David Hook Pinot Grigio 2024 (6 Bottles) Hunter Valley

$129.00 GST Included

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The word grigio means grey in Italian but the colour of Pinot Grigio varies in hue depending on climatic conditions during the growing season. This years wine is bright medium green with yellow and gold tinges. It has a sweet aroma of melon and tangerines with a touch of spice and flint. The wine is well balanced between fruitiness and acidity. The flavour is distinctive, complex crisp and lively.
This crisp steely dry white is excellent when served chilled in warmer weather.

Cellaring: Drink now, not one for the cellar.

Food Accompaniment: Pinot Grigio has an easy to please flexibility when it comes to paring with food. The forward fruit characters and flavoursome but not too weighty palate means that it comfortably soaks up a range of cuisines. It becomes a wine that you could drink before a meal and during a meal, particularly lunch. If you’re searing some seafood, tossing a Thai beef salad together, Pinot Grigio would be the perfect match.

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Description

Pinot Grigio is the common Italian name for the French variety Pinot Gris. It is thought to have originated from a mutation of Pinot Noir in Burgundy during the 14th century. It migrated to Alsace and later to Italy. Pinot Grigio arrived in Australia in 1832 as Pinot Gris from Burgundy, France. Include in the James Busby collection it had to wait 150 years before becoming popular with wine drinkers looking for something new. Today it is one of the most popular white wines enjoyed for its refreshing flavours and zesty acidity.

Harvest Date: 25th January 2024

Pinot Grigio has an easy to please flexibility when it comes to pairing with food. The forward fruit characters are flavour some but a not too weighty palate means that it comfortably soaks up a range of cuisines. It becomes a wine that you could drink before a meal and during a meal, particularly lunch. If you’re searing some seafood or tossing a Thai beef salad together, Pinot Grigio would be the perfect match.

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Accolade Wines traces its beginning to Thomas Hardy and Sons, a company founded in 1853 which grew to become Australia's largest winemaker. The company headquarters are in Adelaide, South Australia. Accolade has more than 1700 employees around the world, with operations in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, mainland Europe, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Asia.