Winery Fernand EngelVendanges Tardives Pinot Gris
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, cured meat or mushrooms.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
Food and wine pairings with Vendanges Tardives Pinot Gris
Pairings that work perfectly with Vendanges Tardives Pinot Gris
Original food and wine pairings with Vendanges Tardives Pinot Gris
The Vendanges Tardives Pinot Gris of Winery Fernand Engel matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, spicy food or mushrooms such as recipes of penne à la toscane, stuffed round zucchini or pasta with ham.
Details and technical informations about Winery Fernand Engel's Vendanges Tardives 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.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Vendanges Tardives Pinot Gris from Winery Fernand Engel are 2015, 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2010.
Informations about the Winery Fernand Engel
The Winery Fernand Engel is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 83 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: Draft liquor (champagne)
After blending, the wine is bottled with a liqueur de tirage (a mixture of sugar and wine) and a yeast (selected yeasts). The yeast attacks the sugar and creates carbon dioxide. The fermentation, which lasts about two months, is prolonged by an ageing period (15 months minimum in total). The bottle is capped (some rare vintages are capped with a staple and a cork).
