Winery Jacques MailletQuintessence Antrement Pinot Gris
White wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, cured meat or mushrooms.
Food and wine pairings with Quintessence Antrement Pinot Gris
Pairings that work perfectly with Quintessence Antrement Pinot Gris
Original food and wine pairings with Quintessence Antrement Pinot Gris
The Quintessence Antrement Pinot Gris of Winery Jacques Maillet matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, spicy food or mushrooms such as recipes of rabbit with prunes, veal axoa (basque country) or omelette with chanterelles, garlic and parsley.
Details and technical informations about Winery Jacques Maillet's Quintessence Antrement 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 Jacques Maillet
The Winery Jacques Maillet is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 7 wines for sale in the of Alsace Grand Cru to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Alsace Grand Cru
Alsatian hierarchical summit: 51 classified lieux-dits over ~800 ha, ultra-varied terroirs (granite, schist, limestone, pink sandstone, marl). 4 noble grapes authorized. Signature Riesling chiseled and taut with signature notes of lemon, white peach, white flowers, stone fruits and a petrol mineral touch, long aging. Opulent Gewurztraminer (lychee, rose, spices), ample smoky Pinot Gris, dry aromatic Muscat.
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: Millerandage
Poor fertilization of some grapes at the time of flowering in cold or rainy weather. Milled grapes do not grow and usually do not contain seeds.
