Spade Oak The Prospect Gisborne Pinot Gris 2019 $28 Crafted from two special pinot gris clones perfectly suited to creating delicously dry styles that grow on Mahauri and Kaiti clay loam soils and end up being gently pressed into a combo of 4yo French oak barrels and tanks to ferment and mature. The result is … Read More
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Unison Bumble Bee Hawke’s Bay Pinot Gris 2019
Unison Bumble Bee Hawke’s Bay Pinot Gris 2019 $24 Paired with :Crispy spiced onion fritter burgers with mango chutney in Dish Magazine Issue 93 No question, the best possible thing to put in your mouth after these superb burgers, is the Unison Hawke’s Bay Pinot Gris 2019 ($24). It’s a dry-styled pinot gris with buckets … Read More
Drummond Farm Martinborough Pinot Gris 2018
Drummond Farm Martinborough Pinot Gris 2018 $24 Alex Muir and Leah Creaven are the forces behind Martinborough’s newest splash in the wine pond and they’re determined to educate people that it’s what’s NOT in the bottle that makes it distinctive. Produced at a positively demure 9.5% alcohol and showing clean, lightly-styled, apple and greengage plum … Read More
OTU Marlborough Pinot Gris 2020
OTU Marlborough Pinot Gris 2020 $18 With the faintest of pink flecks to it, this brilliantly-bright and shiny new gris has soft pear and nashi notes on the nose and they merge with ripe citrus and peachy flavours on the palate. It’s a clean, zesty and ultra-refreshing example that’ll wow the crowds. For stockists near … Read More
Scout Marlborough Pinot Gris 2019
$30 Supernice, apple-injected pinot gris from Marlborough that boasts incredible lift and spice on the nose and a really clean, textural, weighty mouthfeel. Nicely done by young winemaking team Sarah Adamson and Greg Lane and the groovy label art is done by Michelle Lane, who works over in Adelaide and Kangaroo Island – she’s also … Read More
Famille Hugel Classic Alsace Pinot Gris 2017
Famille Hugel Classic Alsace Pinot Gris 2017 $42.99 Prior to 2017 this iconic Alsace producer (based in Riquewihr) was known as Hugel et Fils, however the Hugel family opted to start referring to their company as Famille Hugel, to acknowledge the incredible 13 generations of family winemaking since it was founded in 1639. 1639! Their … Read More
Lime Rock Central Hawke’s Bay Pinot Gris 2019
Lime Rock Central Hawke’s Bay Pinot Gris 2019 $20 Looking for a dry-style pinot gris that still packs a punch of richness, elegance and all-round excellence? Then you’ve come to the right cul-de-sac friend, because Rosie Butler and Rodger Tynan of Tikokino have created all that in spades. Rich stonefruit notes overlap with classic apple … Read More
Matahiwi Estate ME Wairarapa Pinot Gris 2020
Matahiwi Estate ME Wairarapa Pinot Gris 2020 $13 If you’re looking for a burst of sweet florals, peachy punch, apple, pear and yellow plum notes – then the tribe has spoken! No frills, fresh and fabulous, this is a dangerously sippable, neat-as-a-pin, plucky little pinot gris that’ll wow the crowds. http://www.matahiwi.co.nz
Brightwater Gravels Nelson Pinot Gris 2019
Brightwater Gravels Nelson Pinot Gris 2019 $18 Nelson is well and truly living up to it’s name as the aromatics capital of the country with this crisp little pony of a pinot gris. Pear-packed and backed up with apple and nashi niceness, it’s got ‘crowd pleaser’ ,’spring wedding’ and ‘classy-if-there-is-such-a-thing 21st birthday party’ written all … Read More
McArthur Ridge Falls Dam Central Otago Pinot Gris 2019
McArthur Ridge Falls Dam Central Otago Pinot Gris 2019 $20 Classic Central Otago pinot gris here folks, all zesty pear and apple, and it nicely nunchucks you around the face with nashi pear, strudel spices, clean acidity and springy textures. Lush, plush and perky to sip, it deserves to be chilled down and enjoyed with … Read More