Vintage 2020

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Mud House South Island Pinot Gris 2020

A House Built of Earth

Mud House South Island Pinot Gris 2020 · South Island, New Zealand · tasted 4 April 2021

A Pinot Gris picked in the first days of a national lockdown, blended across two South Island regions, and finished in bottle by early July. On a home table a year later, between a Chianti and a Lambrusco.

Allan Scott Family Winemakers Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2020

Picked Under Lockdown

Allan Scott Family Winemakers Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2020 · Marlborough, New Zealand · tasted 7 January 2021

New Zealand shut down two days into the Marlborough harvest. The grapes were saved by a line in a government notice — and the wine reached the table nine months later, opposite a bottle from 2000.