Description
Pinot Gris is a chameleon and more than almost any other variety is capable of wildly diverse expressions that are reflective of the people and place where it’s been grown. This wine passes in and out of all these worlds revealing different sides of itself in waves that come, recede and return again.
At moments it presents itself like White Burgundy, reaching toward its genetic core and relation to Pinot Noir: dense, flinty-marzipan, a serious enclosure of all things mineral and savory. But then there is the color, the pastel stain from the copper skin and with this the wildness of a skin contact wine from Northeastern Italy; a nod to the flavors of the ancient world. Finally, there are wisps of Alsatian-esque exoticism that rise from the glass in the most unexpected moments. Haunting notes of candied fruits, spice and incense, flavors almost too intense for the modern world, but presented here in such an ethereal form as to be easier to digest.” -Hiyu
