Wines By Nobilo

Nobilo East Coast Pinot Gris 2011

Gisborne Hawkes

Steeped in history, Nobilo are one of New Zealand's most distinguished winemaking estates and the first choice for Pinot Gris. Their vineyard team have taken an initiative to develop the most suitable terrains and to retain the most expressive parcels of fruit. From good sites within the salubrious growing climes of Hawkes Bay, grapes with the brightest flavours and most vibrant aromas have been fashioned into a deliciously fruit driven, complex, off dry style.

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Pinot Gris is picked at optimum levels of ripeness and treated to a cool fermentation, leaving some residual sweetness to create a drier style. Berries are evenly coloured with a typical shade of light grey, flecked by red and pink. Fruit is crushed and destemmed, a portion of the juices are given several hours of skin contact to release the flavour precursors. Fermentation is carried out exclusively in tank, inoculated to yeasts selected for their ability to accentuate the aromatics and mouthfeel. The slow, cool ferment is stopped early to provide a touch of residual sweetness on the palate. The final wine is cold stabilized, fined and sterile filtered prior to bottling.


Light straw in colour with a pinkish hue. A rich, perfumed bouquet of orange blossom and pear. Flavours of ripe stonefruit, melon and pear linger on the palate. Showing excellent weight and balance, a creamy texture complemented by gentle acidity. Elegant and refreshing, it closes to a smooth, generous finish.

Nobilo Hawkes Bay Merlot 2009

Hawkes Bay

Available by the case dozen only

Vinified from the best harvests of Merlot that the North Island has to offer, formed around a backbone of fruit sourced primarily from a most highly specialised vineyard. Nobilo have put so much emphasis into formulating the country's finest Merlot wine that they have set aside half their resources at the Corner 50 development in Hawkes Bay for the advancement of the varietal.

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Grapes are picked to optimum sugar/ acidity parameters and excellent flavour profiles. Fruit is destemmed but not crushed, grapes are transferred to a mixture of open top and closed vessels employing cultured yeast strains. Juices are fermented on skins for eighteen days at temperatures up to thirty degrees. Careful cap management for full colour development and the production of soft, fine tannins. On completion of initial ferment, the wine was treated to a period of maceration before being pressed and matured predominantly in tank to retain fruit, a portion is transferred to prior use French and American oak barriques for ageing. All components complete full malolactic. Alcohol 14.0%

Bright red in colour with purple hues. Intense aromas of plum and mulberry with hints of coffee, mocha and spice. Sweet, mouth filling plum and blackberry flavours, overlaying a structure of fine grained tannins. The palate is full and soft, a seamless meld of fruit with oak. Touch of mocha and spice combines with subtle vanillin oak to provide depth and complexity. A finish of good length, supple and soft.

Nobilo Icon Chardonnay

Gisborne

Available by the case dozen only

Icon is the culmination of years of research into specific viticultural techniques, with particular attention to vineyard sites and a winemaking strategy focused on fruit structure with balance. A Chardonnay of excellent weight and length, the natural fruit flavours fuse with the complexities of toasted bread, vanillin and warm, soft malo. Aged on full fermentation yeast lees and treated to a regular battonage. The choice accompaniment to the finest cuisine, serve close to room temperature to fully appreciate the complexity of the wine.

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The Nobilo family effectively persuaded and guided the New Zealand wine industry away from hybrid grape varieties and fortified wines, to a higher level of quality, now recognised and appraised by all markets. Icon Chardonnay is grown to estate vineyards at Gisborne on the east coast of the North Island. The microclimate here enjoys typically hot dry summers and mild winters, producing fat full flavoured Chardonnays and early ripening varietals. Malolactic fermentation has softened and rounded the palate, whilst the snappy natural acidity provides crispness and balance. Maturation in oak barriques fuses toasted bread and vanillin qualities to the natural fruit flavours. Approx 13.5%

Straw in colour, brilliant clarity. A powerful bouquet of ripe stone fruit with a hint of tangy citrus. Secondary aromas of baked bread, vanillin oak and warm, buttery malolactic influences, a wine of elegance and complexity. Soft, ripe nectarine and peach flavours meld with crisp, sweet grapefruit characters. The palate shows excellent weight and length, complexities derived from the luxuriant vinification techniques adding depth and power to the wine.

