Attention wine enthusiasts and connoisseurs! Are you ready to embark on a journey through the enchanting realm of wine? Look no further than the captivating Pinot Grigio, a wine celebrated for its elegance, versatility, and unrivalled charm. To honour this exceptional varietal, we are thrilled to announce a special promotion in celebration of Pinot Grigio Day, offering a generous 12% discount on our fabulous selection of Pinot Grigio wines.
Indulge in this remarkable opportunity to savour the delights of this beloved wine at an incredible value!
But before you dig in ... did you know these top 5 fun facts?
* Pronounced: pee-no gree-geo
* This variety was born in Burgundy France (called Pinot Gris) but the Pinot Grigio style most probably originated in Italy.
Pinot Gris wines are generally made from riper grapes exposed to the sun for longer. The resulting Pinot Gris wines are fuller-bodied, drier, and richer, and they feature more notes of tropical fruits than their Italian Grigio cousins.
* Pinot Grigio is not made from white wine grapes! 'Gris' or 'grigio' refers to the 'gray' or 'grayish-blue' shade of the berries
* The largest plantings of pinot gris are not found in France or Italy but in Germany
* Although these wines are not meant for aging, Alsatian styles are the exception and can be cellared for 5-10 years.
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2024 Calusari, Pinot Grigio, Romania
Regular price £10.79 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 117): Computation results in '-Infinity'%The Calusari, an historical Romanian Sect, were believed to be able to cure the victims of fairies with their magical flying dance called the Calus, The wines of Calusari are a true taste of modern Romania.
Tasting Notes
Lovely, opulent aromas of grapefruit and peach follow through to a lithe body, with loads of fruit as well as abundant melon and apple character and citrusy acidity.
Producer
Back in 1988, three families decided to invest in a winery in Romania, starting with 650 hectares of slightly unloved vineyards and a rusty, once state-owned winery.
Yet Englishman Philip Cox and his Romanian wife Elvira, have turned the Cramele Recas Estate into the most successful winery in Romania. Recas are now recognised globally for their impressive scale and breadth of fascinating wines, including natural and orange wine from organic grapes. Despite the scale the emphasis is on making good wines that over-deliver, and as a result they’ve struck on a magic formula that has seen sales and demand boom. Vineyards are a combination of evolved plantings from 1447 and more recent planting, whilst the winery has seen significant investment and boasts state of the art facilities where innovation thrives. Recas are in every way a modern, dynamic winery, whose open minded approach and quality sets them apart … a winery you really can’t ignore.
Production
The winery has been fully fitted out with stainless steel, automatic temperature controlled tanks for fermenting and storing the wine. The primary vinification facility has been completely renewed with the best possible equipment for gently crushing, de stemming, pressing the grapes- in order to be able to maintain all the quality in the grapes. All of the grapes for this wine come from their own estate and are harvested early in the morning to avoid the heat which would otherwise cause the juice to become pink during fermentation.
The grapes were lightly crushed and then further cooled to 8°C before a gentle pressing in state of the art vacuum presses. Free run juice is separated from the heavier pressing and decanted into stainless steel temperature controlled tanks for 48 to 72 hours, until perfectly clarified. The clear juice is transferred to stainless steel fermenters and inoculate with selected yeast to begin fermentation which takes 3 weeks at 10°C. The wine is kept on fine lees until bottling.
Specifications
| Year | 2024 |
| Bottle Size | 750ml |
| Cultivar | 100% Pinot Grigio |
| Country | Romania |
| Alcohol content | 11.5% |
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8.6 units |
| Type | White Wine |
| Excellent with chicken, fish dishes, light seafood dishes. | |
| Cellaring Potential | 1 year |
| Allergen Information | Contains sulphites |
| Origin | Timis County |
2022 La Musa Pinot Grigio Rose Delle Venezie DOC
Regular price £10.59 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 117): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Tasting Notes
Colour
Rosé bright
Nose
Fresh & fruity
Palate
Light and fruity - easy to drink rosé
Specifications
| Year | 2022 |
| Bottle Size | 750ml |
| Cultivar | Pinot Grigio |
| Country | Italy |
| Alcohol content | 12% |
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9 units |
| Type | Rosé |
| Food Matches |
Great with starters, main courses and fish dishes |
| Cellaring Potential | For immediate enjoyment |
| Allergen Information | Contains sulphites |
| Appellation | Veneto |
| Origin | Veneto |
