Welcome to Round 2 of my @evolvecellars and Cheese Pairing experience. In the first round I compared Evolve Cellars' Viognier and Sauvignon Blanc 2018 paired with aged cheddar and brie cheese. You can see the results on mywinepal.com. This time I'm comparing Evolve Cellars Pinot Gris 2018 with their Shiraz 2016. I've added a cheese to the comparison, so I now have brie, aged cheddar, and gouda. Again I will give you my wine tasting notes here, and I will expand the notes and discuss the cheese pairings on mywinepal.com. Evolve Cellars Pinot Gris 2018 - a bright medium intensity lemon colour in the glass. It has a medium intensity nose with bright fresh stone fruit aromas mainly, with a lesser amount of citrus and a touch of honey later on. It is off-dry, bigger and round with a viscous mouthfeel. Bright flavours; mainly peaches with some citrus. It provides a light acidic prickle on your tongue. Some pepperiness in the wine that builds to the finish. A medium pls length with pepperiness, peach, citrus and some pith. Evolve Cellars Shiraz 2016 - this wine has a deep, almost opaque black garnet colour. Legs evident on the sides of the glass with swirling. This wine has intense aromas showing smokiness, raspberries, meatiness, cranberries, sweet spices (clove and mace), red fruits, and black pepper. It is off dry, medium acidity, fine medium intensity tannins, but bigger body and flavour intensity. Semi-round mouthfeel. A mix of black fruits, tarriness, very ripe raspberries and black berries, black plums and some jamminess. It has prominent black pepperiness and is quite floral. A touch of oak. This wine has a medium plus length finishing with black plums, black pepper, mace spice and a touch of oak. The tannins are there on the finish but are not drying. Stay tuned for my full wine and cheese tasting notes on mywinepal.com. #bcwine #bcwines #bcwineries #bwinecountry #bcwinery #luxury #bcvqa #bcvqa #somm #gourmetchef https://www.instagram.com/p/CHgRGlkhMHJ/?igshid=4qpthzom94lz