Our first Pinot Gris represents stunning vintage

Tue, 25 May 2010 00:00:00 +1200

We’ve just released our very first Pinot Gris – from the stunning 2009 Cheviot Hills vintage. A powerful wine, it has already received a satisfying 4.5 stars from respected wine writer Michael Cooper in Winestate magazine!

The Pinot Gris is the third white wine in the Mt Beautiful range, after the acclaimed Riesling and popular Sauvignon Blanc.

The wine was made from 4ha of hand-picked grapes from young Pinot Gris vines producing their first vintage. The Pinot Gris vines on the Mt Beautiful vineyard are mostly of the Berrysmith clone, supported by smaller quantities of Geisenheim clone 2/21 from Germany and three different clones from South Africa.

“While the 2009 vintage is only our third vintage in Cheviot Hills, it is one that would be regarded as impressive wherever it occurred,” says winemaker Sam Weaver.

Cheviot Hills missed the summer rainfall that plagued Marlborough last year, experiencing warm, dry weather during which even the region’s usual Nor-Wester seldom came. We were able to start harvesting two weeks earlier than expected – at the same time as Marlborough which lies 200km to the north of us!

It was also the first year we were able to crush the fruit on site, allowing us to capture the fresh fruit flavours as the grapes came off the vines.

Mt Beautiful Cheviot Hills Pinot Gris 2009 is a full-bodied, off-dry wine showing ripe Pear William fruit flavours combined with a hint of nuttiness and a spiced almond character on the palate. The creamy mouth-feel is enlivened by the crispness of wild plums, finishing deliciously smooth. RRP $23.95

This is now available through selected fine wine outlets and restaurants throughout New Zealand. You can find outlets in your area here.

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Our first export wines available in UK

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +1200

We are very pleased to announce that our Mt Beautiful wines are going on sale in the UK from June 2009. This is the first export market for our wines. It is also the first time wines from the new Cheviot Hills region we are establishing will be available outside New Zealand.

Mt Beautiful wines are distributed in the UK by London-based fine wine specialists Genesis Wines. They carry all three currently available wines – Mt Beautiful Cheviot Hills Sauvignon Blanc 2008, Mt Beautiful Cheviot Hills Riesling 2007 and Mt Beautiful Cheviot Hills Pinot Noir 2007.

“We’re very excited to be working with such a new and dynamic grower,” says Tom Heywood-Lonsdale, Managing Director of Genesis.

In New Zealand, the release of the first Mt Beautiful wines late last year impressed the local wine industry with the potential of this new wine region. Many of our wines garnered four and five-star reviews.

“The release of Mt Beautiful wines in the UK presents local wine lovers with the rare opportunity to share the discovery of a brand new wine region with impeccable credentials,” says Heywood-Lonsdale.

David Teece, owner of Mt Beautiful wines, says it’s exciting to be able to present our wines to wine lovers in the UK. “Genesis Wines have built up an excellent reputation in the market and we’re thrilled to be working with them.”

Mt Beautiful wines are now available in restaurants and selected fine wine stores in the UK.

For more information, samples or distribution enquiries, please contact:

Genesis Wines, telephone +44-(0)20-7963 9062 or email orders@genesiswines.com.

You can also contact the Genesis Wines team at:

Genesis Wines Ltd 
78 Tachbrook Street,
London SW1V 2NA 
orders@genesiswines.com 
Tel. +44 20 7963 9062 
Fax +44 870 850 2038 
www.genesiswines.com

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