This lovely wine celebrates vineyard manager & mule rider Maggie Horne, who first saw the viticultural potential of Brightwater, on stony alluvial soils between the Waimea & Wai-iti rivers. Maggie was just one of the colourful characters who helped Tim & Judy Finn on their 31 year journey to world wine renown. Zoologist & journalist respectively, these 1960s back to the l&-ers&8217;needed all the help they could get starting out in 1978, when useful quality wine precedents in NZ were virtually non-existent. Finding the best varieties for their soils took years, & many false starts, including the dreaded Muller-Thurgau. Pinot Gris proved a much saner option & this is their best vintage yet.