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Nobilo Icon Sauvignon Blanc 2007

Marlborough

Marlborough enjoys conditions that are perfect for fruit ripening and flavour development. It is the world's most essential Sauvignon Blanc winegrowing region. Good vineyards in the Awatere and Wairau sub-districts are selected and monitored throughout the growing season. Canopy training systems are utilised to produce a complex array of aromas and flavours. Nobilo isolates the most vibrant Sauvignon Blanc grapes for the Icon, a vigorous wine with seductive fragrances of passionfruit with lychee, an opulent palate and endless finish.

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Close attention is paid to sunlight penetration of the canopy and soil moisture levels to achieve the best results. Harvested during the early hours of the morning to ensure the grapes remain cool. All fruit is crushed and destemmed through the utilisation of tipper tanks and state of the art technology that allows gentle, more efficient processing. A portion of the juices are given several hours of skin contact to encourage the release of flavour precursors. The fermentations are cool and prolonged, inoculated by a variety of yeasts to achieve added complexity within the aromas and flavours. Post fermentation, Nobilo is settled and racked off finings, cold stabilised and sterile filtered prior to bottling. Approx 13.0%


Light straw in colour, brilliant and clear. A rich bouquet of passionfruit, gooseberry and nettles. A complex, powerful wine with excellent structure and weight, crafted from the best fruit, displaying the distinct Marlborough combination of ripe tropicality and fresh herbal flavours. A smooth, viscous mouthfeel extending into a crisp, refreshing finish. Pure New Zealand.

Nobilo Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2012

Marlborough

The perennially venerated Nobilo is made to a zesty, refreshingly fruit driven style, spilling over with juicy pear, lime and passionfruit flavours that linger long and languid on the memorable, openly textured finish. Another popular and consistent offering from the house of Nobilo, who are achieving remarkable international success with their stylish white wines.

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Marlborough is recognized everywhere in the world for its distinctive style of Sauvignon Blanc, a fair share of the credit must go to Nobilo. Components are selected from good vineyards in the Wairau and Awatere valleys on the basis of their intensity, varietal character and regional charm, with a view to achieving a complex yet harmonious wine. Grapes are crushed and destemmed, the juices are treated to varying levels of skin contact thereby extracting a range of desirable pheolics, drained to tank and pressed. A variety of yeasts are chosen for their ability to enhance vital Marlborough expressions, optimising flavour, integration and palate weight.

Brilliant, pale yellow hue. Intense aromas of pineapple, passionfruits and guava, complemented by flinty minerality and herbal notes. Nettle and cut tomato plant characters give richness to the palate, an abundance of luscious fruit sweetness, passionfruit and pineapple notes. Nobilo has excellent presence and mouthfeel, balanced acidity and long, generous finish. A perfect match for seafood or lemon herb chicken, perfect as an aperitif.

Nobilo Poverty Bay Chardonnay

Gisborne

Available by the case dozen only

Captain Cook's first step ashore anywhere in New Zealand was at Poverty Bay. Today it is the site of the world's most easterly vineyards, the first vines to see the sun each day, a highly specialised white winegrowing region and the Chardonnay capital of New Zealand. In the warmer and more humid climes of the North Island's east coast, the vines sprout plump berries of outstanding quality Chardonnay that are affected by the drying breezes in a way that translates into the most vigorous, fruit driven Chardonnay wines.

