Posted: December 3, 2021
Well made, nicely balanced, style with pear and melon fruit characters with some complexity. Easy drinking.
Comments Off on Allegiance Wines Thomas James Tumbarumba Pinot Gris 2021 / 0 View / December 3, 2021
Posted: December 3, 2021
Long, lingering and refreshing – true to style with intense fruit flavours.
Comments Off on Saint Clair James Sinclair Marlborough Pinot Gris 2020 / 0 View / December 3, 2021
Posted: December 3, 2021
Attractive blend of citrus, green apple and tropical characters with some florals.
Comments Off on Lake Chalice The Falcon Marlborough Pinot Gris 2020 / 0 View / December 3, 2021
Posted: December 3, 2021
Fragrant nose with a sweet/sour flavour profile and texturally complex.
Comments Off on Reillys Clare Valley Pinot Gris 2021 / 0 View / December 3, 2021
Posted: December 3, 2021
Ripe perfumed tropical fruit nose and palate with high level of acidity.
Comments Off on Gapsted Wines High Country King Valley Pinot Gris 2020 / 0 View / December 3, 2021
Posted: December 3, 2021
Faint floral fruit fragrances and flavours of green apples and sweet spices.
Comments Off on Cockfighter’s Ghost Single Vineyard Adelaide Hills Pinot Gris 2020 / 0 View / December 3, 2021
Posted: December 3, 2021
Light citrus aromas with slight savouriness and nicely textured varietal palate.
Comments Off on Foxey’s Kentucky Road Mornington Peninsula Pinot Gris 2020 / 0 View / December 3, 2021
Posted: December 3, 2021
Pretty varietal nose with a well-balanced fresh honeyed fruit palate.
Comments Off on The Domesticated Duck Mornington Peninsula Pinot Gris 2021 / 0 View / December 3, 2021
Posted: December 3, 2021
Light lemon/tropical aromas with intense sweet nectarine flavours and a spicy end.
Comments Off on Giesen Estate Marlborough Pinot Gris 2020 / 0 View / December 3, 2021
Posted: December 3, 2021
Enjoyable now, this single-vineyard wine was estate-grown at Alexandra and a small part of the blend was barrel-fermented. Bright, light lemon/green, it is freshly scented and full-bodied, with a sliver of sweetness and strong, vibrant pear and spice flavours. $28…
Comments Off on Three Miners Miner’s Right Central Otago Pinot Gris 2019 / 0 View / December 3, 2021
Posted: December 3, 2021
This instantly appealing wine is a blend of tank-fermented Gibbston fruit (56%) and Lowburn grapes (44%), fermented in old French oak barrels. Light lemon/green, it is freshly scented and mouthfilling, with strong, lively, stone-fruit and spice flavours and a basically…
Comments Off on Wild Earth Central Otago Pinot Gris 2020 / 0 View / December 3, 2021
Posted: December 3, 2021
This attractively scented, full-bodied wine has with stone-fruit, pear and spice flavours, showing excellent delicacy and depth. Strongly varietal, with a sliver of sweetness and fresh acidity, it’s a very harmonious wine, for drinking now or cellaring. $22 (UK)
Comments Off on Mount Brown Estates Grand Reserve North Canterbury Pinot Gris 2019 / 0 View / December 3, 2021
Posted: December 3, 2021
Enjoyable young, this freshly scented wine is medium to full-bodied, with good depth of vibrant pear, peach and lychee flavours, moderate acidity and a smooth, off-dry finish. $15 (A, UK)
Comments Off on Allan Scott Marlborough Pinot Gris 2021 / 0 View / December 3, 2021
Posted: December 3, 2021
Estate-grown and hand-harvested at Te Muna, this is a powerful, full-bodied style of pinot gris, partly barrel-fermented. Pale gold, it has fresh, generous, well-ripened, peachy flavours, gently seasoned with oak, good complexity, balanced acidity and a fully dry finish. Best…
Comments Off on The Elder Martinborough Pinot Gris 2020 / 0 View / December 3, 2021
Posted: December 3, 2021
Subtle sweet pear nose. Appropriately creamy and oily in the mouth with pear flavours.
Comments Off on Trentham Estate Grown Pinot Gris 2021 / 0 View / December 3, 2021
Posted: December 3, 2021
Light bronze wine with lovely aromas of pears and delicate varietal fruit flavours with bright acidity.
Comments Off on Longhop Adelaide Hills Pinot Gris 2021 / 0 View / December 3, 2021
Posted: December 2, 2021
“A cracker of a wine!” The nose is reminiscent of grapefruit with hints of ginger. Lovely palate texture with bright and fresh citrus and pear-driven flavours.
Comments Off on The Inventor Limestone Coast Pinot Gris 2021 / 0 View / December 2, 2021
Posted: December 2, 2021
A tight, fine and elegant style with freshness of lemons and pears and a good acid finish. “Very classy!”
