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Pinot Gris/Pinot Grigio
A first class grape variety grown in Alsace, where it is known as Tokay Pinot Gris, and in Italy, where it is called Pinot Grigio. In Alsace it is best suited to the deep, clay rich soils found in the north of the region where it produces richly honeyed, dry whites as well as superb sweet late harvest wines. At its best it combines the heady perfume and rich aroma of Gewürztraminer with the acidity one associates with Riesling. It ages very well, developing rich buttery characteristics.
In Northern Italy Pinot Grigio produces many thin undistinguished dry whites. However it comes into its own in Friuli-Venezia and the Alto Adige, where leading producers such as Alvaro Pecorari of Lis Neris produce marvellously rounded, elegant, and mineral laden examples. Pinot Gris is now grown with notable success in Oregon in the USA and in New Zealand.
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Lucas and his father Andre managed to harvest their Pinot Gris before the October rains, so treating us to a very complete wine. Vinified as ever in used barriques, giving a slight Speyside malt, heather honey note, to taste it's pure pear, comice perhaps. Dry, medium bodied, suave, the 2013 vintage version seems to have a distinct eau de vie, Poire William character and texture to it. Compelling and delicious too.
David Berry Green
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