Quea!y Wines - the next frontier of PinotG

As you already know form reading about my time in Mornington, it has been a joy being at Quea!y wines to taste thier PinotG (Grigio or Gris but from now on, I call it just G). To me, PinotG has always been a simple wine to me and I have tasted very few PinotG that interest me. The ones that do are Boreham Wood from Marlborough (Awatere valle), Rockburn from Central Otago and Logan from Orange. However to me, Quea!y is taking PinotG of the new world to another dimension that I am going to benchmark PinotG against. As I have written, go to http://www.pinotg.com.au/

What I think is the success of Quea!y's PinotG is that the winemakers understands this grape so well that they know when to pick it at the right physiological ripeness and let the grapes do most of the talking instead of the winemaking.

I tasted two wines from them. Below are my thoughts:
Pinot Grigio 2009 13.5%
Pale green in colour, a wine with light aromatic and perfume characters, nashi pears and melony notes, also a sort of white pepper spice to it. On the palate, it didn't taste like a grigio style to me with the lean and electric feeling. It still has high acid but balances out with the flavous and has a sort of spiciness that you can find with Gewurtz, hints of spear mint is in that. The length is very long and flavours linger in the mouth

Pinot Gris, Musk Creek 2009 14.3%
Pale yellow in colour. A far cry from the last wine. A sweeter nose in there and higher density of weight on the nose, much riper fruit with hints of mentholy pear dorp, poached pears and light honey characters. On the palate that slight oily texture shows and has a fuller body than the last wine. The acid is not as hight but enough to get the tongue watering. Flavours of fruit and almond. A very long length again and has a good line of finish that is not abrupt. Not phenolic like some cheap PinotG are in the back. A winner!