Winery FantinelTenuta Sant'Helena Sauvignon
White wine
This wine generally goes well with vegetarian, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish.
Food and wine pairings with Tenuta Sant'Helena Sauvignon
Pairings that work perfectly with Tenuta Sant'Helena Sauvignon
Original food and wine pairings with Tenuta Sant'Helena Sauvignon
The Tenuta Sant'Helena Sauvignon of Winery Fantinel matches generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of peppers stuffed with tuna and parmesan, phad thai (thai style fried noodles) or quiche lorraine.
Details and technical informations about Winery Fantinel's Tenuta Sant'Helena Sauvignon.
Discover the grape variety: Muscat à petits grains
Muscat à petits grains is a white grape variety of Greek origin. Present in several Mediterranean vineyards, it has several synonyms such as muscat de Die, muscat blanc and frontignac. In France, it occupies a little less than 7,000 ha out of a total of 45,000 ha worldwide. Its young shoots are downy. Its youngest leaves are shiny, bronzed and scabrous. The berries and bunches of this variety are all medium-sized. The flesh of the berries is juicy, sweet and firm. Muscat à petits grains has a second ripening period and buds early in the year. It is moderately vigorous and must be pruned short. It likes poor, stony slopes. This variety is often exposed to spring frosts. It fears mildew, wasps, grape worms, court-noué, grey rot and powdery mildew. Muscat à petits grains is used to make rosé wines and dry white wines. Orange, brown sugar, barley sugar and raisins are the known aromas of these wines.
Informations about the Winery Fantinel
The Winery Fantinel is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 81 wines for sale in the of Friuli-Venezia Giulia to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Friuli-Venezia Giulia is an autonomous region in Italy, located in the extreme Northeast of the country, bordered by Austria and Slovenia to the north and east respectively. The eponymous wine region has four DOCGs, twelve DOCs and three PGIs and is best known for its white wine production. 77% of the region's wines are white, one of the highest proportions of any Italian region. The region's wines are distinctly different from other Italian wines in that they are made from non-traditional Grape varieties such as Sauvignon blanc, Riesling and Pinot blanc, as well as typically Italian varieties such as pinot gris and picolit.
The word of the wine: Destemming
Action consisting in separating the grapes from the stalk before vinification. The stalk, the woody part of the bunch, may give the wine an unpleasant vegetal character.
