Eradus Marlborough Pinot Gris 2025

93 POINTS & 5 STARS: Sam Kim, Wine Orbit

"Elegant and delightfully expressed, showing Asian pear, lemon peel, Gala apple, and white floral notes on the nose. The palate is equally appealing with bright fruit flavours, backed by supple texture and fine acidity, finishing lingering and refreshing. At its best: now to 2028"
 - Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Jun 2025

Eradus are not a one trick pony! Yes, they do make an outstanding Sauvignon Blanc but they do a lovely Pinot Gris too. The vines are now 16 years old and deliver a wine with great concentration and a real juiciness in a fresh and dry style with a portion barrel aged to add textural richness. Serious wine for under $20! Lifted floral and white peach notes leading to delicious flavours of red apple, pear, white peach with a hint of spice and that Awatere Valley flinty minerality. In Essential Awatere fashion the finish is lively, crisp and lingering. A delicious wine that brings together “new world” fruit and “old world” elegance and minerality.

Eradus Pinot Gris vines grow on a slender terrace at the edge of the Awatere River, with a unique microclimate and soil structure. Influenced by a fault line, a river, and the power of the nearby Pacific Ocean, our land is stony, dry, windy and cool, elements that create wines of elegance, minerality with a lively and lingering finish. We let the untameable terroir of the Awatere Valley express itself through our vines, grapes and ultimately wines.

ABV: 13.5%