2024 Pinot Gris Shoestring Vineyard
Specifications
- Alcohol 13.2%
- Appellation Santa Ynez Valley
- Bottling Date February 17, 2025
- Country USA
- Fruit Pinot Gris Clone 154
- Harvest Date September 16, 2024
- ph 3.45
- Region Santa Barbara County
- Residual sugar 22.7%
- Type Still
- Varietal Pinot Gris
- Vineyard Shoestring Vineyard
- Vintage 2024
- Winemaker Norm Yost
Food Pairing
Pairings could include Gruyère fondue, corn chips and guacamole, grilled seabass and capers. Blueberry fruit tart is the perfect pastry!
Production Notes
Pinot Gris Clone 154; 43 cases produced
Tasting Notes
Amber in color and Alsatian in style, this Pinot Gris is for everyone. Even red wine drinkers who don’t drink whites find themselves lured in by this tasty expression. The nose tempts with the aromas of white grapefruit, macadamia nut and dried fruit. Rich on the palate, the wine offers the creamy full bodied mouthfeel reminiscent of hazelnuts. Dried mangos spears, ripe papaya and other tropical fruit comes to mind with each sip.
Vineyard Notes
This is our second vintage from Shoestring Vineyard, located along the Santa Ynez River east of Buellton. The vineyard was planted over ten years ago; Norm formerly worked with the fruit for a custom winemaking project. He’s thrilled with the current expression of the fruit and pleased to have it as part of his current vineyard portfolio.
Winemaker Notes
Pinot Gris is a finicky grape, bluish-purple in skin color and desiring a cool but sunny growing locale. It produces wines that range in color from coral to pink to a pale straw. It can be made in an Italian Pinot Grigio style that is light, refreshing and fruity or an Alsatian style that is more austere and complex. It’s a cousin to Pinot Noir and at Flying Goat this interesting and versatile grape is coaxed into a crisp and fruity white wine.