Tarras Vineyards Central Otago Pinot Gris 2023
- 90
- $50
- Drink by: 2024-2027
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Gris in name but close your eyes and that scent, gee, it’s so Gewürz spicy it’s uncanny. High florals – lychee, baked apple with cassia bark – capture your attention first followed by that enveloping spiciness in cardamon and bergamot. There is a clear, off-dry sweetness to the palate. There is also weight. A warm, rounded mouthfeel brings to life apple, pear and Asian lychee and spice, which makes this an absolute no brainer of an accompaniment to Asian cuisine.
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.
