Winery Bestheim - Exception Pinot Gris

Winery BestheimException Pinot Gris

4.1
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Exception Pinot Gris of Winery Bestheim is a white wine from the region of Alsace Grand Cru of Alsace.
In the mouth this white wine is a powerful.
This wine generally goes well with pork, cured meat or mushrooms.

Taste structure of the Exception Pinot Gris from the Winery Bestheim

Light
Bold
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Exception Pinot Gris of Winery Bestheim in the region of Alsace is a powerful.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with earth taste

honey, smoke

Wine with floral taste

honeysuckle

On the nose the Exception Pinot Gris of Winery Bestheim in the region of Alsace often reveals types of flavors of apples, minerality or pear and sometimes also flavors of honeysuckle, honey or melon.

Details and technical informations about Winery Bestheim's Exception Pinot Gris.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Pinot gris

Pinot Gris is a grey grape variety mutated from Pinot Noir. It has its origins in Burgundy, where it is called pinot-beurot in reference to the colour of the grey robes worn by the monks of the region. Established in Alsace since the 17th century, pinot gris was called tokay until 2007. It is made up of bunches of small berries that vary in colour from pink to blue-grey. It is particularly well suited to the continental climate because it is resistant to the cold in winter and to spring frosts. This variety also likes dry limestone soils with plenty of sunshine in the summer. Pinot Gris is well suited to late harvesting or to the selection of noble grapes, depending on the year and the concentration of sugars in the berries. Pinot Gris wines are distinguished by their aromatic complexity of white fruits, mushrooms, honey, vanilla, cinnamon, etc., and their great finesse. In the Loire Valley, pinot gris is used in the Coteaux-d'Ancenis appellations. It gives dry or sweet wines with pear and peach aromas.

Last vintages of this wine

Exception Pinot Gris - 2014
In the top 100 of of Alsace Grand Cru wines
Average rating: 3.911110
Exception Pinot Gris - 2013
In the top 100 of of Alsace Grand Cru wines
Average rating: 4.111110

The best vintages of Exception Pinot Gris from Winery Bestheim are 2013, 2014

Informations about the Winery Bestheim

The winery offers 126 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is in the top 50 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Alsace Grand Cru in the region of Alsace
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The Winery Bestheim is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 111 wines for sale in the of Alsace Grand Cru to come and discover on site or to buy online.

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The wine region of Alsace Grand Cru

Alsace Grand Cru is the appellation for the best still white wines in the Alsace region of northeastern France. Created in 1983, the appellation is based on a classification of the region's Vineyards made in 1975 and has been subject to several subsequent revisions. An Alsace Grand Cru wine is - almost without exception - produced from a single Grape variety. This will be indicated on the label, along with the name of the vineyard where the grapes were grown.


The wine region of Alsace

Alsace, located in the extreme north-east of France, is Distinguished from other French wine regions by its strong Franco-Germanic influences. These influences are the result of a back-and-forth between the German and French sovereignties over the last few centuries. They can be seen not only in the architecture and culture of Alsace, but also in the wines. Alsace wines are produced under three main appellations: Alsace and Alsace Grand Cru for still white wines (Sweet and Dry), and Crémant d'Alsace for Sparkling wines.

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Botanical term for the interval between two nodes or between two leaf insertions on a branch (see internode).

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