Winery Ch. WantzPinot Gris Alsace Grand Cru 'Altenberg de Bergheim'
White wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, cured meat or mushrooms.
Food and wine pairings with Pinot Gris Alsace Grand Cru 'Altenberg de Bergheim'
Pairings that work perfectly with Pinot Gris Alsace Grand Cru 'Altenberg de Bergheim'
Original food and wine pairings with Pinot Gris Alsace Grand Cru 'Altenberg de Bergheim'
The Pinot Gris Alsace Grand Cru 'Altenberg de Bergheim' of Winery Ch. Wantz matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, spicy food or mushrooms such as recipes of chicken pie, grilled pork ribs with barbecue sauce or beef kidney.
Details and technical informations about Winery Ch. Wantz's Pinot Gris Alsace Grand Cru 'Altenberg de Bergheim'.
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.
Informations about the Winery Ch. Wantz
The Winery Ch. Wantz is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 41 wines for sale in the of Alsace Grand Cru 'Altenberg de Bergheim' to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Alsace Grand Cru 'Altenberg de Bergheim'
Grand Cru of Bergheim in Haut-Rhin (full south-facing, warm and dry, iron-rich red argillo-calcareous soils on Jurassic limestone and Liassic marls, over-exposed microclimate). Riesling is the signature white (50-70%) complemented by Gewurztraminer (10-25%) and Pinot Gris (10-25%) — dense matter with concentrated ripe fruits, spices, and ferrous minerality. Ancestral co-planted blend authorized since 2005, a wine for aging.
The wine region of Alsace
Capital of great French aromatic whites, most often dry and single-varietal. Straight, mineral Riesling (lemon, gunflint), opulent, exuberant Gewurztraminer (lychee, rose, spices), round, smoky Pinot Gris, floral, crisp Muscat, supple Pinot Blanc. Fine, fruity Crémants d'Alsace, exceptional sweet Vendanges Tardives and Sélection de Grains Nobles. 15,500 ha at the foot of the Vosges on varied soils, 51 Grands Crus since 1975.
The word of the wine: Dryer
Term that characterizes a hard and tannic wine.
