Winemaker is Rollo Crittenden ratchets the dial up here. Whole bunch and pressed to recent use oak for natural ferment and sulphured to prevent malolactic fermentation. 9 months ageing on lees for complexity.

Crittenden, Peninsula, Pinot Gris, Mornington Peninsula, 2023

Light straw in hue. Fresh pear slices and juice, sweet brown spice, fernet herb edges, chamomile tea, almond slivers, lemon zest and a soft kiss of musk. Textured and layered, feeling dense and potent up front before rapier like intensity and acidity through the slaty, minerally close. The musk and pear attempt a sweet revival yet quenched with singed lemon citrus peel. Structure and presence.

RRP: $39
Alc: 13%
Rating:  94/100

Wine sample courtesy of Crittenden Wines