meg Central Otago Pinot Gris is optimal drinking from release to four years of age.
Vintage 2011:
2011 was not the easiest of vintages – there was a high potential for mediocrity if proper care was not taken at all times in the vineyard and winery. The quality of fruit was very good, provided the right decisions were made. As a style, vintage 2011 has a very different tenor to ‘09 and ‘10 which were all about density and concentration; 2011 is about purity, precision and elegance.
Spring was fantastically settled, almost too good to believe, which led to excellent flowering and fruit set. Spring conditions actually arrived at Christmas, and frequently unsettled weather was the norm right through January and February! Despite this, it was also pretty warm; it was almost too perfect for canopy and bunch development leading to bigger than normal berries, and higher bunch weights as a result. Finally some semblance of normality arrived in March with conditions settling. These settled conditions continued through the balance of autumn, other than one wet spell which highlighted how tender and thin-skinned the berries were this season. In the winery it was a season where the fruit needed empathy, and the direction of the wine was dictated by the fruit.
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