2010 Symphony Hill Pinot Gris

Vey pale pearlescent straw in colour with just an imagined tinge of pink at its edges. Extraordinarily, its smell and taste did make me think of coconut cherry ripe chocolate. There's also some vanilla in the perfume, and green peas in the palate. It's light to medium bodied with some length in that it remains high at the back of the top of the mouth. It's a reallly good pinot gris that you could never dismiss and not notice. It can be drunk beautifully on its own. I did begin to think of open hotel bars in the summer, listening to good conversation and participating with well-judged contributions. Equally, I'm certain it would be good with a light-to-medium tasting fish: proably pretty dam good with whiting or gar, my favs anyway. But with a cheese salad too, such as feta. A more recent drinking found it stern and subtle, a good summer, light wine, but with great friends and conversation. Around $30 from Ballina's Dan Murphy's.