Tim Adams Clare Valley Pinot Gris 2016

Please Aussie wine world, send us more textural Pinot Gris and less flavourless Pinot Grigio. It’s the right thing to do.

Tim Adams Clare Valley Pinot Gris 2016 Clare

This Clare Gris is more like it. Just off-dry, with pressings returned to the blend for extra texture, there’s even a little hint of blush. The pressings clearly give an extra bit of grip, which offsets the sweetness nicely, before a palate that is ultimately lean and tight.

Solid, fresh and dry white wine with a little extra palate weight to take a simple wine further. Best drinking: 2017-2022. 17.5/20, 91/100. 12.5%, $22. Would I buy it? I’d drink a few glasses no probs.

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At 18 I started working in a small suburban bottleshop, largely to buy cheap beer. It was my first year of university, doing a degree that I didn't really like, and a liquor shop seemed like fun. Needless to say I discovered wine, my uni degree morphed into something completely different and wine/beer took over my life.

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Tim Adams Clare Valley Pinot Gris 2016