Winery Jean-Louis SchoepferGrand Cru Hengst Pinot Gris
White wine
In the mouth this white wine is a .
This wine generally goes well with pork, cured meat or mushrooms.
Taste structure of the Grand Cru Hengst Pinot Gris from the Winery Jean-Louis Schoepfer
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In the mouth the Grand Cru Hengst Pinot Gris of Winery Jean-Louis Schoepfer in the region of Alsace is a .
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
Food and wine pairings with Grand Cru Hengst Pinot Gris
Pairings that work perfectly with Grand Cru Hengst Pinot Gris
Original food and wine pairings with Grand Cru Hengst Pinot Gris
The Grand Cru Hengst Pinot Gris of Winery Jean-Louis Schoepfer matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, spicy food or mushrooms such as recipes of braised (green) cabbage, steak tartare or veal kidneys with mushrooms and port.
Details and technical informations about Winery Jean-Louis Schoepfer's Grand Cru Hengst 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 Jean-Louis Schoepfer
The Winery Jean-Louis Schoepfer is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 29 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: Destemming
Operation consisting in eliminating the vegetal part of the bunch supporting the berries, its maceration with the must giving a herbaceous taste to the wine.