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The maritime winds around Nobilo's Poverty Bay vineyard serve to fully ripen the grapes and concentrate the flavours as the fruit achieves healthy Baumes with a good balance of sugars and acidity. Following harvest the grapes are crushed, destemmed and pressed. Inoculated predominantly in steel tanks at moderate temperatures to retain the fresh expressions of ripe Chardonnay. A portion of the juices are fermented and matured in barriques to add a subliminal hint of oak and to enhance the complexity. Most of the components are treated to a total malolactic fermentation and remain on yeast lees until assemblage. The final wine was cold stabilised, fined and sterile filtered before bottling. Approx 13.0%


Light straw colour, green hues. A bouquet of ripe stonefruit, overlaid with aromas of butterscotch and vanillin oak. A medium bodied wine, with excellent weight and balance. The palate is soft and creamy, exhibiting flavours of white peach and nectarine, layered with toasty, nutty complexities.

Steeped in history, Nobilo wines are proudly acclaimed as some of New Zealand's most respected pioneering wine brands

The history of the company in New Zealand goes back to the early 1940's when the Nobilo family landed in New Zealand. They settled in Huapai, West Auckland, situated in the North Island of New Zealand, and started planting vines in 1943. The Nobilo family effectively persuaded and guided the New Zealand wine industry away from hybrid grape varieties and fortified wines, to a higher level of quality wine, now recognised and appraised by all markets.

With the passage of time, the early 1970's ushered in a whole new awareness of grape growing for quality wine production in New Zealand. The search was on for more suitable vineyard sites away from Auckland. This coincided with the move away from the consumption of fortified wine, and the emerging love affair of consumers in the 1980's with the classic varieties of the world.

Key House of Nobilo brands, namely White Cloud, Fernleaf, Fall Harvest, Regional Collection and Icon, have always been market leaders with style initiative and packaging innovation, winning local and international intrinsic and packaging awards each year.

In September 1998, Nobilo Vintners, then a family company with four generations of wine proficiency, purchased another successful New Zealand winery at the time, the thriving Selaks operation, to form a strong wine association

The Selak family, another early pioneering family from Croatia, came to New Zealand in the early 1900s, also bringing with them many years of wine experience. They bottled their first wine in 1934. Today the Selaks brands Premium Selection and Founders Reserve boast an enviable reputation both in New Zealand and overseas.

In mid-2000, Australia's second largest wine producer, BRL Hardy, purchased Nobilo Vintners, which later merged with Constellation Brands Inc. in 2003. The resultant global wine company, Constellation Wines, now incorporates the parent company's wine interests in the USA, Australia, UK/Europe, South America and New Zealand. Nobilo Wine Group enjoys ownership and partnership of many diverse sites within the key wine-growing regions of New Zealand, namely Marlborough to the north of the South Island, and Hawkes Bay and Gisborne, on the eastern coasts of the North Island.

Drylands Vineyard is situated near the middle of the Wairau Valley Region and surrounds the Drylands Winery in Hammerichs Road, Blenheim. It has some of the oldest Sauvignon Blanc vines, going back to 1980. This vineyard produces intensely herbal and some sweaty characters. Fruit from this vineyard shows traditional, typical Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc characters.

Situated in the Wairau Valley region, Rarangi Vineyard is by the coastal settlement of Rarangi and is planted on gravel swales (undulating terrain that was ancient beach fronts) with underlying sandy lenses. As the sea has retreated it has left behind gravels, which have been thinly covered in fine, wind blown and organic material. This vineyard is a very low vigour site because the soils are very free draining beach gravels. Sauvignon Blanc from this site shows ripe, tropical fruit flavours with sweaty characteristics and provides balance to traditional Marlborough blends. Gewurztraminer, Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir are still in establishment phase but aim to reach Icon labels.

The Castle Cliffs Vineyard is a 100ha block, situated on three terraces on north bank of the Awatere River, to the south of Blenheim in Marlborough. The altitude is 40m above sea level. Spring 2002 planting's comprised 20ha Pinot Noir, and 80ha Sauvignon Blanc. It consists of Pinot Heights, Middle Terrace and River Terrace.

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