Carlei Green Vineyards Cardinia Ranges Pinot Gris 2019
- 90
- $33
- Drink by: 2022-2025
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The Cardinia Ranges, in case you were wondering, are located nearby the Upper Beaconsfield winery owned by Sergio Carlei. Both the ranges and the winery are located in the Port Phillip Zone, just missing out on making the Yarra Valley geographical indication (GI) boundary, but Sergio Carlei sources grapes widely, including the Yarra Valley, so he is a multi-regional specialist. His pinot gris offers a slightly different interpretation to some, with crushed fruit bringing some time on skins followed by fermentation in stainless steel and French oak barrels. The result is a complex, textural progression embracing the grape’s apple and spice characters and amplifying them. Honeysuckle scents mix with bruised apple, cooked pear and baking spices.
Jeni Port is one of Australia’s top wine communicators. Based in Melbourne, Jeni created the first wine column in the (then) Sun News-Pictorial before moving over to The Age and becoming that paper’s longest-serving wine writer. Over the years she has written for most Australian wine magazines and these days calls WinePilot home. She is also a Tasting Panel member on the Halliday Wine Companion. She was named Wine Communicator of the Year and Legend of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival in 2014 and in 2018 Legend of the Vine. She is a founding board member of Australian Women In Wine and is the co-deputy chair of Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards and China’s Wine List of the Year Awards.
