Winery DiceyPinot Gris
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The Pinot Gris of the Winery Dicey is in the top 0 of wines of Bannockburn.
Details and technical informations about Winery Dicey's Pinot Gris.
Discover the grape variety: Admirable de Courtiller
Table grape with long clusters and juicy, crunchy golden berries with delicate sweet and muscat-tinged flavours and thin skin. Vinified in limited quantities, giving simple, fresh and lightly muscat-scented whites. Now rare, appreciated by enthusiasts and preserved in French ampelographic collections, listed in the official Catalogue on List A1. French table grape variety from a chasselas × bicane cross obtained around 1840 in Saumur by Dr Courtiller.
Informations about the Winery Dicey
The Winery Dicey is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 6 wines for sale in the of Bannockburn to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Bannockburn
Sub-region of Central Otago in New Zealand (the warmest and driest, called the 'heart of the desert', varied soils of glacial schists, loess and draining sandy gravels, its own GI): Pinot Noir leads in reds — heavier and more tannic than its neighbours with dark ripe fruits (black cherry), herbal complexity and power. Harvest sometimes a month ahead of Gibbston, long ripening after hot summers, premium quality since plantings in the 1990s, distinct blocks.
The wine region of South Island
New Zealand's southern island, cradle of the country's great wines. Sauvignon Blanc signature in Marlborough (~80% of national vineyard): explosive and tropical with grapefruit, passion fruit, boxwood, cut grass and mineral touch — global benchmark. Pinot Noir star in Central Otago (among the most southerly) and Waipara: airy with cherry, raspberry, undergrowth, thyme. Taut Riesling, precise Chardonnay, floral Pinot Gris.
The word of the wine: PDO
Protected Designation of Origin - equivalent to the term "controlled designation of origin" in European regulations.
