Wines made from Pinotin grapes of West Friesland
Discover the best wines made with Pinotin as a single variety or as a blend of West Friesland.
Swiss interspecific cross obtained in 1991 by Valentin Blattner. The parents would be pinot noir and an interspecific variety resistant to diseases and, for others, it would be a cross between cabernet-sauvignon and ((sylvaner x riesling) x (12 417 Seyve-Villard x 7053 Seibel)) see graph www.winogrona.org. No resistance gene could be identified for either mildew or powdery mildew. It can be found in Switzerland, Belgium, Holland, Germany, ... still little known in France.
The wine region of West Friesland of Netherlands. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine De Frysling or the Domaine De Koen produce mainly wines white, red and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of West Friesland are Souvignier gris, Johanniter and Rondo, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of West Friesland often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, tropical fruit.
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