Winery Charles SmithThe Honorable Pinot Gris
White wine
This wine generally goes well with rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or mature and hard cheese.
Food and wine pairings with The Honorable Pinot Gris
Pairings that work perfectly with The Honorable Pinot Gris
Original food and wine pairings with The Honorable Pinot Gris
The The Honorable Pinot Gris of Winery Charles Smith matches generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of irish tartiflette, oven-roasted breton lobster with salted butter from the jaguin brothers (the... or baked bread (tomato, mushroom, ham, cheese).
Details and technical informations about Winery Charles Smith's The Honorable 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.
Informations about the Winery Charles Smith
The Winery Charles Smith is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 44 wines for sale in the of Columbia Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Columbia Valley
Cradle of Washington State's great reds. Dense, structured Cabernet Sauvignon (blackcurrant, blackberry, graphite, firm tannins), round velvety Merlot, signature Syrah with peppery notes, black olive and deep black fruit. Also precise whites: balanced Chardonnay, taut fruity Riesling with peach notes. Semi-desert vineyard of 24,300 ha sheltered by the Cascades, loess soils over basalt, strong temperature swings.
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: Severe
Said of a red wine that is generally young, very marked by tannins and astringent. See austere.
