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100% Prince Edward County grown. The County Pinot Gris benefited from a lovely warm fall, despite a challenging start to the growing season. The fruit obtained beautiful phenolic ripeness and a generous mouthfeel, but still retains the hallmark County acidity and minerality. Fermented by wild yeasts and aged in stainless steel on fine lees for six months before bottling.

This Pinot Gris starts with subtle spice and floral notes then finishes off with a pure and crystalline finish. Crunchy orchard fruit and pomelo and a texturally seductive palate make it an immediate favourite. Lean and steely-it is delicious served chilled on the patio or alternatively with cold seafood.

100% Prince Edward County grown. The County Pinot Gris benefited from a hot growing season to produce fruit with generous mouthfeel, but still retaining the hallmark County acid and minerality. Fermented and aged in stainless steel.

This Pinot Gris starts out with subtle spice and floral notes then finishes off with a very pure and cristalline finish. Delicious served chilled on the patio or alternatively with cold seafood.

100% Prince Edward County grown. Despite low yields from frost in early spring 2015, the County Pinot Gris benefited from a warmer growing season to produce fruit with a generous mouthfeel, but still retaining the hallmark County acid. Fermented in stainless steel and aged for 8 months in neutral 500L french oak barrels. Full malolactic fermentation completed in the spring and bottled unfined and unfiltered with minimal sulphur dose.

Bright floral aromas with subtle fruit on the nose. Palate of complex fruit, lees and mineral notes. Subtle, mouth filling texture in balance with hallmark County acid. A classic cool-climate Pinot Gris.

100% County grown fruit. Wild yeast fermented in stainless steel. Aged sur lie for 4 months.

This Pinot Gris starts out with subtle spice and floral notes then finishes off with a very pure and long mineral driven finish, reminiscent of the great Pinot Gris from the Alto Adige.

This 100% County grown Pinot Gris was exceptionally low yielding in 2013, averaging 1 ton/acre. Wild yeast fermented in stainless steel the wine was aged sur lie for 4 months.

The low yielding harvest fills this wine with incredible concentration of flavour and minerality. Peaches, grapefruit and mineral on the nose. The palate is the perfect balance of richeness and crisp acidity.

Our Pinot Gris is 100% local county fruit from our estate vineyard and a neighbouring site. The wine went through a wild fermentation in stainless steel, at cooler temperatures between 15 and 19C. This was followed by 4 months ageing on the lees. We've kept the wine from going through malolactic fermentation, and finished it in a dry style.

This wine starts rich and voluptuous on the palate with ample spice, but finishes clean and crisp with a mineral inspired acidic finish. Suggested Drinkability Window: Now through 2015.

Reviews

Michael Pinkus , Ontario Wine Review

3.5/5

Review content/excerpt:A lot of people get Pinot Gris and Pinot Grigio mixed up … but it’s not their fault, wineries and winemakers have been using the term Grigio on everything made from the Pinot Gris grape since the term became popular a couple of years back. Now it doesn’t matter if it has the citrus of Grigio or the white fruit of Gris … thanks fully Norm Hardie knows the difference and the Gris he promises on the label is the Gris you get in the mouth. Apples, peaches and pears all come together in the mouth for a beauty of summer fruit salad with nice mouthfeel and good acidity to hang its hat on. This is an easy drinking wine that’s perfect for the summer season.