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2019 Au Bon Climat, Hildegard, Santa Maria Valley, California, USA

  • White
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Pinot Gris
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Product: 20191210246
2019 Au Bon Climat, Hildegard, Santa Maria Valley, California, USA

Description

The palate is delicious. It is broad textured without being rich, brimming with flavours of spiced pear and peach, all complemented by hints of cinnamon, cardamom, and a lick of white pepper. But the fantastic thing about this wine is its wonderful freshness. A fine core of acidity weaves its way across the palate whilst generous waves of white peach and yellow apple roll through leaving a welcome warmth, which perfectly balances out the pure refreshment of the core. More notes of toast and brioche follow on the long, rewarding finish. This an amazingly harmonious white wine in which Pinot Gris richness is beautifully offset by the zing and clarity of Pinot Blanc.

Drink 2022-2032

Catriona Felstead MW, Senior Buyer, Berry Bros. & Rudd (December 2021)

Colour White
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2019
Alcohol % 13.5
Grape List Pinot Gris
Body Full Bodied
Property Au Bon Climat

About this wine

Pinot Gris/Pinot Grigio

A first class grape variety grown in Alsace, where it is known as Tokay Pinot Gris, and in Italy, where it is called Pinot Grigio. In Alsace it is best suited to the deep, clay rich soils found in the north of the region where it produces richly honeyed, dry whites as well as superb sweet late harvest wines. At its best it combines the heady perfume and rich aroma of Gewürztraminer with the acidity one associates with Riesling. It ages very well, developing rich buttery characteristics.

Au Bon Climat

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