VQA Ontario
From Stanners:
The grapes for our 2023 Pinot Gris are from our estate vineyard and the Devil’s Wishbone vineyard, in Prince Edward County. The wine has a beautiful copper colour which comes from leaving the skins, which have a reddish-brown colour, in contact with the juice for 72 hours prior to pressing and starting fermentation. This technique has resulted in a wine with added complexity, and a touch of tannins. It’s a wine-making style that dates back hundreds of years but is now not so common. However, this is our favourite way of making Pinot Gris! Our 2023 Pinot Gris is very much a significant wine with strong complex fruit and an incredible finish. The fruit holds and blends beautifully with the finish which is deep and extremely long- lasting. This wine is unique and unforgettable, with flavours and aromas of pear and mandarin orange, balanced acidity and noticeable tannins on the finish.