Château d'OrschwihrCuvée Maximilien Pinot Gris
White wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, cured meat or mushrooms.
Food and wine pairings with Cuvée Maximilien Pinot Gris
Pairings that work perfectly with Cuvée Maximilien Pinot Gris
Original food and wine pairings with Cuvée Maximilien Pinot Gris
The Cuvée Maximilien Pinot Gris of Château d'Orschwihr matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, spicy food or mushrooms such as recipes of the real vegetables stuffed in the provençal way, lamb curry indian style or red wine fondue.
Details and technical informations about Château d'Orschwihr's Cuvée Maximilien 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 Château d'Orschwihr
The Château d'Orschwihr is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 38 wines for sale in the of Alsace to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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: Clone
A vine propagated from a single specimen (by cuttings or grafting), as opposed to mass selection, which starts from a family of vines.
