Discover the top 100 best pink wines of Rio Grande do Sul as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the pink wines that are popular of Rio Grande do Sul and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Brazil's winemaking heart (~80% of production), Italian tradition. Recognised specialty: traditional-method sparkling wines (espumantes), fresh and fruity, based on Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, among South America's finest. Accessible reds: supple, fruity Merlot (plum, cherry), fleshy Cabernet Sauvignon, dense, tannic Tannat. Round Chardonnay, light Riesling Italico, sweet, floral Moscato whites.
Winemaking heart: Vale dos Vinhedos (Brazil's 1st DO, 2002) in Serra Gaúcha.
Rich, ample whites with a golden robe, showing aromas of pear, quince, honey, smoke, ginger and spice. Made as structured dry wines (Alsace AOC), off-dry and sumptuous late-harvest sweet (vendange tardive, sélection de grains nobles). Lighter and crisper in Italy as Pinot Grigio (Veneto, Friuli). Also in Germany (Grauburgunder), Hungary (Szürkebarát) and Oregon. A grey mutation of Pinot Noir.
pink wines from the region of Rio Grande do Sul go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or veal such as recipes of autumn leaves, deer jig or escalope cordon bleu.
On the nose in the region of Rio Grande do Sul often reveals types of flavors of peach, tree fruit or cherry and sometimes also flavors of citrus, lime or minerality.
