Te Mania Nelson Pinot Gris 2021 $22 If you dust some ripe pears in nutmeg and poach them in citrus and inhale the result then you’ll have something resembling this frisky-fresh pinot gris. Punchy, nashi and white peach flavours in the mid-palate – bright, energetic, with great tension and verve. Excellent length of flavour and … Read More
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Tiki Single Vineyard North Canterbury Pinot Gris 2020
Tiki Single Vineyard North Canterbury Pinot Gris 2020 $23 Paired with: Creamy Sweetcorn Polenta with Chicken Schnitzel and Herb Sauce dish Magazine Issue 102 The creamy moreishness of the polenta combined with the savoury, herby, crunchy schnitzel just sings when paired with the juicy apple, pear and spiced peach punchiness of the Tiki North Canterbury … Read More
Carrick Organic Bannockburn Pinot Gris 2019
Carrick Organic Bannockburn Pinot Gris 2019 $28 Handpicked from their Arthur’s vineyard and Cairnmuir Terraces block, this complex pinot gris is perfumed with musky nashi notes, nutmeg and walnutty notes. Smooth, elegantly structured, mouthfilling, and juicy, it’s a crunchy-yet-complex style that’s had the benefit of partial barrel fermentation and maturation in older oak barrels. Dry, … Read More
Brookfields Robertson Hawke’s Bay Pinot Gris 2021
Brookfields Robertson Hawke’s Bay Pinot Gris 2021 $21 Super-fresh and snappy, this pinot gris punches out nashi, white peach and yellow plum plushness. Bright acidity, soft baking spices and satisfying, mouthfilling, length of flavour. Nicely made indeed. Brookfields
Whitehaven Marlborough Pinot Gris 2021
Whitehaven Marlborough Pinot Gris 2021 $23 Paired with: Turkish roast chicken and eggplant in dish Magazine Issue 102 With a smorgasbord of spice going on in this ravishing roast, choose an aromatic wine that accentuates those roasty toasty flavours, yet adds intensely cleansing crispness. Then let me introduce the Whitehaven Marlborough Pinot Gris 2021 ($23). Deliciously … Read More
Rabbit Ranch Central Otago Pinot Gris 2021
Rabbit Ranch Central Otago Pinot Gris 2021 $19.50 Paired with: Orecchiette with broccoli, brown butter and hazelnut crumb in dish Magazine Issue 102 The second I see the words ‘brown butter’ and ‘hazelnut’ is the second I’m reaching for the nutmeg-dusted, nashi-saturated niceness of the Rabbit Ranch Central Otago Pinot Gris 2021 ($19.50) With clean, … Read More
Scout Central Otago Pinot Gris 2021
Scout Central Otago Pinot Gris 2021 $27 Woah Nelly!! Here’s a richly-crafted, spice-driven pinot gris that takes no prisoners in the taste stakes. Dry, lengthy and boosted with baked apple and anise characters, it’s a bold, full-bodied gris with a tweak of guava on the finish. I love how generous and toasty in the mid-palate … Read More
Gibson Bridge Marlborough Pinot Gris Rosé 2020
Gibson Bridge Marlborough Pinot Gris Rosé 2020 $28 Crafted from the tiny, 6ha vineyard owned by Julie and Howard Simmonds, the pinky-grey skins of pinot gris grapes have allowed the colour of this wine to take on its soft, coral colour. Don’t expect your conventional nashi pear, peach and apple characters of commercial pinot gris … Read More
Gibson Bridge Celebration Méthode Traditionelle Marlborough Pinot Gris Rosé Zero Dosage 2020
Gibson Bridge Celebration Méthode Traditionelle Marlborough Pinot Gris Rosé Zero Dosage 2020 $56 Fans of super-dry sparkling wine with a yeasty, nutty kick will lean toward this style for sure. No sugar was added after the secondary ferment and disgorgement stage of this wine, and that differentiates it from the clear bottle version in that … Read More
Gibson Bridge Celebration Méthode Traditionelle Marlborough Pinot Gris Rosé 2020
Gibson Bridge Celebration Méthode Traditionelle Marlborough Pinot Gris Rosé 2020 $56 Turning pinot gris into a fine, sparkling wine is not the easiest thing, but Howard and Julie Simmonds have decided to have a crack using fruit from their tiny, 6acre vineyard in the Renwick subregion. Coloured a soft apricot from the pinky-grey hue of … Read More