2025 Pacha Mama Pinot Gris, King Valley

Excellent vintage conditions – warm days, cool nights – in the King Valley have produced a well-balanced, silky gris blessed with an almost effortless ease of delivery. Arrives in fresh, lifted scents of honeysuckle, melon, apple, pear and ginger root. Offers a smooth, rolling texture and bright acidity, with flavours running from apple and pear through to some spiced-up, tangy citrus. Earthy ginger and hints of musk stick to close. Drink to 2030.

94 points Special Value Jeni Port for Halliday Wine Companion, March 2026 

A blend of two King Valley vineyards, the majority of the fruit was grown by Dal Zotto. The grapes were left on skins for a few hours for a gentle extraction of colour. The pressed juice was inoculated with a select yeast and cool fermented in stainless steel with the balance fermented in French oak barriques. The wine was then allowed extended time on lees with regular stirring for enhanced mouthfeel.

About this producer

Pachamama is winemaker Callie Jemmeson’s celebration of Mother Earth through wine. Working from her small-batch Yarra Valley, the negociant label sources fruit from trusted growers in Yarra and King Valleys as well as Heathcote. The elegant wines show varietal and regional typicity, and are excellent value for money.