ChaLou Wines Pinot Gris 2024
$34.00
Description
FROM 2025 HALLIDAY DARK HORSE WINERY WINNER
92 Points, Halliday Wine Companion - "A single-vineyard wine; wild fermented in old french barriques on medium solids. This is a pretty young thing with poached pears and elderflower, some lemon balm, marigold blooms and a dollop of ginger syrup. It has a languid palate, with plenty of fresh acidity keeping pace. Falls into the territory of a textural drop, with the genial gris palate weight but also with the crunchy freshness of grigio. It is all in all just a lovely drink; food friendly, crowd pleasing and all-occasion drinking. Isn't that what PG is all about? Drink 2024-2028"
ABOUT CHALOU WINES
Steve and Nadja both grew up on family vineyards. Nadja in Canowindra (40 minutes down the hill from Orange) and Steve in Wauchope, not far from Port Macquarie. They first met when studying winemaking at Charles Sturt university together in 2008. Following their studies, they each went their separate ways working and traveling in wine both domestically and abroad. In 2014 they each came to orange for winemaking opportunities and from then on they have been inseparable. Steve started in Orange as a part of the winemaking team at Cumulus Wines before taking the reins of Nadja’s family winery “Wallington Wines” in 2017, overseeing the viticulture, winemaking, and wine sales. Nadja has spent the past 7 years winemaking for renowned local brand “Philip Shaw Wines”. In 2020 they purchased a vineyard in Orange and here they have developed their own band ChaLou Wines. They are passionate about what they do, making expressive delicious wine and are dedicated to working sustainably with the land. ChaLou was a 2022 finalist for the Young Gun of Wine Award.