This wine has been tasted and evaluated by Raimonds Tomsons, ASI Best Sommelier of the World 2023, who awarded a score of 91/100. Click here for a detailed product sheet and exclusive commentary on the tasting.
Producer : Crown Range Cellar
Product Name : Moon Rock Pinot Gris, Waitaki Valley, 2018
Vintage : 2018
Country : New Zealand
Region : Waitaki Valley
Appellation : Waitaki Valley GI
Color : Red
Product type : Wine
Website : https://crownrangecellar.com/
Tasting session February 2025
Score achieved : 91/100
Published on 13/11/2025
Beautiful limpidity and brilliance with an intense golden color and lively green sheen, dense and oily tears.
Attractive aromatic with ripe yellow peach, juicy sweet pear and spiced plum chutney, there is a sweet spicy character with clove, candied ginger and saffron, floral grace of sweet acacia. Underneath all that generous spice and ripe fruit there is a sense of herbal freshness adding lift and precision.
Generous and ripe attack with a warming spicy character and a discrete rounded acidity adding sufficient sense of freshness. The mid-palate is dense and rich with ripe and sweet yellow pear, plum and spiced peach combined with sweet spice of honeyed ginger and clove, crushed almond, and a savory character of dried herbs like bay leaf and tarragon adding freshness. Persistent and spicy finish with a warming sensation.
A generous and ripe style of Pinot Gris with character, spice, attractive ripe fruit character and an underlying freshness and brightness. Perfectly suited to heartful gastronomy with an oriental character. I could perfectly imagine this wine with a Moroccan tagine with spices, garlic, onion, dried fruit, and preserved lemons.
Raimonds Tomsons
ASI Best Sommelier of the World 2023
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