Château d'OrschwihrTokay Pinot Gris Vendanges Tardives
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, cured meat or mushrooms.
Food and wine pairings with Tokay Pinot Gris Vendanges Tardives
Pairings that work perfectly with Tokay Pinot Gris Vendanges Tardives
Original food and wine pairings with Tokay Pinot Gris Vendanges Tardives
The Tokay Pinot Gris Vendanges Tardives of Château d'Orschwihr matches generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of baked sea bream, quenelles in nantua sauce or bocconcini (veal rolls with ham and comté).
Details and technical informations about Château d'Orschwihr's Tokay Pinot Gris Vendanges Tardives.
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.
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