2020 Erste + Neue Pinot Grigio

Grapes are hand-picked and fermented in steel, then racked off into 110-hectolitre neutral barrels and left on lees for 6 months to gain subtle texture and palate weight. This Grigio is a step up in fruity flavour and palate weight. The area that they source this fruit from has a base calcareous and glacial soil combination with a volcanic underlay. The result is a wine with that typical Alto Adige alpine pear and apple driving the fruit spectrum and a palate made more complex with gunflint, ginger and a lemon pithy chew that is enhanced with subtle mineral nuances of river pebbles and subtle herbal notes, with all carried through on a lovely spine of acid. Natasha Johns.