THE NED PINOT GRIS 2025

TASTING NOTE

Distinctly salmon pink in hue, a signature feature of The Ned Pinot Gris, this wine delivers aromas of quince and pear drop. The bright and refreshing palate offers juicy white peach flavours supported by subtle Braeburn crispness, delivering a lush and supple expression of cool climate Marlborough Pinot Gris.

FOOD MATCHING

Crafted to be an everyday glass of wine that can be appreciated as much on its own as it can when paired with food. Try this wine with grilled lemongrass pork and rice noodles, or a roasted beet and goat cheese salad with apple slices.

CELLARING POTENTIAL

Crafted to be enjoyed at the peak of its vibrancy and freshness, we recommend drinking this wine within 2-3 years of vintage date.

ORIGIN

Marlborough, New Zealand

WINEMAKING

A portion of the Pinot Gris fruit, which is naturally pink in colour, underwent a period of skin contact to enhance colour and texture in the juice. The fruit was then gently pressed to stainless steel tanks for fermentation.

Selected yeast strains were chosen to enhance varietal intensity and mouthfeel with a slow, steady fermentation to preserve these aromatics.

ANALYSIS

• Alcohol - 13.0%
• pH - 3.42
• Titratable Acidity - 5.14g/L
• Residual Sugar - 5.5g/L
• Vegan Certified

VINTAGE

Vintage 2025 will be remembered as one of Marlborough’s larger harvests due to near optimal flowering and fruit set conditions during the final months of 2024.

The 2025 growing season began with budburst under warm, sunny weather, allowing vines to make full use of the ample soil moisture retained from winter and the majority of spring was fortunately frost free.

Throughout the early part of the season, Marlborough experienced warm, sunny, and relatively dry conditions, despite a few intense rain events in late October and again mid to late December. The key summer ripening period continued thispattern of favourable weather—warm, sunny, and dry—even though January ranked among the coolest since 2000.

Harvest commenced under sunny skies in March and concluded a month later.

Right in the heart of the magical Waihopai Valley, a million miles from anywhere, lies The Ned - one of Marlborough's most famous peaks - and the childhood playground for founder and winemaker, Brent Marris. It's a place where nights are two degrees colder and days two degrees hotter. Where possibilities take hold and good times unfold, where the young at heart thrive. And where there's liveliness and adventure in every bottle.