Franca’s Vineyard Pinot Gris 2026
AU$22, 12.5% alcohol, screwcap, South Eastern Australia.
This puts on a clear display of pear and spiced apple fruit flavour, and in among the general juiciness it also brings some grip and texture. This drinks well, and is good value. It’s dry through the finish and well presented from start to finish.
90 points – Campbell Mattinson.
Campbell Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer for forty years. He founded The Winefront, is a former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion (and former editor of Halliday magazine), and is the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He is 100% independent, and tastes between 5,000 and 10,000 wines each year, blind and in comparative brackets as often as is practicable.
Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.
