Grape - Pinot Gris
Alcohol - 14%
Available from - Waitrose, Majestic
Price - £10.99
Appearance - Clear; medium intensity; lemon-green; persistent legs
Nose - Clean; medium intensity; developed; apples and pears, floral.
Palate - Dry; medium+ acid; medium+ alcohol; medium to medium+ length; medium+ intensity; medium+ body; apples and pears, mango, lychee, lemon
Balance - 8 Length - 6.5 Intensity - 8 Complexity - 7
A really fruity wine with lots of body and luscious fruit flavour. The higher alcohol provides the body without there being an overbearing alcohol taste or aroma. The green and tropical fruit on the foretaste gives way to more lemon in the aftertaste, with a decent length.
As the alcohol taste is already in the background, it's hard to imagine that this wine would improve much with age, but rather the intense fruit flavours may lessen. I am not certain about this and I would love to hear the views of others.
Excellent value, and would be good with a spicy dinner (not that there is any other kind of dinner in our house).
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