New World Pinot Gris typically trends toward lightness, making for easy drinking and immediate gratification. Colab & Green, however, seem to have taken a page from their brethren in the Hunter Valley, where Semillon is released in an austere phases that gives way over time to voluptuousness. I don’t know that this Pinot Gris will get there, but it’s sure thinking about it. Underneath the appealing minerality that strikes one at first, there is plenty of fruit lurking in the background. While enjoyable now, this wine will show more richness and complexity the next couple of years. At this price, a person could buy a case and drink half now and half in a couple of years. I have no doubt it would be a rewarding experience. A Platinum award winner at the 2018 Winemaker Challenge International Wine Competition.
Colab & Bloom, Adelaide Hills (Australia) Pinot Gris 2017
By Robert Whitley