Winery Jean WachPinot Gris Vendanges Tardives Alsace Grand Cru 'Moenchberg'
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or mature and hard cheese.
Food and wine pairings with Pinot Gris Vendanges Tardives Alsace Grand Cru 'Moenchberg'
Pairings that work perfectly with Pinot Gris Vendanges Tardives Alsace Grand Cru 'Moenchberg'
Original food and wine pairings with Pinot Gris Vendanges Tardives Alsace Grand Cru 'Moenchberg'
The Pinot Gris Vendanges Tardives Alsace Grand Cru 'Moenchberg' of Winery Jean Wach matches generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of sea bass in mustard and rosemary wrappers, salt and pepper shrimp or chicken puff pastry.
Details and technical informations about Winery Jean Wach's Pinot Gris Vendanges Tardives Alsace Grand Cru 'Moenchberg'.
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 Wach
The Winery Jean Wach is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 20 wines for sale in the of Alsace Grand Cru 'Moenchberg' to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Alsace Grand Cru 'Moenchberg'
Alsace Grand Cru of Andlau and Eichhoffen in Bas-Rhin (11. 83 ha, 230–260 m, south to south-east exposure, deep marly-calcareous-sandstone soils and sandy-gravelly quaternary colluvium, sheltered early-ripening terroir, 700 mm rainfall). Riesling (62%) is the signature white — generous and concentrated with fine acidity, ripe citrus and depth. Pinot Gris (23%) ample, Gewurztraminer (15%) opulent.
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: Clos
Plot of vines surrounded by walls. Many Burgundian climates are clos.
