Vinloco Top 50: pinot gris

Posted on Nov 13, 2016

winning-pinot-grisYou call it Pinot Grigio, I call it Pinot Gris…Well, wine buffs would say there’s a difference in style but it’s the same grape and it’s starting to turn the heads of people looking for change from their usual diet of sauvignon blanc or chardonnay. Pinot Gris/Grigio (let’s call it PG) is an odd class of wine in Australia. It’s not hugely well represented and often gets lumped in with “other whites” or even white blends. Wine judges seem to be similarly ambivalent about the merits of the wine itself. For a start, the 500-odd PG labels contesting shows in Australia and NZ earned an average score that was one point less than the average for all wines and only six per cent were awarded gold compared with nine per cent for all wines. There’s also little correlation between the shows’ opinions. Whereas we often see quite a few shows agreeing with each other about the merits of established varieties like cabernet sauvignon or chardonnay, few PG labels seem to earn high scores across a number of shows. Still, it’s a variety that’s on the march. Here are the Top 50 Pinot Gris/Grigio labels in Australia and NZ drawn from more than 33,000 scores recorded by 48 shows so far this year:

1 Norfolk Rise Vineyards Pinot Grigio 2016
2 Bird in Hand Pinot Gris 2016
3 Dalfarras Pinot Grigio 2016
4 DeBortoli Wines Pty Ltd La Bossa Pinot Grigio 2016
5 Redbank Sunday Morning Pinot Gris 2015
6 Hahndorf Hill Winery Pinot Grigio 2015
7 Brown Brothers Explorer Pinot Gris 2016
8 Casella Family Brands Yellow Tail Pinot Grigio 2016
9 Thorn-Clarke Wines Sandpiper Pinot Gris 2016
10 Brown Brothers Tamar Ridge Pinot Gris 2015
11 Brown Brothers Devil’s Corner Pinot Grigio 2016
12 Lobethal Road Pinot Gris 2016
13 Lindemans Bin 85 Pinot Grigio 2016
14 Robert Oatley Vineyards Pty Ltd Wild Oats Mudgee Pinot Grigio 2016
15 Pinnacle Cat Amongst The Pigeons Eden Valley Pinot Grigio 2015
16 Robert Oatley Vineyards Copia Pinot Grigio 2016
17 trentham estate pinot gris 2016
18 Deviation Road Pinot Gris 2016
19 Calabria Family Wines Richland Pinot Grigio 2016
20 Nugan Estate Frasca?s Lane Vineyard Pinot Grigio 2016
21 De Bortoli Wines Windy Peak Pinot Grigio 2015
22 Trentham Estate The Family Pinot Grigio 2016
23 Bleasdale Vineyards Adelaide Hills Pinot Gris 2016
24 Thornbury Waipara Pinot Gris 2016
25 trentham estate river retreat Pinot Grigio 2016
26 Nepenthe Altitude Pinot Gris 2015
27 Lone Goat Canterbury Winemaker’s Collection Pinot Gris 2012
27 Mission Estate VS Pinot Gris 2015
27 Aronui Nelson Pinot Gris 2016
27 te Pa Marlborough Pinot Gris 2016
27 Theory & Practice Hawke’s Bay Pinot Gris 2016
27 Tohu Awatere Valley Pinot Gris 2016
27 Two Rivers ‘Brookby Hill’ Pinot Gris 2016
27 Waipara Hills Waipara Valley Pinot Gris 2016
35 Wangolina Pinot Gris 2016
36 Jacob?s Creek Wines Classic Pinot Grigio 2015
37 Tulloch Cellar Door Release Pinot Gris 2016
38 Sidewood Estate Stable Hill Palomino Pinot Grigio 2016
39 Cooks Lot Wines Allotment 666 Pinot Gris 2016
40 Petane Station Pinot Gris 2015
41 Colmar Estate Pinot Gris 2015
42 Peter Yealands Reserve Pinot Gris 2016
43 Red Hill Estate Cool Climate Pinot Grigio 2015
44 Warburn Estate Rumours Pinot Gris 2016
45 Gartelmann Wines Stephanie Pinot Gris 2016
46 Yarran Pinot Grigio 2016
47 De Bortoli Wines Windy Peak Pinot Grigio 2016
48 Rapaura Springs Pinot Gris 2016
49 The Kings Thorn Pinot Gris 2016
50 Hahndorf Hill Winery Pinot Grigio 2016
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