Winery notes (2024 Vintage)
"Intensely aromatic with lychee and nashi pear notes. Full-bodied wine with flavours of nashi pear and lychee. The wine is soft, voluptuous, finishes with a lovely acidity and a dry finish. Will reward with cellaring.
These grapes are grown at the Briant vineyard. Silt deposits over a clay base provide ideal growing conditions for Pinot Gris. Two parcels of fruit were sourced for this wine. One is clone 457 which gives abundant small bunches and small berries giving it a rather large skin to juice ratio, this enhances the aromas of this grape variety. The other vineyard has the Barrie Clone which has larger berries and give more to the texture of the wine than the aromatics."
Rated Excellent & 93/100 Cameron Douglas MS, June 2024 (2024 Vintage)
"A lovely ripe fruited and youthful bouquet of pomaceous fruits from apples to green pear, some quince then orange and lees spices. A satin-smooth touch on the palate precedes flavours of orange and pear, red apple and lees a fine layer of spice. The lees adds texture and complexity. Balanced and well made with a nice lengthy finish. Best drinking from late 2024 through 2028."
5 Stars & 93/100 Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, June 2024 (2024 Vintage)
"Pristine and elegantly fragrant, the bouquet shows white peach, green pear and floral nuances, leading to a finely flowing palate that's brightly fruited and lingering. Beautifully poised with excellent fruit purity, finishing persistent and textured. At its best: now to 2030."