Winery PfaffenheimSteinert Tokay 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 Steinert Tokay Pinot Gris from the Winery Pfaffenheim
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In the mouth the Steinert Tokay Pinot Gris of Winery Pfaffenheim in the region of Alsace is a .
Food and wine pairings with Steinert Tokay Pinot Gris
Pairings that work perfectly with Steinert Tokay Pinot Gris
Original food and wine pairings with Steinert Tokay Pinot Gris
The Steinert Tokay Pinot Gris of Winery Pfaffenheim matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, spicy food or mushrooms such as recipes of rabbit with hunter's sauce, traditional tagine (morocco) or sauté of pork with chorizo.
Details and technical informations about Winery Pfaffenheim's Steinert Tokay 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 Pfaffenheim
The Winery Pfaffenheim is one of of the world's great 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: Drawing (liqueur de)
In champagne and sparkling wines of traditional method, addition to the wine, at the time of bottling (tirage) of sugars and yeasts dissolved in wine. These components will provoke the second fermentation in the bottle leading to the formation of carbon dioxide bubbles.