Comments Off on Schoolhouse Headmaster Limestone Coast Pinot Gris 2021 / 0 View / December 2, 2021
Posted: December 2, 2021
Uncomplicated easy drinking wine fresh with crisp varietal fruit characters.
Comments Off on Reschke R-Series Limestone Coast Pinot Gris 2021 / 0 View / December 2, 2021
Posted: December 2, 2021
Light and refreshing and all strawberries and white flowers with delicate honey notes.
Comments Off on Reschke Bull Trader Limestone Coast Pinot Gris 2021 / 0 View / December 2, 2021
Posted: December 2, 2021
A richly layered wine showing great persistence of pear, peach and floral varietal derived characters. Has hints of honeysuckle balanced by crisp acid.
Comments Off on Taylors Wines Hotelier Wrattonbully Pinot Gris 2020 / 0 View / December 2, 2021
Posted: December 2, 2021
A pretty, slightly drier, style of pinot gris displaying a bright musky pear bouquet and some powerful spicy pear flavours with a tight line of acidity.
Comments Off on Koonara Lucy & Alice Coonawarra Pinot Gris 2021 / 0 View / December 2, 2021
Posted: December 2, 2021
Lean and green; soft and complex with great overall balance.
Comments Off on Raidis Estate Cheeky Goat Coonawarra Pinot Gris 2021 / 0 View / December 2, 2021
Posted: December 2, 2021
Already drinking well, this pale orange wine is mouthfilling, with very good depth of stonefruit and spice flavours, a hint of ginger and a moderately firm, dry finish. $18
Comments Off on Coopers Creek Kumeu Pinot Gris 2020 / 0 View / December 2, 2021
Posted: December 2, 2021
Pale straw, this easy-drinking, medium-bodied wine is lively, with very good depth of peachy, slightly spicy flavours, a sliver of sweetness, and lots of drink-young appeal. $15
Comments Off on Anchorage Family Estate Nelson Pinot Gris 2020 / 0 View / December 2, 2021
Posted: December 2, 2021
This powerful young wine was estate-grown in Northland. Robust, it has vibrant pear and spice flavours, moderate acidity, very good vigour and length, and a basically dry finish. Well worth cellaring, it should be at its best mid-2022+. $26
Comments Off on Waiparore Tutukaka Coast Pinot Gris 2020 / 0 View / December 2, 2021
Posted: December 2, 2021
Estate-grown on the coast, at Kina, this very pale straw wine is full-bodied, with strong, peachy, slightly spicy flavours, a sliver of sweetness and balanced acidity. A lively, generous, wine, it’s already drinking well. $20
Comments Off on Renato Nelson Pinot Gris 2020 / 0 View / December 2, 2021
Posted: December 2, 2021
Mouthfilling, fleshy and smooth, this wine is enjoyable young, but worth cellaring too. Bright, light lemon/green, it has good intensity of vibrant peach, pear and spice flavours, and a dryish, very harmonious finish. $23 (A)
Comments Off on Matawhero Single Vineyard Gisborne Pinot Gris 2020 / 0 View / December 2, 2021
Posted: December 2, 2021
Unfolding well, this medium to full-bodied wine has vibrant, citrusy, peachy flavours, hints of pears and spices, fractional sweetness, and very good vigour and depth. $18
Comments Off on Haha Hawke’s Bay Pinot Gris 2020 / 0 View / December 2, 2021
Posted: December 2, 2021
From ‘the best grapes we have ever picked from our Home Block vineyard’, this youthful wine is weighty and vibrantly fruity, with strong, ripe, peachy, slightly spicy flavours, balanced acidity, and a finely textured, dry, rounded finish. Best drinking 2022+….
Comments Off on Coopers Creek Select Vineyards Home Block Kumeu Pinot Gris 2020 / 0 View / December 2, 2021
Posted: December 2, 2021
Delicious now, but also ageworthy, this estate-grown wine was hand-picked and tank-fermented. Pale lemon/green, it is weighty, with concentrated, vibrant peach, pear and spice flavours, a touch of complexity, and a finely balanced, off-dry finish. $30 (A)
Comments Off on Bald Hills Kirameki Single Vineyard Central Otago Bannockburn Pinot Gris 2019 / 0 View / December 2, 2021
Posted: December 2, 2021
Invitingly scented, this lively, medium-bodied wine was estate-grown at Matapiro and hand-picked relatively early, in search of a ‘dry, mineral style’. Maturing well, it has fresh acidity, with strong, peachy, gently spicy flavours. $25
Comments Off on Church Road Gwen Hawke’s Bay Pinot Gris 2019 / 0 View / December 2, 2021
Posted: December 2, 2021
If you enjoy the sturdy, fleshy, Alsace style of pinot gris, try this bargain-priced wine. Estate-grown at Matapiro and harvested late, with some berry shrivel, it is powerful and ripely scented, with generous stone-fruit and spice flavours, and a very…
Comments Off on Church Road Hawke’s Bay Pinot Gris 2020 / 0 View / December 2, 2021
Posted: December 2, 2021
This impressively rich, Alsace-style pinot gris was estate-grown at Matapiro, harvested late with some berry shrivel, and fermented and lees-aged in French oak cuves. Light gold, it is sturdy, with concentrated peach, apricot and spice flavours, gentle sweetness, a distinct…
Comments Off on Church Road McDonald Series Hawke’s Bay Pinot Gris 2019 / 0 View / December 2, 2021
Posted: December 2, 2021
Already drinking well, this is a powerful, full-bodied young wine, attractively scented. Fleshy, with distinct overtones of Alsace, it has concentrated, ripe, stone-fruit and spice flavours, and a dryish, lasting finish. $23 (UK)
Comments Off on Askerne Hawke’s Bay Pinot Gris 2020 / 0 View / December 2, 2021
Posted: December 2, 2021
Simple and subtle slatey, green apple/grapefruit style. Plenty of personality and good sugar/acid balance.
