Mount Four Brookby Marlborough Pinot Gris 2025 $28 Crafted by French winemaker Marie Navailles, this Pinot Gris sails down the dry side of street and I am here for it! Scented with petanque pit minerality, freshly snapped apple core, green walnut, nashi notes, persimmon and white pepper; the mid-palate reveals soft pear and a touch … Read More
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Village Vineyards Golden Queen Hawke’s Bay Pinot Gris 2025
Village Vineyards Golden Queen Hawke’s Bay Pinot Gris 2025 $35 Taking on the pale pink hue of having spent some time on its pinky-grey Pinot Gris skins, this wine is singing with fresh, frisky and fanging with red anjou pears, nashi notes, soft baking spices and hints of creamy strudel complexity. Cloudy yet crisp to … Read More
Jules Taylor Marlborough Pinot Gris 2025
Jules Taylor Marlborough Pinot Gris 2025 $23 From a banger of a vintage, Jules Taylor turns out an absolutely sippable style of Gris. Stacked with quince, baked pear, zesty acidity, white pepper, nutmeg, apple strudel, and boatloads of freshness and friskiness – it’s a wine with punch and personality and excellent length of flavour. Jules … Read More
Monowai Hawke’s Bay Field Blend 2025 SBPG70-30
Monowai Hawke’s Bay Field Blend 2025 SBPG70-30 Quite a tropical, peachy style with a herbaceous backbone and solid acidity all wrapped around a pop of nashi sweetness at its core. Highly aromatic, lemongrass, soft baking spices, apple and a glorious gush of guava. Chilled down and dished out on a hot afternoon with some jalapeno … Read More
Palliser Estate Martinborough Pinot Gris 2024
Palliser Estate Martinborough Pinot Gris 2024 $32 More of this style of gris plis! I love the lift of baked quince, poached pear, whipped clover honey and soft spices on the nose. I’m also pleasantly obsessed with how rich, creamy, and textural it is. Roast peach and soft white pepper hints collide with plump, baked … Read More
Lateral Wines Bannockburn Skins 2022
Lateral Wines Bannockburn Skins 2022 $35 A blend of Pinot Gris and Pinot Blanc by winemaking couple Pip Batteley and Austin Black, it’s got that bronze-copper colour typical of a skin-soaked example. Aromas of soft white pepper, quartzy minerality, a hint of nashi and fennel. On the palate, there’s a dried herb, smoky vein, dandelion, … Read More
Ayrburn Central Otago Pinot Gris 2024
Ayrburn Central Otago Pinot Gris 2024 $40 From one of the most exciting new wine businesses emerging from Central Otago comes a Pinot Gris that’s so beautifully balanced it’s been headhunted by the Cirque du Soleil tightrope team. No joke. Sourced from vineyards in Gibbston Valley, it’s scented with poached pear, softly spiced quince and … Read More
Whitehaven Marlborough Pinot Gris 2023
Whitehaven Marlborough Pinot Gris 2023 $25 Deliciously dry yet erupting with punchy pear, fresh quince and nashi notes laced with white pepper, spiced peach and gentle acidity make this a fresh, approachable and cleansing sip. Whitehaven
Jules Taylor Marlborough Pinot Gris 2024
Jules Taylor Marlborough Pinot Gris 2024 $22 Classically structured style here from an absolute guru of gris. On the nose there’s a subtle lift of persimmon, nashi, white pepper, soft peach, apple and a lick of feijoa – all of which osmose onto the palate leaving a fresh, energetic impression and a general “oh yum”. … Read More
Brookfields Robertson Hawke’s Bay Pinot Gris 2024
Brookfields Robertson Hawke’s Bay Pinot Gris 2024 $18 If you’ve been avoiding Pinot Gris because you thought it was sweet and blousy, then wrap your chops around this new release from Brookfields and all your wildest dreams will come true. Prepare for an immediate crisp, dry, generous impression, and then enjoy the fact that it’s … Read More