Winery Schmitt & CarrerTokay Pinot Gris Alsace Grand Cru 'Schlossberg'
White wine
This wine generally goes well with rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or mature and hard cheese.
Food and wine pairings with Tokay Pinot Gris Alsace Grand Cru 'Schlossberg'
Pairings that work perfectly with Tokay Pinot Gris Alsace Grand Cru 'Schlossberg'
Original food and wine pairings with Tokay Pinot Gris Alsace Grand Cru 'Schlossberg'
The Tokay Pinot Gris Alsace Grand Cru 'Schlossberg' of Winery Schmitt & Carrer matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, spicy food or mushrooms such as recipes of flemish carbonnade, chicken with rice and curry cream or forest turkey roast casserole.
Details and technical informations about Winery Schmitt & Carrer's Tokay Pinot Gris Alsace Grand Cru 'Schlossberg'.
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 Schmitt & Carrer
The Winery Schmitt & Carrer is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 32 wines for sale in the of Alsace Grand Cru 'Schlossberg' to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Alsace Grand Cru 'Schlossberg'
Grand Cru on steep terraces between Kientzheim and Kaysersberg (~80 ha, 230-400 m, slightly acidic sandy-silty migmatitic granite, full south aspect): signature Riesling (76%) on ideal granite — airy profile with fine acidity, floral aromas of great delicacy, harmonious elegant structure, vibrant stony granite minerality, fullness after several years. Gewurztraminer (13%), Pinot Gris (10%) and Muscat as complements.
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: Doucillon
See bourboulenc.
