Quartz Reef Pinot Gris 2024

Quartz Reef Pinot Gris is a fine, complex aromatic white from the certified organic and biodynamic Bendigo estate in Central Otago. The bouquet layers green and brown pear with quince and red apple skin, threaded with a seam of fine, saline minerality and a crumbled-stone edge. The palate is crisp, taut and dry, built around pomaceous fruit and citrus peel, with phenolic texture adding real length and complexity. Hand-picked in early April and aged on yeast lees for ten months, it's a wine of purity and poise built to evolve further in bottle. Delicious now with fresh seafood such as snapper or pan-seared scallops, and worth cellaring through 2028 and beyond.

What the winery says:

The 2023/24 growing season opened with heavy spring rains before settling into a drier run than the previous three years, with budburst on 25 September and a significant frost event on 27 October that reduced Pinot Noir volumes without affecting quality. Fruit was hand-picked between 2 and 4 April in ideal condition and ripeness, whole-bunch pressed, and left to ferment naturally before ageing on yeast lees for ten months, during which the wine underwent full malolactic fermentation. It was bottled on 26 February 2025 from the certified organic and biodynamic Bendigo estate vineyard.

Cameron Douglas, MS, camdouglasms.com, 93 Points (2024 Vintage)

"Fine and complex bouquet, fragrances of green and brown pear, quince and red apple skin. There's also a seam of fine saline minerality with a crumbled stone idea. Crisp, taut and dry with a core of pomaceous fruits and citrus peel, the phenolics add to the mouthfeel and length and overall complexity. Ready to drink from day of purchase through 2028+."