2016 Hunky Dory Pinot Grigio

Hunky Dory

New Zealand / Marlborough / Hunky Dory

Grapes for this wine are sourced primarily from the two Huia Estate vineyard sites in the Wairau Valley within Marlborough. The Rapaura soils are a mixture of sandy soils, greywacke stone, clay and alluvial silts. The Huia Rapaura vineyard provides richly flavoured Pinot Grigio grapes with a wide breadth of pear, apple and quince aromas and bright flavours. The Huia Winsome vineyard is situated on the edge of the Southern Valleys where the vines grow on clay. These grapes grown on the clay offer a richness and palate weight along with the fine acidity of this area. The grapes were picked, gently pressed and underwent fermentation with organic and natural yeasts with a little time in neutral oak. The wine was then bottled with minimum additions and is vegan and vegetarian friendly.

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About Hunky Dory

Hunky Dory is produced by the Allan family based on the stony Rapaura area of Marlborough, close to the Wairau River. The family-grown, family-made wines are absolutely perfect for the barbecue or a long, slow lunch. They are great-value wines that show the full flavour and invigorating freshness for which Marlborough has won global fame. Hunky Dory vineyards and wine are fully certified organic with BioGro New Zealand.

About

Mike and Claire Allen were studying winemaking in Adelaide in 1990 when they scored vintage positions in Marlborough, Mike at Cloudy Bay and Claire at Corbans. They immediately fell in love with the beauty and energy of the region, and couldn't resist when they saw an ad in the local paper for a block of land on an old apple orchard in Rapaura that “looked like heaven”. It took four years’ toil to get the apples out and the land ready for planting what has now become Huia. During that time, Mike deepened his relationship with the region at Cloudy Bay and Vavasour, while Claire went from Corbans to Lawson’s Dry Hills. By 1996, they had the estate up and running. “It was the vitality of the wines we tasted when we got to Marlborough that told us we were somewhere special,” says Mike, accounting for the motivation that got the place to the great shape it’s in today.