It's an applaudable effort considering the vast majority of pinot gris made in thiscountry is thin and featureless.
applaudable in American English
(əˈplɔdəbəl)
adjective
worthy of praise or applause; estimable; admirable
applaudable efforts to save the environment
Derived forms
applaudably
adverb
Word origin
[applaud + -able]-able is a suffix meaning “capable of, susceptible of, fit for, tending to, given to,”associated in meaning with the word able, occurring in loanwords from Latin (laudable); used in English as a highly productive suffix to form adjectives by addition tostems of any origin (teachable; photographable)