Italian Pinot Grigio
Wine Description
Juice Description
Grape Description
- Typically light and crisp with a freshness of pronounced acidity
- Great fruit character of pear and melon
- Color greatly depends on the region the grape comes from, lighter from Italy, straw like from France and copper/pink from the USA
- One of the most popular white wines of the last decade.
Juice Description
- Deep golden color with some slight shades of pinkness
- Rich floral bouquets
- Can oxidize quickly
- Honey like with perfectly balanced acid
Grape Description
- Grayish-blue & Rose skinned fruit
- "Pinot", which means "pinecone" in French, could have been given to it because the grapes grow in small pinecone-shaped clusters
- Originally grown in France as Pinot Gris, Pinot Grigio is the Italian clone.
- Known as one of the “noble grapes” of Alsace in France, Pinot Grigio is typically grown in Northern Italy