Pale gold in colour, the nose displays gentle banana, baked quince and warm pastry aromas. The palate is expansive and round with rich fruit and dense texture. The finish is long and lightly spiced. A full bodied dry white wine in our usual very ripe presentation. This wine may throw a harmless natural deposit over time
Pinot Gris 2017
$55.00
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Tony Peters –
2017 Grey Sands Pinot Gris
Posted on September 9, 2022 by Tony Peters
I was not familiar with the term ‘ear worm’ until very recently. It comes from the German term, ‘ohrwurm’. As it turns out, it’s generally associated with music where a song or melody, good or bad, gets stuck in your head and becomes an irritation. This seems to happen a lot with me and, more often than not, it’s not a song I like and, there are not many songs that irk me.
I’m thinking this needs to be turned around and used for good. How about the term ‘ohrwein’, meaning ‘ear wine’. Where you’re in a café or restaurant and, regardless of what is on the wine list, you immediately think of one of your favourite wines. My wife and I were out to lunch recently and, after ordering our food, decided to peruse the wine list and, fair dinkum, this wine jumped out at us. It was like it was in 26 size font, in bold and underlined! It’s one we have always enjoyed, have drunk a lot of and never tire of. Needless to say, we ordered a bottle, it was everything we expected it to be.
It’s invitingly bold aromatically with baked pear and just a hint of banana (maybe?). The palate is rich and layered with ripe pear, a hint of peachiness, a deft touch of spice, and terrific texture and mouthfeel. The finish is so beautifully persistent that it was like the flavours dropped on my palate and took a long, slow dawdle to the back until it had no choice but to gently fall away. I haven’t stopped thinking about it since our lunch. It has become an ‘ohrwein’ (he says with a big grin on his face).
Region: Glengarry, Tasmania Price: $55 Source: Café Wine List
Patrick Eckel Wine Reviewer –
2017 Grey Sands Pinot Gris October 17, 2022
Wine Rating
93
A Pinot Gris at 5 years of age, and many years ahead of it. Grey Sands are a champion for the ageing and enjoyment of aromatic whites.
The nose has candied quince, tropical fruits and a faint suggestion of raw hazelnuts. The wine is medium bodied with an enjoyable textural interplay between vibrant acidity, faint bitterness and a continuation of the richer candied fig and background lime influences. The finish is long and gently spiced with good depth.
WHEN TO DRINK
Optimal Drinking
2022 – 2028
Date Reviewed
10 14, 2022