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La Piazza
Wine Selections
Pinot Grigio
Catarratto
Primitivo
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La Piazza Pinot Grigio
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Varietals: |
100%
Pinot Gris |
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Vineyard: |
Contract Growers |
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Appellation: |
Veneto, Delle Venezie |
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Fermentation: |
Stainless Steel |
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Wood: |
no Wood |
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Aging: |
6 months in
bottles |
WINEMAKER NOTES: The
vineyards of the contract growers on which grapes grown are located in the Trentino region. They are carefully worked by the growers and all hand picked.
Delicately fragrant and mildly floral with lightly lemon citrus flavors. The palate is tangy and light.
Pinot Gris: Pinot gris is a white wine grape variety of the species Vitis vinifera. Thought to be a mutant clone of the
Pinot noir grape, it normally has a grayish-blue fruit, accounting for its name ("gris" meaning "gray" in French) but the grape can have a brownish pink to black and even
white appearance. The word "Pinot", which means "pinecone" in French, could have been given to it because the grapes grow in small pinecone-shaped clusters. The wines
produced from this grape also vary in color from a deep golden yellow to copper and even a light shade of pink. The clone of Pinot gris grown in Italy is known as
Pinot Grigio.
Pinot gris has been known from the Middle Ages in
the Burgundy region, where it
was probably called Fromenteau. It spread from Burgundy, along with Pinot noir, arriving early in Switzerland by 1300. The grape was reportedly a favorite of the Emperor
Charles IV, who had cuttings imported to Hungary by Cistercians monks: the brothers planted the vines on the slopes of Badacsony bordering Lake Balaton in 1375. The vine
soon after developed the name Szürkebarát meaning "grey monk". In 1711, a German merchant, named Johann Seger Ruland discovered a grape growing wild in the fields of the
Palatinate. The subsequent wine he produced became known as Ruländer and the vine was later discovered to be Pinot gris.
Until the 18th and 19th century, the grape was a popular planting in Burgundy and Champagne but poor yields and unreliable crops caused the grape to fall out of favor in
those areas. The same fate nearly occurred in Germany, but vine breeders in the early 20th century were able to develop clonal varieties that would produce a more
consistent and reliable crop.
Researchers at the University of California, Davis, have determined that Pinot gris has a remarkably similar DNA profile to Pinot noir and that the color difference is
derived from a genetic mutation that occurred centuries ago. The leaves and the vines of both grapes are so similar that the coloration difference is the only thing that
tells them apart.
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