Winery Wunsch et MannCuvée Clerici Pinot Gris Grand Cru 'Hengst'
White wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, cured meat or mushrooms.
Food and wine pairings with Cuvée Clerici Pinot Gris Grand Cru 'Hengst'
Pairings that work perfectly with Cuvée Clerici Pinot Gris Grand Cru 'Hengst'
Original food and wine pairings with Cuvée Clerici Pinot Gris Grand Cru 'Hengst'
The Cuvée Clerici Pinot Gris Grand Cru 'Hengst' of Winery Wunsch et Mann matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, spicy food or mushrooms such as recipes of flamenkuche express, moroccan kefta balls or fresh tagliatelle with truffles and foie gras.
Details and technical informations about Winery Wunsch et Mann's Cuvée Clerici Pinot Gris Grand Cru 'Hengst'.
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 Wunsch et Mann
The Winery Wunsch et Mann is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 80 wines for sale in the of Alsace Grand Cru 'Hengst' to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Alsace Grand Cru 'Hengst'
Grand Cru of Wintzenheim near Colmar (~76 ha, 270–370 m, full south/south-east slope, Oligocene marl-limestone and conglomerate sandstone, dry and warm microclimate): signature Gewurztraminer — powerful, wild in youth, smoky and spicy, evolving nobly with age — and structured Riesling with intense minerality and persistent ripe vivacity. Weißburgunder as complement. Vineyard cited since the 9th century, high alcohol, exceptional complexity and ageing potential.
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: Marcottage
A vine reproduction technique that consists of burying a vine shoot that takes root and reproduces a plant with the same characteristics as the vine to which it is attached (synonym: provignage).
