Wines made from Pinot gris grapes of Croatia
Discover the best wines made with Pinot gris as a single variety or as a blend of Croatia.
More informations about the variety Pinot gris
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.
More informations about the wines of Croatia
Croatia is an important wine-producing country on the Adriatic Sea, at the western end of Europe's Balkan Peninsula. Formerly Part of Yugoslavia, it borders Slovenia, Hungary, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Montenegro. Export trade, although modest, has grown over the past two decades. The main Croatian styles are Dry white wines of Grasevina (WelschRiesling) and Malvasia, and rustic, Full-bodied red wines.
What are the typical flavors of the Pinot gris grape variety?
- Citrus fruitPresent in 10% of Pinot gris
- Tree fruitPresent in 8% of Pinot gris
- EarthPresent in 7% of Pinot gris
- MicrobioPresent in 6% of Pinot gris
- OakPresent in 6% of Pinot gris
- Non oakPresent in 4% of Pinot gris
- Red fruitPresent in 4% of Pinot gris
- Tropical fruitPresent in 4% of Pinot gris
- VegetalPresent in 3% of Pinot gris
- SpicesPresent in 3% of Pinot gris
- Black fruitPresent in 3% of Pinot gris
- Dried fruitPresent in 3% of Pinot gris
- OakyPresent in 1% of Pinot gris
- CitrusPresent in 1% of Pinot gris
- ApplesPresent in 1% of Pinot gris
- PeachPresent in 1% of Pinot gris
- MineralityPresent in 1% of Pinot gris
- VanillaPresent in 1% of Pinot gris
- ApricotPresent in 1% of Pinot gris
- LemonPresent in 1% of Pinot gris