AROMA OF WINE

Ripe peach and apricot, citrus and lightly perfumed

Pinot Gris is the French name for the grape that also goes under the Italian name: Pinot Grigio. The names are often used interchangeably, but the wines differ in style and character, like most grapes that are so widely planted.

Pinot Gris usually indicates wines that are richer and fuller. In Alsace, where it is the third most planted grape after Riesling, the wines tend to be full-bodied with moderate acidity and a luscious fruitiness reminiscent of ripe pear and apricot. Generally speaking the wines are often rich, lightly perfumed and more colorful than other whites.

In comparison Pinot Grigio often suggest wines that are dry with medium acidity and melon, peach and citrus flavors and aromas and it’s also under the name of Pinot Grigio that this grape has received its international fame.

One place to have picked up on the Pinot Gris or Grigio wave is the US. In California both names are used where Pinot Grigio often indicates a more commercial wine and when labeled Pinot Gris the wines are usually made in the style of Alsace.

Although the wines are white the skin of the grape is actually pink.

Origin:

Alsace,

France