Winery CalliaAlta Pinot Grigio
White wine
This wine is composed of 100% of the grape variety Pinot Gris.
In the mouth this white wine is a powerful.
This wine generally goes well with vegetarian, lean fish or shellfish.
The Alta Pinot Grigio of the Winery Callia is in the top 50 of wines of Tulum Valley.
Taste structure of the Alta Pinot Grigio from the Winery Callia
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Alta Pinot Grigio of Winery Callia in the region of San Juan is a powerful.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Alta Pinot Grigio of Winery Callia in the region of San Juan often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or vegetal and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, spices or citrus fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Alta Pinot Grigio
Pairings that work perfectly with Alta Pinot Grigio
Original food and wine pairings with Alta Pinot Grigio
The Alta Pinot Grigio of Winery Callia matches generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or lean fish such as recipes of flambéed prawns, quiche without pastry, courgette and blue cheese or monkfish matelote.
Details and technical informations about Winery Callia's Alta Pinot Grigio.
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 Alta Pinot Grigio from Winery Callia are 2020, 2019, 2017, 2018 and 2016.
Informations about the Winery Callia
The Winery Callia is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 102 wines for sale in the of Tulum Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Tulum Valley
Central valley of San Juan (Argentina), 2nd national wine zone (~46,000 ha), altitude 600–1,400 m, desert climate with strong diurnal range, Andean glacial irrigation. Syrah is the flagship red (emblem of San Juan): powerful and sun-drenched with notes of blackberry, black cherry, stewed plum, pepper, violet and spice, round tannins and brilliant altitude fruit. Bonarda supple and Malbec dense as complements. Aromatic Torrontés, Pedro Ximénez and Moscatel for concentrated sweet wines.
The wine region of San Juan
Argentina's 2nd province by volume, a very sunny Andean oasis (<30 cloudy days/year). Signature Syrah (~22% of Argentine Syrah): intense, sun-drenched reds with signature notes of blackberry, black plum, pepper, olive, violet and sweet spice, round tannins and vivid fruit. Also fleshy Malbec, supple Bonarda, spicy Tempranillo. Floral, muscat Torrontes and ample Chardonnay in white.
The word of the wine: Rafle (taste of)
A taste considered a defect, characterized by an unpleasant astringency and bitterness, brought by the stalk during the vinification process. In order to avoid it, destemming before vinification is a common practice.
