Pinot Grigio
Pinot Grigio has found a home in Italy where it is grown almost everywhere. However, in the Bel Paese, crops in the north-east are soaring with 85% of Italian production, so much so that in 2016 the recognition of the interregional Doc Pinot Grigio delle Venezie, including Friuli Venezia Giulia, Veneto and Trentino, took place.
Market and diffusion of Pinot Grigio veneto
Pinot Grigio is considered the symbol of Italy and Italian style and most of its production is exported: as stated by Consorzio delle Venezie DOC, “95% of its production is exported, this confirms its positioning on an International level and specifically in the USA (37%), UK (27%) and Germany (10%)”.
What these countries appreciate mostly of the Pinot Grigio veneto (Pinot Grigio delle Venezie DOC) are its complexity and versatility. Its taste profile make it easy to pair also with many dishes from other countries.
“The new delle Venezie appellation is the largest Pinot Grigio area in the world where 82% of the Italian production of this is today concentrated.” Currently the hectares planted with vines are 26,456, the hectoliters produced 1,700,000 and about 200 million bottles.
“The DOC delle Venezie bottled in 2019 with +34% on the previous year, increased of 58 million bottles sold in 2018, with a total of 223 million”.
How Enoitalia values Pinot Grigio
The Pinot Gris, a variety originating from Burgundy and related to Pinot Noir which turns out to be a mutation, is a versatile variety: still (as required by the production regulations of the Doc Venezie), sparkling pinot grigio and also pinot grigio rose; the grapes, in fact, are gray-pink berries.
Enoitalia values this excellence of Italian wine production with several labels of Pinot Grigio, which are exported globally with Luna di Luna, Gemma di Luna and VOGA Italia.
Tasting
Pinot Grigio
The wine is straw yellow in color. The bouquet is intense, fruity, sometimes floral in a delicate way, with a taste endowed with freshness and alcohol, good structure, characters that make it suitable also for sparkling wine. If vinified in copper, the wine takes on a stronger flavor with almost autumnal tones. Pinot Grigio has no particular predisposition to long aging and should therefore be drunk young. In general, the grape is almost never blended with other varietals, demonstrating its strong character.
Tasting
Pinot Grigio
The wine is straw yellow in color. The bouquet is intense, fruity, sometimes floral in a delicate way, with a taste endowed with freshness and alcohol, good structure, characters that make it suitable also for sparkling wine. If vinified in copper, the wine takes on a stronger flavor with almost autumnal tones. Pinot Grigio has no particular predisposition to long aging and should therefore be drunk young. In general, the grape is almost never blended with other varietals, demonstrating its strong character.
Pairing
Pinot Grigio is very versatile, excellent with white meats, chicken or rabbit liver pâté, fish, seafood and shellfish. Being aromatic, it is excellent for dishes with a sweet tendency, because it has a certain sapidity on the finish. It can also be served as an aperitif. Serving temperature: 10-12° C; for sparkling wine: 6° C.
