2014 Gibson Bridge Pinot Gris Reserve, Marlborough

2014 Gibson Bridge Pinot Gris Reserve, Marlborough

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2014 Gibson Bridge Pinot Gris Reserve, Marlborough

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New Zealand Pinot Gris tends to veer towards the Alsace (rather than Italian) style, and this is case in point. This single-vineyard wine is rich and round, with apricot and a hint of spice alongside green pear and a mineral thread. It is full, fleshy with a concentration of fruit that lasts in the mouth and would make it delicious with creamy dishes.

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Gibson Bridge Vineyard

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Pinot Gris/Pinot Grigio

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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