2015 St. Innocent Pinot Gris Vitae Springs Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (9) Median Score: 89 points

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  1/17/2023 - forceberry wrote: 66 Points

  A single-vineyard Pinot Gris made with fruit sourced from two parcels: Home Block planted in 1986 and Inwood Block planted in 1999. Harvested on 25th of September, aged on the lees for 8 months in stainless steel tanks and bottled in June 2016. 13,5% alcohol. Total production 1026 cases. Tasted blind.
  
  Pale, almost colorless whitish-green color. Dull and quite listless nose lacking fruit; there are just vague aromas of damp wool, some vague waxy tones and a hint of lackluster floral character. The wine feels juicy, broad and quite round on the palate with a rather full body and pretty dull, off-dry flavors of apple jam, some spicy tones, a little bit of damp wool, light boozy notes of alcohol, a hint of white peach and a touch of chalk dust. The medium acidity doesn't give much structure or energy to the wine and the alcohol shows through quite a bit as there is really nothing to mask it. The finish is ripe, juicy and moderately warm with a short, off-dry aftertaste of vague white fruits, some apple jam, light sweet notes of cantaloupe and a woolly hint of lanolin.
  
  A dull, bland and lifeless Pinot Gris that is supposedly made in an Alsatian style, but basically the only things that remind me of Alsatian Pinot Gris here are full body and somewhat off-dry taste. Unlike Alsatian Pinot Gris wines, which can be quite unctuous and powerful with very concentrated fruit flavors, this was just underwhelming and anonymous, showing only a little bit of ripe, lackluster fruit. It's hard to say whether the wine was supposed to be this way or if the wine had faded away with age, ie. was just too old for its own good. I doubt the bottle was off, because the 2014 vintage we tasted next to this was almost identical in style. At 24€ this was a rip-off.

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  4/30/2021 - rocknroller wrote: 90 Points

  Very pale gold. Split bottle over 4 hours. Stone fruits, dried apple, floral notes and dry stone on the nose. The palate is very mineral driven and offers white fruits, dried apple, and spice on the finish. Great with our Halibut en Papillote.

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  8/2/2020 - Burgundy Al wrote: 87 Points

  Ripe apple with a perfumed start and rich, lush textures I found a little too much for the density of the wine. Good now.

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  7/19/2020 - Burgundy Al wrote: 87 Points

  Floral start with baked apple. Fleshy textures are a bit too much, giving a sense of sweetness, but retaining overall good flavors and depth.

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  7/12/2019 - UpfromtheCellar wrote: 90 Points

  Texture, fruit and spice! Paired well with Asian food. Really drinking well at the moment. Enjoy!

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