Eight at the Gate Single Vineyard Pinot Gris 2025
- 92
- $30
- Drink by: 2026-2030
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A Pinot Gris made very much in a clean, fresh and youthful style, the fruit here is sourced from a single vineyard in the Wrattonbully region. No oak is used in the making of this wine. A steely light lemon hue, this is a fresh style which is neatly balanced with a supple texture and a lingering finish. Notes of crisp pear dominate, alongside touches of citrus and florals. Quite a refined style of Gris which will provide attractive drinking now, but can be enjoyed anytime over the next three to four years.
Ken was born and bred in Brisbane, Queensland. He had a non-trendy, perfectly happy childhood, in a family convinced alcohol meant instant condemnation to Hades. But a break fishing on the Great Barrier Reef, and some good wine, started a serious obsession that eventually took over. It did not stop Ken being chastised later for drinking Pol champagne, disgusted he’d drink anything made by a Cambodian dictator. Now, Ken mostly writes on wine, champagne and spirits for various newspapers, magazines and books, but is perhaps best known for his work in The Courier Mail. He also has a little sideline writing on cigars, fishing, travel and food. When not writing, fly-fishing for trout in NZ or bonefish on the flats of Cuba, travelling or smoking cigars, he is no doubt following a variety of sporting teams – the occasionally glorious Queensland Reds rugby, the dysfunctional Washington Redskins, the dodgy Arsenal and especially revels in the world restored to its proper axis with the return of the Ashes to their rightful home.
