Hoddles Creek Estate SKINS Pinot Gris 2021 (500ml)

Hoddles Creek Estate SKINS Pinot Gris 2021 (500ml)" "The 'SKINS' project was initiated back in 2012 when I did a harvest at Passopisciaro on Mt Etna in Sicily. Back then with Pinot Gris, I would have put it in the same category as Sauvignon Blanc. Being quite boring to grow, simple to make and not a wine I would want to drink. Then came that moment on Etna, where the belief is that some varieties the flavour is in the skins and not in the pulp. With Pinot Gris being a shade lighter than Pinot Noir in

000 bottles per vintage

finely balanced

it can shock people

rose petals and a hint of forest floor

"2006 Felton Road is a mere pup

elegance and suppleness

about the changing of the guard:

suspended by some magic just above the palate – you sense it rather than taste it

long and seamless tannins

complexity and perfume over seven years in bottle

A classic Leeuwin with the fruit definition

Destemming without crushing