Super cool Pinot Gris from… Coonawarra! Raidis Estate Cheeky Goat Pinot Gris 2013

Raidis Estate Cheeky Goat Pinot Gris 2013 (Coonawarra, SA)
13.9%, Screwcap, $20


This is genuinely orange. ‘Partridge eye’, ‘I can’t believe it’s not from Provence’ orange. Fun wine it is too.

Produced from Orange Pinot Gris with a little judicious skin contact, this has an intensely floral and musky nose that really sticks out. In fact, the intensity is  excellent – really punches through.

Palate is quite generous palate in a mode that is more Alsace than Veneto, with lovely almost candied bath salt sweet fruit, plenty of acid to finish.

Simple packaging, simple intentions, but with a personality (and intensity) often missing in $20 Gris. Good value too.

Source: Sample
Tasted: August 2014
Drink: 2014-2016
Score: 17.5/20, 91/100
Would I buy it? A couple of glasses would do. Easy recommendation.
Buy online: Raidis website