2023 Craven Wines, Pinot Gris, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Pinot Gris
Craven Wines is a winemaking collaboration between husband-and-wife team Mick and Jeanine Craven. Mick is an Aussie and Jeanine is South African; they met in California dragging hoses in Sonoma for harvest in 2007. After college they decided to hit the road, see lots of things, work in lots of places and try and learn as much as possible from this massive wine world. The couple returned to South Africa in late 2011. They feel Stellenbosch has such an amazing array of sites and terroir, and that it is perfect for what they want to do, which is making site-specific, honest wines.
Pinot Gris isn’t exactly an abundant grape planted in Stellenbosch, but it is something Mick and Jeanine have a lot of fun working with. Although a lot of the wine drinking world think and assume it is a ‘white grape’ it is in fact a lovely coppery/dark rose skinned one. They identified this incredible site, called the Newlands Vineyard, farmed by Deon Joubert, on an easterly slope of the Polkadraai Hills facing back toward Stellenbosch.
Exotic aromatics of rose, cranberry, orange, herbs, spice and a touch of earth. Good fruit expression and moderate acidity, with chalky tannins