2021 Lethbridge Pinot Gris

Highly Rated
Rich and voluptuous Pinot Gris crafted by the one-and-only Ray Nadeson.

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Lethbridge's main man, Ray Nadeson, takes his Pinot Gris very seriously. Indeed, it would be hard to find a more 'worked' or 'crafted' Pinot Gris in this country.

His hand-picked fruit is meticulously basket pressed as whole bunches away from oxygen before being fermented with indigenous yeast in French oak barrels. It then sees extended time on lees in old barrels before being bottled without filtration.

The texture and phenolics here, abound. If you enjoy a more voluptuous and weighty style of Pinot Gris, then this is the wine for you, as Lethbridge exemplifies the style better than almost anyone. Enjoy!

Made in a complex, Alsatian style. Light salmon colour with flavours of red apple skin, earthy citrus, and ginger spice. Refreshing acidity is balanced with a slight pucker giving the wine texture to frame the fruit.

This wine is made from handpicked Pinot Gris fruit. After being left on skins for between 6-8 hours, the fruit was then whole bunch pressed with careful oxidative juice handling. Juice was then transferred to a mixture of stainless steel tanks and 1200lt & 2500lt French foudre without prior clarification, where fermentation by indigenous yeast took place on full solids. The wine was settled and matured in our foudre on gross lees prior to blending and bottling.

94 Points - "Brown pear and skin, strawberry, musk and spice. This is fresh, with dribble-down-the-chin juicy pear, a dusting of pepper and spice, frisky acid cut, lovely fine chalky texture, succulence with energy, a little tangerine peel bitterness and tang, and a long and dusty finish of freshness and excellent length. Mushroom earthy complexity. Took me about 35 seconds to write the review, and form an opinion. It’s excellent. Bang on. Bravo." - Gary Walsh (The Wine Front)

95 Points - "Has the salmon-pink colour of a rosé – and as much flavour as many. Views on the desirability (or not) of the pink colour are split, with no likelihood of being resolved any time soon. The bouquet is redolent of spice, white pepper and wild strawberries. The palate a mirror image. It's not classic, but as a left-field wine, it is pretty good. From this crusty old barnacle, that's high praise." - James Halliday (Halliday Wine Companion)

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