Quealy Balnarring Pinot Grigio 2023

Quealy Balnarring Pinot Grigio is an unfiltered dry Grigio from two organically managed coastal vineyards.

Both source blocks are organically managed and sit less than three kilometres from the winery, so fruit is pressed within an hour of picking. Whole bunches go in, only the most delicate fraction of the press run is kept, and the juice settles overnight unsulphured before being racked off gross lees to ferment spontaneously in stainless steel. Malolactic conversion follows and then stops of its own accord when winter arrives. Tom McCarthy describes 2023 as a rinse-and-repeat of 2022: poor flowering cut the crop hard, and a wet spring gave way to a settled ripening run with little disease pressure and unusually clear varietal definition.

Perfumed with white flowers, nashi pear and citrus, with a maritime freshness and a generous but lip-smacking palate rippling with mineral tension. Nine to ten degrees. Serve with sashimi, fish and chips, a summer salad of stone fruit and mozzarella, or steamed mussels.

*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. If you are after a specific vintage, please contact us prior to ordering.