Viticulture Notes:

The vineyard that supplies fruit for the Gipsie Jack Pinot Gris is located on the western edge of Langhorne Creek Region. The vines are spur pruned and trained to a vertical shoot positioned canopy. The soils are free draining, sandy loam over a red clay layer.

Winemaking:

The fruit was picked as a single parcel. The fruit is then pressed, and the free run juice is cold settled prior to being racked and fermented cool. Post racking the juice bottoms went to a separate tank to be fermented warm and allowed to develop a little funkiness and complexity. After a short period on lees whilst being stirred post fermentation, the wine is then racked, the juice bottoms blended back in and stabailised to make a fresh, balanced, fruit driven, refreshing Pinot Gris.

Tasting Notes:

This wine displays a lot of varietal Pinot Gris characters of pear, with some lifted floral aromatics complimented by some background spice and ginger with a hint of nutmeg, making it ideal for spicy Thai / Asian food. The palate is textured and balanced from lees contact but still holding good acidity to give a nice clean finish. Cellaring Drink now!