Comments Off on Cape Jaffa En Soleil Wrattonbully Pinot Gris 2020 / 0 View / December 2, 2021
Posted: December 2, 2021
Delicious, balanced, long and very flavoursome with confectionery fruit aromas and nice depth of sweet melon flavours with some aged characters developing.
Comments Off on Cockfighter’s Ghost Single Vineyard Adelaide Hills Pinot Gris 2018 / 0 View / December 2, 2021
Posted: December 2, 2021
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Comments Off on Cape Jaffa En Soleil Wrattonbully Pinot Gris 2020 / 0 View / December 2, 2021
Posted: December 2, 2021
Unctuous varietal aromas and lovely weight of tropical fruit on the palate with soft acid. Very drinkable!
Comments Off on Tamburlaine Organic Wines On The Grapevine (SXC) Orange (IC) Pinot Gris 2020 / 0 View / December 2, 2021
Posted: December 2, 2021
A riper honeydew melon style with a lifted fruit nose and nicely balanced sweetness on the varietal palate.
Comments Off on Greystone (Biogro NZ) North Canterbury Pinot Gris 2020 / 0 View / December 2, 2021
Posted: December 2, 2021
Nose smells of lemons and is zesty fresh and juicy in the mouth with palate showing an edge of fruit sweetness.
Comments Off on Taylors Estate Clare Valley Pinot Gris 2020 / 0 View / December 2, 2021
Posted: December 2, 2021
Lots of interest here with lovely layers of fruit, toast and honey.
Comments Off on Herbert Vineyard Mt Gambier Pinot Gris 2020 / 0 View / December 2, 2021
Posted: December 2, 2021
Wonderful bright gold colour, vital complexity to the nose and creamy nutty palate with some sweetness.
Comments Off on Famille Hugel Grossi Laue Limited Alsace France Pinot Gris 2010 / 0 View / December 2, 2021
Posted: December 2, 2021
A powerful full-bodied style with a stylish complexity of pears and honeysuckle.
Comments Off on Famille Hugel Classic Alsace France Pinot Gris 2017 / 0 View / December 2, 2021
Posted: December 2, 2021
Nicely evolving wine with savoury secondary characters and a finesse of floral flavours.
Comments Off on Centennial Vineyards Reserve Southern Highlands Pinot Gris 2019 / 0 View / December 2, 2021
Posted: December 2, 2021
Lovely aromatic lift to the nose and a fleshy lychee/sweet citrus driven palate. Very approachable.
Comments Off on Trentham Estate Grown Murray Darling Pinot Gris 2020 / 0 View / December 2, 2021
Posted: December 2, 2021
This youthful, very easy-drinking wine has fresh, pear-like aromas. Vibrantly fruity, it has very good depth of peach, pear and spice flavours, with an off-dry, smooth finish. $16 (A, UK)
Comments Off on Allan Scott Marlborough Pinot Gris 2020 / 0 View / December 2, 2021
Posted: December 2, 2021
Drinking well now, this is a fresh, full-bodied wine, with very good depth of peach and pear flavours, hints of ginger and spices, balanced acidity and a dry finish. $19 (A)
Comments Off on Lake Chalice The Falcon Marlborough Pinot Gris 2019 / 0 View / December 2, 2021
Posted: December 2, 2021
This fleshy, full-bodied wine is youthful, with very good depth of vibrant, ripe stonefruit, pear and spice flavours, and a finely balanced, slightly off-dry finish. Best drinking mid-2021+. Fine value. $15
Comments Off on Villa Maria Cellar Selection Marlborough Pinot Gris 2020 / 0 View / December 2, 2021
Posted: December 2, 2021
Certified organic, this single-vineyard, Awatere Valley wine is medium-bodied, with very good depth of vibrant pear, lychee and spice flavours, a vague hint of sweetness, fresh acidity and a finely balanced finish. Best drinking 2022+. $22 (UK)
Comments Off on Loveblock Marlborough Pinot Gris 2020 / 0 View / December 2, 2021