Wines made from Pinot gris grapes of Surrey
Discover the best wines made with Pinot gris as a single variety or as a blend of Surrey.
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.
County in southern England (Surrey Hills, southwest of London), chalk-sand-clay soils identical to those of Champagne on south-facing slopes, cool climate. Signature: Champagne-style trio of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier in traditional-method sparkling wines with green apple, lemon, brioche, white flowers and a chalky note, fine bubbles and a saline finish — award-winning internationally. Bacchus as aromatic still white (elderflower, citrus). Denbies Wine Estate.