Winery Nine HatsPinot Gris (Benches Vineyard)
White wine
This wine is composed of 100% of the grape variety Pinot Gris.
This wine generally goes well with rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or mature and hard cheese.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Pinot Gris (Benches Vineyard) of Winery Nine Hats in the region of Washington often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Pinot Gris (Benches Vineyard)
Pairings that work perfectly with Pinot Gris (Benches Vineyard)
Original food and wine pairings with Pinot Gris (Benches Vineyard)
The Pinot Gris (Benches Vineyard) of Winery Nine Hats matches generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of tuna lasagna, curried mouclade à la charentaise or italian stuffed chicken.
Details and technical informations about Winery Nine Hats's Pinot Gris (Benches Vineyard).
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 Pinot Gris (Benches Vineyard) from Winery Nine Hats are 2016, 2014, 2017, 2015 and 0.
Informations about the Winery Nine Hats
The Winery Nine Hats is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 13 wines for sale in the of Columbia Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Columbia Valley
Cradle of Washington State's great reds. Dense, structured Cabernet Sauvignon (blackcurrant, blackberry, graphite, firm tannins), round velvety Merlot, signature Syrah with peppery notes, black olive and deep black fruit. Also precise whites: balanced Chardonnay, taut fruity Riesling with peach notes. Semi-desert vineyard of 24,300 ha sheltered by the Cascades, loess soils over basalt, strong temperature swings.
The wine region of Washington
2nd US producer by volume, on the arid, sunny Columbia Valley. Star Cabernet Sauvignon (~60% of reds): powerful and structured with signature notes of blackcurrant, blackberry, cedar, dry herbs and graphite, firm tannins. Fleshy, peppery Syrah (black fruits, smoked meat). Round, fruity Merlot, historic mineral Riesling (dry and off-dry), precise Chardonnay and ample Sémillon.
The word of the wine: Second fermentation
In the making of champagne, fermentation of the base wine to which is added the liqueur de tirage and which takes place in the bottle. This second fermentation produces the carbon dioxide, and therefore the bubbles that make up the effervescence of the wine.
