Mitchell Clare Valley Pinot Gris 2023
- 92
- $28
- Drink by: 2024-2027
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On paper, a region that excels in Riesling should equally, by all right rights, do pretty good at Pinot Gris. Clare Valley certainly fits the former category and, increasingly, the latter. Mitchell explores the grape’s aromatics, bright honeysuckle notes, together with its core varietal strengths of apple, pear and citrus. A sprinkle of spice over the top brings added Gris depth. Texture is offset by a bright acidity, a real lemon fruit tingle zing. It makes for one mighty enjoyable drink.
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.
