
Winery BensonPinot Gris
This wine generally goes well with rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or mature and hard cheese.
The Pinot Gris of the Winery Benson is in the top 40 of wines of Lake Chelan.

Food and wine pairings with Pinot Gris
Pairings that work perfectly with Pinot Gris
Original food and wine pairings with Pinot Gris
The Pinot Gris of Winery Benson matches generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of grilled bass with pastis and fennel, creamy tomato squid or gratin comtois.
Details and technical informations about Winery Benson's Pinot Gris.
Discover the grape 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.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Pinot Gris from Winery Benson are 0
Informations about the Winery Benson
The Winery Benson is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 20 wines for sale in the of Lake Chelan to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Lake Chelan
AVA of north-central Washington around the eponymous glacial lake (2009, >300 acres, 20+ varieties): Syrah, Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, Merlot and Riesling are the signatures — signature cool-climate balanced profile with fresh, fruity and mineral notes preserved by the lake's moderating effect, harvests 2-3 weeks later in cool October, signature cool nights preserving acidity, lush opulence in reds. Signature coarse glacial sands with quartz and mica, mineral textures.
The wine region of Washington
2nd US producer by volume, on the arid, sunny Columbia Valley. Star Cabernet Sauvignon (~60% of reds): powerful and structured with signature notes of blackcurrant, blackberry, cedar, dry herbs and graphite, firm tannins. Fleshy, peppery Syrah (black fruits, smoked meat). Round, fruity Merlot, historic mineral Riesling (dry and off-dry), precise Chardonnay and ample Sémillon.
The word of the wine: Decommissioning
Removal of the right to the appellation of origin of a wine; it is then marketed as Vin de France.














