Pinot Grigio 2024

AROMA Pear skin and fresh pear flesh, freshly cut; there’s also an underlying aromatic current of dried fruits, fresh flowers and perfume. This is warmly exotic white wine with a very immediate and arresting quality that surprises rather than startles. PALATE The pear fruit and now musky flavours strike out before a mid-palate explosion of baths salts and minerality. Green apple and strong citrus zest flavours and textures quickly take over before a laser-like acidity guides the wine to a long, lengthy finish. There are oodles of citrus and pear and green apple fruit flavours here, but in a savoury, grown-up guise. OVERALL Pure and stylish pinot grigio can be a rara avis, but when you come across one, such as this wine, give it the full northern Italian treatment. Pears and melons and cheese and prosciutto and perhaps a risotto bianco with some artichoke? Or summon all your powers to make antipasti to end all antipasti. This white wine will refresh and delight

Elena Brooks & Alexandra Haselich