Morning Star Pinot Gris 2004 - Recommended

At first glance this wine didn’t really appeal; lacked a bit of obvious fruit and seemingly a bit tired (not totally surprised at 2yrs of age) but this wine did charm over time. Mild nose of chalky floral notes. Palate was subdued early, quite mature, but did remind strongly of the lower end Alasatians we see in Australia that are a vintage or two off the pace, and thus had, to me at least, some appeal. Fruit opened up as the wine warmed up; sweeter musky notes with a liqueur lick in the back. No world beater but the European ‘hum’ of this wine did hook me in.