2023 Pinot Gris, Kim Crawford

• Style: Crisp, textured, aromatic white
• Taste: Pear, quince, rosewater, tropical fruit, white pepper
• Food: Shellfish, white fish, spicy Asian, salads
• Occasion: Weeknight, summer drinking, aperitivo
• Serve: Chilled, 12.5% ABV

In the Glass — Tasting Notes

Pale straw in colour with orchard brightness: ripe pear and quince lead, followed by floral rosewater and honeysuckle lift. The mid-palate delivers tropical fruit and white pepper that lingers clean and focused. At 12.5% alcohol with minimal residual sugar (3.5g/L), this wine refreshes without thinness, ripens without cloying. Enough weight and texture carry real food, yet the aromatics stay alive.

The Winery — Kim Crawford

Established in 1996 and now part of Constellation, Kim Crawford maintains its founding philosophy: commanding grape supply across the broadest network of Marlborough sub-regions for unwavering consistency. The 2023 vintage reflects La Niña's warm flowering: smaller berries with thicker skins, carefully managed in the vineyard to balance yield and ripeness. Fruit from Bridge Pa, Ngatarawa's river-gravelly soils, and Ohiti's deeper silts was machine-harvested and gently pressed to preserve aromatics. Cool stainless-steel fermentation keeps the wine fresh and concentrated—the kind of precision winemaking recognised when Wine Enthusiast named Kim Crawford "New World Winery of the Year 2016."

At Your Table — Food Pairing & Serving

Serve chilled alongside shellfish and crustacean, roasted white fish with herbs, or spicy Asian dishes where white pepper and rosewater will shine. Equally at home with salads and light fare, this is vegan and vegetarian. It's the everyday wine that doesn't apologise for itself—a proper grown-up Pinot Gris that sits among the finest expressions of how New Zealand interprets the variety. Less austere than Old World versions, more textured than lighter international styles, it's perfect for weeknight suppers, Sunday lunch, summer drinking, or an aperitivo moment. Discover more Pinot Grigio & Pinot Gris selections and explore how cool-climate regions shape each style.