Winery PierrepointSparkling Pinot Gris
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The Sparkling Pinot Gris of the Winery Pierrepoint is in the top 0 of wines of Henty.
Details and technical informations about Winery Pierrepoint's Sparkling Pinot Gris.
Discover the grape variety: Panse précoce
Most certainly finding its first origins in southern Provence, registered in the Official Catalogue of table grape varieties list A1. According to genetic analyses published in Montpellier (Hérault), it is the result of a cross between the bicane and the pascal blanc. It should not be confused with the foster' white grown in Italy and wrongly called panse précoce. Finally, it can also be confused with the Panse de Provence, which has downy-pubescent leaves and ripens in the second half of the year.
Informations about the Winery Pierrepoint
The Winery Pierrepoint is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 5 wines for sale in the of Henty to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Henty
The wine region of Henty is located in the region of Western Victoria of Victoria of Australia. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Crawford River or the Domaine Hochkirch produce mainly wines white, red and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Henty are Riesling, Pinot noir and Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Henty often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit.
The wine region of Victoria
Victoria is a relatively small but important Australian wine state. Located in the Southeastern corner of the continent, with a generally cool, ocean-influenced Climate, Victorian wine is remarkably diverse, producing all sorts of wines and styles in different climates. In all, the state covers almost 250,000 square kilometres (over 90,000 square miles) of land (almost the same Size as the US state of Texas), well under a quarter the size of its western neighbour, South Australia, and less than a third the size of New South Wales to the North. As such, Victoria's size - and to some extent, the state's viticultural history - can defy generalization.
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