LEEFIELD STATION PINOT GRIS 2024
LEEFIELD STATION PINOT GRIS 2024
Floral aromas, pears, apples and a touch of spices define the nose of this wine. The palate is rich and abundant of fruity flavours of nashi pears and melon. The well managed acidity and sweetness provides a pleasing texture and mouthfeel.
The Leefield Station Pinot Gris 2024 will taste delicious with the sweetness and slight spiciness of Sticky San Choy Bao Pork Rissoles.
6 bottles
Tasting Note
Tasting Note
TASTING NOTE
Floral aromas, pears, apples
and a touch of spices define the nose of this wine. The palate is rich and abundant of fruity flavours of nashi pears and melon. The well managed acidity and sweetness provides a pleasing texture and mouthfeel.
FOOD MATCHING
The Leefield Station Pinot Gris 2024 will taste delicious with the sweetness and slight spiciness of Sticky San Choy Bao Pork Rissoles.
CELLARING POTENTIAL
Crafted to be enjoyed while youthful and fresh; we recommend drinking this wine within 2–3 years of vintage date.
Winemaking
Winemaking
ORIGIN
Leefield Station, Waihopai Valley, Marlborough.
VARIETY
100% Pinot Gris.
WINEMAKING
The Pinot Gris fruit was field destemmed before being gently pressed to stainless steel tanks in preparation for fermentation. Purposely selected yeast strains were chosen to enhance the varietal intensity and mouthfeel, with a slow and steady fermentation to preserve these aromatics. After a short period of time on yeast lees the wine was fined and filtered prior to bottling.
ANALYSIS
- Alcohol - 14.5%
- pH - 3.49
- Titratable Acidity - 5.23g/L
- Residual Sugar - 2.8g/L
- Vegan Certified
Vintage
Vintage
VINTAGE
Vintage 2024 will be remembered for being one Marlborough’s smaller vintages but also for producing exceptional fruit quality.
Despite a dry winter and resulting low ground moisture levels, full dams and positive river flows supplied essential soil moisture for the start of the growing season with budburst in mid-September.
Minimal frosts occurred, and though November and December were warm, below-average temperatures potentially contributed to the smaller vintage.
From December to February, temperatures rose sharply, accompanied by above-average sunshine and below-average rainfall, leading to drought concerns and an early start to harvest.
Perfect weather aided steady picking from February until mid-April, allowing fruit to be picked in perfect condition at peak ripeness, delivering consistent levels of concentration and complexity of flavour.
About Leefield Station
About Leefield Station
Leefield Station has a mission of showcasing the best of Marlborough in one amazing property. Delicious grapes, well-kept sheep, cattle, and pigs – all alongside flourishing native bush sheltering productive beehives and teeming flora and fauna. It is nature co-existing perfectly – helping each other, in an amazing eco-system of its own.
Because we believe this is what modern farming looks like.