Riposte 'The Stiletto' Pinot Gris 2021

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A truly excellent and complex Pinot Gris. Packed with fresh pears and green apple, spice and florals. The texture here is superb, the length excellent.

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Wine Specs

Variety

Pinot Gris

Region

Adelaide Hills, SA

Vintage

2021

Winery

Riposte

Winemaker

Tim and Nick Knappstein

Body

Medium

Sweetness

Dry

Drinking Window

Now - 2028

Alcohol %

12.5

Closure

Screwcap

Size

750 mL

Biodynamic

Organic

Vegan Friendly

If you enjoy your wines and have done for a while, you have no doubt heard the name Tim Knappstein before. He is a third generation vigneron, with the Knappstein name having been involved in the SA wine business since 1895. Tim started making wine in 1966 and has amassed in excess of 500 show awards including 120 gold medals and 24 trophies. Not bad huh!

Region

Adelaide Hills, SA

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Variety

Pinot Gris

Pinot Gris is a white wine grape variety of the species Vitis vinifera. Thought to be a mu ...

Pinot Gris is a white wine grape variety of the species Vitis vinifera. Thought to be a mutant clone of the Pinot Noir grape, it normally has a grayish-blue fruit, accounting for its name ("gris" meaning "grey" in French) but the grape can have a brownish pink to black and even white appearance. The word "Pinot", which means "pinecone" in French, could have been given to it because the grapes grow in small pinecone-shaped clusters. The wines produced from this grape also vary in colour from a deep golden yellow to copper and even a light shade of pink, and it is one of the more popular grapes for orange wine. The clone of Pinot Gris grown in Italy is ... Read Full Article