Tasting Note
Due do a pre-ferment cold soak, the ’07 Pinot Gris displays a gorgeous pale champagne hue in the glass. The nose is complex and aromatic – tropical fruit, luscious lychees, almond and subtle rose. On the palate, rich nectar and apricot flavours are upfront with vanilla, white stonefruit and creamy nuts lingering on the finish. The mid-palate combines green apple and pear, which reiterates the Isabel style – fresh, clean & crisp. Lees contact is apparent, offering lovely mouth feel. A beautiful wine with natural oysters but also stands up to roasted pork and duck dishes.
Accolades
“Thoroughly decent, clean and straight forward, a dry pinot gris with fleshiness. Almost subtle fruit tones, rounded off very well after a year. A style ready to be enjoyed over the next 18 months especially beside delicate food dishes where this pino gris will underline such courses excellently.”
Peter Saunders, F&B Magazine, April 2008
“A fine, tight, and pleasingly dry wine with good mineral, pear and pineapple falvours. This is an excellent food wine with good acidity and a bone-dry finish. Offers value at price.”
Bob Campbell, September 2008, www.bobswinereviews.com
“Fruit gloss on impact delivers a lush character, refined by a steely nature. Mid palate feels sweet with fruit, nicely suave but always with that hint of steel in its bones. Quince fruit flavour persists right through, trailing off with a dry, flavour smeared trail at the very end. Classy.”
Keith Stewart, 18 March 2008
“Very pale pink, medium-bodied style, grown in the Isabel Estate vineyards. Lots of peachy, spicy flavour, with a sliver of sweetness and fresh acidity.”
Winestate Magazine, May/June 2008
“Has mild pear and spice aromas and flavours, is soft, forward, and virtually dry. It’s balanced, agreeable drinking.”
Graeme Barrow, Northern Advocate, 26th April 2008
