Villa Maria Cellar Selection Pinot Gris
$2399each
$287DOZEN
WineryVilla Maria
Fruit Pinot Grigio
Regions Marlborough
  New Zealand
Each $23.99
$287.00
Available by the dozen
Villa Maria selects clones of Pinot Gris that produce lower yields with smaller bunches, which translates into more concentrated flavours. The viticulturists spend a great deal of time monitoring and adjusting the crop levels to make sure the vines are carrying the right amount of grapes. Low yields of two to three kilos per vine, timely leaf plucking and canopy management activities concentrate the flavours in the grapes. Although this leads to a smaller harvest, the emphasis is placed on quality not quantity, culminating in a fully opulent Pinot Gris wine.
Close attention is paid to vine health and fruit development, crop loading and fruit exposure. Parcels of Pinot Gris grapes, most of them picked by hand, are gently pressed to render a pure concentrated juice, lightly settled for twelve hours before transfer to a mix of fermenters and old oak barriques. Neutral yeasts and a cool vinification are employed to preserve the natural purity of fruit. Warmer barrel ferments by indigenous yeasts add complexity. Upon completion, parcels are kept on yeast lees for three months while being treated to a weekly battonage, building palate texture and richness. This wine is then assembled, lightly fined and filtered to bottle.
TASTING NOTES
Straw yellow peach colour. Perfumed aromas of pineapple and ripe pear with hints of gentle spice. Engaging sweet floral characters everywhere, from the fine silky entrance to the luxuriantly creamy mid palate, a rich and warm appealing new world style. A luscious mouthful of fruit showing generous baked apple and cinnamon characters, followed by a lively, rich and harmonious finish. Pair with lightly spiced Asian cuisine or fresh summer salad with crab.
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  Each $23.99
  $287.00
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  Each $68.99
  $827.00
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  Each $53.99
  $647.00
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  Each $154.99
  $1859.00
Available in cartons of six
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Regions Gisborne Hawkes Marlborough
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  Each $26.49
  $317.00
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  New Zealand
  Each $26.49
  $317.00
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Regions Marlborough
  New Zealand
  Each $23.99
  $287.00
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Regions Gisborne
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  Each $44.99
  $539.00
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  Each $57.99
  $695.00
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  Each $49.99
  $599.00
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  Each $33.99
  $407.00
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Regions Marlborough
  New Zealand
  Each $32.99
  $395.00
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  Each $67.99
  $815.00
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  Each $36.99
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About Villa Maria Winery
Its relative youthfulness not withstanding, the New Zealand based Villa Maria Group is establishing a reputation as one of the great wine companies of the world
Founded in 1961 and still operated by George Fistonich, Villa Maria has been New Zealand's leading wine award winner, both nationally and internationally since the early 1980's. Villa Maria's talented people have an unrelenting passion to produce quality wines. Villa Maria»