Waipara Hills Equinox Pinot Gris 2011

Waipara Hills Equinox Pinot Gris 2011 ($27)  has classic fresh-cut pear and quince aromas and an incredibly concentrated burst of white peach and spicy pear flavours in the mouth.  It’s a great example and dangerously drinkable.

Stoneleigh Latitude Marlborough Pinot Gris 2011

Stoneleigh Latitude Marlborough Pinot Gris 2011 $26  Fresh-cut nashi notes, ginger and elderflower aromas lead to clean, refreshingly sweet pear, quince and honeydew flavours in the mouth.  Sourced from Marlborough’s ‘Golden Mile’ this new addition to the Stoneleigh stable is unfussy, straightforward and juicy and sensational with spice-crusted beer can chicken or garlic and chilli [...]

Neudorf Maggie’s Block Nelson Pinot Gris 2011

Neudorf Maggie’s Block Nelson Pinot Gris 2011 $26  If you’re a fan of dry Pinot Gris then fret no further.  Perfumed with vibrant, clean pear and quince flavours, this Nelson wine, grown at their Balquhidder vineyard at Brightwater washes over the palate with juicy generosity and leaves a hint of oily texture.  Excellent length of [...]

Greywacke Marlborough Pinot Gris 2010

Greywacke Marlborough Pinot Gris 2010 $26  Half the juice was fermented in older French oak which contributes to the toasty, fig-like notes on the nose and the nectarine stone and spicy pear flavours on the palate.  At 14% alc it’s far from delicate, but if mouthfilling succulence is what you’re after then look no further.  www.greywacke.com [...]

Kate Radburnd Sun Kissed Pinot Gris 2010

Kate Radburnd Sun Kissed Hawke’s Bay Pinot Gris 2010 $18 * * * ½ A delicious aromatic combination of quince and spiced custard apple and in the mouth it’s tropical yet dry and textural with an edge of peachy complexity on the finish. Superb with stir-fried garlic prawns on Vietnamese salad. www.kateradburnd.co.nz