This is just what the doctor ordered. Just when I was beginning to lose hope in white wine along comes my good pal from Mudgee, Simon Gilbert.
I’m so very glad we popped into Simon Gilbert in the wee hours of the morning on the way out of Mudgee, they have fairly consistently impressive with some great value wine - and this one is no exception.
The Pinot Grigio is definitely a winner for me, a lovely white with all the qualities I enjoy in my young white wine: smooth but with a bit of bite, a lingering finish, crisp, a lovely balance of flavours with a reasonable dollop of milder fruit flavours like apple and pear.
This wine keeps you interested, but won’t send your draw dropping to the ground in awe - its a reasonable step up from say Peter Lehmann’s Semillon or Semillon Chardonnay, which I consider excellent value wines. If you are looking for a solid young white with a bit more class than your lower price range wine, its hard to look past the Simon Gilbert Pinot Grigio.
Would I buy this wine again? Certainly, I hope to pick another one or two up at the NSW Inland Food and Wine Festival this weekend from Simon and see if my initial impression lingers as well as the wine.