Pinot Grigio
⏳ Drikkevindue
Typically best enjoyed within 1 to 3 years from vintage release to capture its fresh, vibrant fruit character.
🍽️ Mad & Vin-match
Fresh seafood dishes, light summer salads with goat cheese, and delicate pasta with pesto.
✨ Tekniske specifikationer
Oyster Bay captures the essence of New Zealand's cool-climate winemaking. While Marlborough made the brand famous, they turned to the historic region of Hawke's Bay on the North Island to craft their Pinot Grigio. Hawke's Bay, with its ancient river beds, alluvial soils, and warm maritime climate, provides the perfect sanctuary for this grape. By naming it 'Pinot Grigio' rather than 'Pinot Gris', Oyster Bay signals a stylistic nod to the crisp, vibrant, and refreshing Italian style. The wine is fermented slowly at cool temperatures in stainless steel to preserve the pure, expressive aromas of stone fruit, fresh pear, and floral notes, backed by a signature mineral edge derived from the region's gravelly soils.
🍾 Om vinhuset / producenten
Oyster Bay blev grundlagt i 1988 af Delegat-familien og opnåede lynhurtigt international anerkendelse, da husets allerførste årgang 1990 vandt Marquis de Goulaine-trofæet for bedste Sauvignon Blanc ved International Wine and Spirit Competition i 1991. Dyrkningen foregår på de ikoniske alluviale flodterrasser og stenede siltjorde i Marlboroughs Wairau- og Awatere-dale, suppleret af førsteklasses parceller i Hawke's Bay på Nordøen. Mange solskinstimer kombineret med kølige, maritime nattevinde sikrer en lang modningsperiode og bevarer druernes naturlige syre. Markarbejdet følger nøje de strenge krav under Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand på tværs af samtlige parceller. I vinkælderen foregår gæringen på temperaturstyrede ståltanke for at bevare en ren og uspoleret aromatisk friskhed. Denne tilgang definerer husets stilskabende Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay og Pinot Noir samt deres stenfrugtprægede Pinot Gris og smidige Hawke's Bay Merlot.