Wines made from Pinot gris grapes of Salgesch
Discover the best wines made with Pinot gris as a single variety or as a blend of Salgesch.
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.
Wine commune of the Upper Valais (Switzerland), nicknamed the "Swiss capital of red wines". Pinot Noir flagship red: fine and silky with signature notes of red cherry, wild strawberry, raspberry, undergrowth, sweet spices and mineral touch, fine tannins and elegant palate — alpine expression. Supple Gamay, dense Cornalina (autochthonous), spicy Humagne rouge. Whites: taut Chasselas (Fendant), mineral and saline Petite Arvine, ancient Heida.