“Neudorf is one of the most admired producers of New Zealand Pinot Gris.” Jancis Robinson
New Release
The overall impression of Neudorf Moutere Pinot Gris 2011 is textural, deep, complex and precise. A wine of immense class and persistence.
On the nose marmalade and some spicy notes, and while it appear dry the palate delivers a very satisfying rush of round ripe fruit with hints of fig paste and biscuits. (Remember Fig Newtons? Those fig paste and pastry biscuits ?)
The finish is refreshing and lingering.
This wine adds to Neudorf’s reputation as one of country’s finest Pinot Gris producers.
Technical
Clones 2/15, 7a and Mission were selectively hand picked from the Home Vineyard in early April at 6.2 t/ha, 24.5 Brix, 3.26 pH and 5.85gL TA.
The fruit was whole bunch pressed on a prolonged gentle cycle. Some of the fruit was harvested with dried
Botrytis giving extra flavour intensity. Most was tank fermented with indigenous wild yeast with little settling.
15% was fermented in large old oak puncheons using wild yeast. The ferments slowed towards the end and stopped at a natural level of sweetness but drier than previous years. The fermentation was very long and slow with a total
fermentation time of 83 days. The wine went through a wild malo lactic fermentation during primary fermentation and was bottled in November at 3.57 pH, 4.9 gL Total Acidity, 6.4 gL Residual Sugar, and 14.5% v/v Alcohol.
460 cases produced.
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