Tar & Roses Pinot Grigio 2008

Tar & Roses is a sweet name for a winery — if it is a winery. There seems to be no cellar door, no vineyard… Just 2 wine makers bent on making some interesting sounding wines. Belinda picked out the 2008 Pinot Grigio from a Dan Murphy’s promotional catalogue: she’s been working her way through it.

The 2008 Pinot Grigio is  a bit tight on the nose, but I do get some lemon and the pear, which can be a charateristic of  the varietal. The wine also has a very slight pinkish tinge to its color, again being a pinot grigio trait. To drink, this wine has nice, crisp acid that balances a somewhat sweet attack. Mid-palate, I find some salt and cream tones — just a hint, but enough to give the wine a welcomed complexity. It’s a great food wine.