Menu by Walt Nov 1998

MISSION HILL Grand Reserve BARREL SELECT VOA PINOT GRIS MISSION HILL WINERY GRAND RESERVE PINOT GRIS 1996 Total Acid: 6.2 g/ Alc/Vol: 11.8% Residual Sweetness: 4.3 g/l This Pinot Gris has a good fruit nose honey, rose, Bartlet pear clean and clear. Good and soft apple. Straw yellow colour, weight and intensity up front in the palate, and the fruit acids are slightly subdued. Pinot Gris character comes through with a touch of oak in the aftertaste with a slight honey impression. BURROWING OWL BURROWING OWL VINEYARDS (BARREL SAMPLE) PINOT GRIS 1997 Total Acid: 6g/l Alc/Vol: 14.2% Residual Sweetness:6.0g/l This powerful Pinot Gris serves up a ripe pear, peach and dried pineapple fruit aromas and follows with concentrated flavours of dried (stone) fruit that take on a smoky element. Sweet fruit flavours linger on the long and complex finish. A beautiful wine that combines good taste and individuality.