Vinloco Top 50: pinot gris
You 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 |