2023 Marlborough Pinot Gris, Framingham

• Style: Textured, mineral-driven white
• Taste: Stone fruit, ginger, flinty mineral edge with aromatic depth
• Food: Shellfish, roasted fish, herb chicken, Asian spice
• Occasion: Weeknight, Sunday lunch, summer drinking, aperitivo
• Serve: Chilled, 13.5% ABV, dry

In the Glass — Tasting Notes

Mellow red apple and nectarine open this wine, but the palate reveals deeper character: richly textured stone fruit and ginger, lingering on a mineral, flinty edge. Half the fruit was whole-bunch pressed, the other half destemmed and skin-macerated for twelve hours before pressing. Fermentation split between old oak barriques and stainless steel, then aged on full lees for five months, creating a wine that feels complete and settled rather than simply fresh.

The Winery — Framingham

Framingham launched in 1994 and has built its house on Riesling discipline, now extending that philosophy across Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir. Their 19.5-hectare organic estate vineyard, certified since 2014, partners with selected Marlborough sites across the Wairau Valley where varied soils and cool diurnal range — warm days, cold nights — retain both acidity and aromatic intensity. Andrew Brown, head winemaker since 2020, brings seven years' prior Framingham experience plus consulting work in Oregon, Central Otago and Alsace; he knows how to extract concentration without overworking the fruit. The 2023 vintage proved demanding with variable flowering conditions, tricky early March weather, and constant disease pressure, but Framingham's organic protocols and proactive management delivered a wine of real poise: 13.5% alcohol, just 8g/L residual sugar, vegan and vegetarian certified.

At Your Table — Food Pairing & Serving

Serve this chilled alongside roasted fish, herb-dressed chicken, or Asian-spiced seafood where you need both refreshment and mineral grip. The textural weight and dry profile make it equally at home as an aperitivo or weeknight companion, and its substance means it shines through summer drinking and casual Sunday lunch settings. Explore our New Zealand range to discover how this cool southern region continues to surprise, and discover other Pinot Grigio & Pinot Gris expressions that share this house discipline.