Quest Farm - Alpino Vin Gris 2016

Quest Farm - Alpino Vin Gris 2016

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Made from pinot noir grapes, the Vin Gris is hand-picked and then pressed very gently on a champagne press cycle, picking up just the slightest blush. Originally we made this wine so we would have something to enjoy with seafood— having enjoyed making the wine, drinking it and watching the development of flavours over the last few years, a third vintage was on the cards for the 2016 harvest. We have called the third vintage of this unusual and interesting wine, “Alpino” - an Albino Pinot from the Alps...

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Quest Farm

It was in 1999 when Mark Mason left the winery he had started just over a decade earlier in the Hawkes Bay: Sacred Hill, to start his very own in Central Otago. It took him a few years to bulldoze away the roaming bush that covered the steep slopes of his 145 hectares but he ended up with 18 very unique vineyard sights with a range of slopes and soils.

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Central Otago

Central Otago is one of the most southerly wine regions in the world and it is most commonly referred to as Pinot Central, in New Zealand. It has a long history of winemaking dating back to the mid 1800s and in fact a 'Burgundy' from Central Otago won a gold medal in a Sydney wine competition in 1881. A few winemakers including Alan Brady helped to craft it into a leading Pinot Noir region for the world thanks to his fruit-bombs. Many fantastic aromatic white wines excel here also.