Winery PfaffenheimPinot Gris Steinert Alsace Grand Cru
White wine
In the mouth this white wine is a powerful.
This wine generally goes well with pork, cured meat or mushrooms.
Taste structure of the Pinot Gris Steinert Alsace Grand Cru from the Winery Pfaffenheim
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Pinot Gris Steinert Alsace Grand Cru of Winery Pfaffenheim in the region of Alsace is a powerful.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Pinot Gris Steinert Alsace Grand Cru of Winery Pfaffenheim in the region of Alsace often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, cream or tropical and sometimes also flavors of apples, peach or apricot.
Food and wine pairings with Pinot Gris Steinert Alsace Grand Cru
Pairings that work perfectly with Pinot Gris Steinert Alsace Grand Cru
Original food and wine pairings with Pinot Gris Steinert Alsace Grand Cru
The Pinot Gris Steinert Alsace Grand Cru of Winery Pfaffenheim matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, spicy food or mushrooms such as recipes of coconut from paimpol, delicious thai chicken or daube niçoise.
Details and technical informations about Winery Pfaffenheim's Pinot Gris Steinert Alsace Grand Cru.
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 Steinert Alsace Grand Cru from Winery Pfaffenheim are 2012, 2011, 2009, 2013 and 2008.
Informations about the Winery Pfaffenheim
The Winery Pfaffenheim is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 96 wines for sale in the of Alsace Grand Cru 'Steinert' to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Alsace Grand Cru 'Steinert'
Grand Cru of Pfaffenheim in Haut-Rhin (~35 ha, highest altitude of Alsace Grands Crus, steep east-facing slope, dry porous oolitic Dogger limestone): Gewurztraminer, Pinot Gris and Riesling signature whites — Riesling sparkling and saline, Pinot Gris and Gewurztraminer generous with very ripe white fruits and liquorice. Major age-worthy wines with full aromatic complexity after cellaring. Benedictine history from the 12th century.
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: Virile
Said of a robust, full-bodied wine and, in general, of wines reputed to be powerful in reference to masculine virility.
