Gee Gee is the latest addition to the Grant Nash stable—a fresh take on Grenache Gris. What is Grenache Gris, you ask? Grenache Gris is a rare, pink-skinned mutation of the red Grenache grape, which can produce textured aromatic white wines often displaying notes of stone fruit, citrus, and subtle spice. So, same grape, different skins. Gee Gee is grown in the Sellicks foothills a few kms from the coast, benefiting from both the gully winds and cooling sea breezes. Grapes are hand-harvested and whole-bunch pressed to retain acidity and minimise colour and phenolics. Free run juice is cool fermented in seasoned French oak hogsheads and then transferred to stainless steel for maturation on yeast lees. A fresh and aromatic nose of white flowers, pink lady apple & meyer lemon. The textural palate of salted grapefruit and apple skin with a long, pithy finish. It's crying out for a bowl of salt and pepper squid to accompany it. Campbell Mattinson - 94 points This is a treat. It's dry, textural, stony and delicious. It tastes of nashi pears, rocks, green apples, fennel and tonic water, which is a lovely combination, and it comes complete with a chalky, pebbly aspect, all of which is delivered with a pinch of velvet to its mouthfeel. In other words, it's good from every angle. It has the dining table written all over it - with all the trimmings. Marcus Ellis - Halliday Wine Companion - 92 points New for the Grant Nash stable, and according to the notes, they call the wine ‘Gee Gee’ (though that’s not on the label) – more alliteration, and an equine pun, perhaps. From the Sellicks foothills, fermented in old oak, then raised in steel. Orchard fruits, with crisp golden apple, green peach, pithy lemon notes, mild suggestions of poached pear with clove and cinnamon, a whisper of ozone-y ocean breezes. The palate is faintly pithy, a little leesy textural. Give it a few months to settle, but it’s a charmer.
