Craven

Pinot Gris

Name: Pinot Gris
Brand: Craven
Price: 265 ZAR
Availability: InStock
Rating: 93 (1 reviews)

Pinot Gris from Stellenbosch, South Africa

R265

Bottle size:

750 ml

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"From Polkadraai Hills. Fermented on skins for six days, matured for six months in concrete tanks. Strawberry, red apple, a hint of pomegranate, potpourri and spice on the nose. Concentrated fruit, lively acidity and a slightly pithy, saline finish. Vivid and full of flavour. Alc: 12%." CE

Strawberry

Red Apple

Pomegranate

Potpourri

With this being the case, we just can't waste that colour and delicious flavour trapped in the skins, so we ferment this wine like a red. This year we decided to make 2 picks at harvest time. The earlier pick to help maintain acidity in a low acid year and the second pick, some 7 days later, to add more texture and depth. The grapes were destemmed into concrete tanks for fermentation and given a light pump over once a day for gentle extraction of the lovely rose-coloured hue and chalky tannin. Both picks were fermented separately on skins for 6 days and then pressed off and blended together.

Craven

Craven Wines is a Stellenbosch producer founded by Mick and Jeanine Craven in 2012, focused on exploring distinctive single-vineyard sites across the region. With attentive, low-intervention winemaking, the range highlights individual varieties and vineyards through pure, site-driven South African wines.