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(Tom Cannavan - winepages.com - Aug 2011)
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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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Located in the Waitaki Valley in New Zealand's South Island (one of the coolest wine producing regions in the world), the Ostler wines are now showing their quality as the vines establish themselves. A dry wine with real finesse; lime, melon, pear and spice are all evident on the delicately aromatic nose. The palate contains more of the same and is endowed with an unexpectedly generous texture and weight, whilst plenty of acidity retains the freshness throughout. For me, a very good Pinot Gris that will come into its own with food.
(Martyn Rolph, Berrys' Private Account Manager)
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