Josef Chromy Pinot Gris 2024

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$35.00

Josef Chromy's Pinot Gris is one of the most aromatic and complex expressions of the variety in Tasmania. Honeydew melon, blushed peach skin, exotic lychee, and warming ginger spice on the nose. The palate is rich and textured with an mouthfeel of red apple, honeydew melon, lychee, and juicy persimmon, beautifully balanced by refreshing acidity. A wine of real depth and character. Pair with Thai cuisine, fresh crayfish, or aged soft cheese. Drink now through 2029.

Body Scale

Delicate

Rounded

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Josef Chromy Pinot Gris 2024

Josef Chromy Pinot Gris 2024

$35.00

$35.00

Product specifications

Wine Maker

Yael Sandler

Year

2024

Region

Tamar Valley

Vineyard

Josef Chromy

Aroma

Honeydew melon, blushed peach skin, lychee fruit, and warming ginger spice.

Palette

Rich and oily texture with flavours of red apple, honeydew melon, lychee, and juicy persimmon. Balanced by refreshing acidity, with a long, satisfying finish.

Pairings

Pairs well with wood-fired salmon, roast pork belly, or goat's cheese crostini.

Wine Making

Pinot Gris grapes from blocks 6,8 and 10 of our Relbia vineyard were picked at optimal ripeness in late March 2023. Gentle whole bunch pressing was carried out at the winery, with the free run portion fermenting at cool temperatures in stainless steel tanks to retain a delicate aromatic profile, whereas the pressings were placed in older oak barrels for fermentation and maturation on lees to build texture and body. In early June 2023 the two components were combined to create the final blend. Gentle fining, stabilisation and clarification processes followed, and the wine was bottled in late August 2023.

Meet the owners

Josef Chromy's story is one of the most remarkable in Australian wine. He fled Czechoslovakia in 1950 as a penniless 19-year-old, eventually settling in Tasmania and building a butchery empire before turning to wine in his sixties. After developing and selling brands including Jansz, Heemskerk and Tamar Ridge, Josef launched his namesake winery in 2007, aged 76, at the Relbia property just south of Launceston. In just four years the estate picked up 14 trophies and 170 medals, and the 2011 Chardonnay was named Best Chardonnay in the World at the Decanter World Wine Awards. Josef passed the business on in 2022, but the estate continues producing Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Riesling and sparkling wine true to his cool climate philosophy.

Josef Chromy & Kellie Graham — Josef Chromy

Tamar Valley

About the region

The Tamar Valley is Tasmania's oldest wine region, stretching from Launceston to the Bass Strait in the state's north. Its cool maritime climate and iron-rich soils create ideal growing conditions, and the numbers speak for themselves, home to over 30 family-owned wineries, the Tamar Valley accounts for more than a third of Tasmania's total wine production. Viticulture here goes back a long way too, with the first commercial vineyard established in the mid-1800s at Windermere, its cuttings even helping establish some of South Australia's earliest vineyards. Today, the Tamar Valley is celebrated for its Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Riesling and sparkling wines, each one reflecting the region's exceptional terroir and winemaking heritage.

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