Full Review

Don Rodolfo

Don Rodolfo
2024 Pinot Grigio, Central Valley

Pair this wine with:
Chicken

Category: Pinot Grigio

Date Tasted:
Country: Chile
Alcohol: 12.5% RS: .3%
Green Practices
87 Points
Silver Medal
Highly Recommended
$12
Best Buy

Don Rodolfo
2024 Pinot Grigio, Central Valley

Pair this wine with:
Chicken

Category: Pinot Grigio

Date Tasted:
Country: Chile
Alcohol: 12.5% RS: .3%
Straw color. Aromas and flavors of honey buttered toast, baked peach and lemon, and basil with a supple, crisp, dry-yet-fruity medium body and a seamless, breezy finish conveying notes of lemon-spritzed quince, hint of wheatgrass, and jalapeño and green tomato with chewy, fruit tannins and no oak flavor. A crisp, chewy, dry pinot grigio that will be a nice foil for chicken dishes.

Tasting Info

Wine Glass Style: Crisp & Lively, Fruity, New World, Non-Oaky & Quaffable
Aroma Aroma: honey buttered toast, baked peach and lemon, and basil
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with notes of lemon-spritzed quince, hint of wheatgrass, and jalapeño and green tomato
Sweetness Sweetness: Dry-yet-Fruity
Enjoy Enjoy: Now with food
Recipes Pairing: Chicken Kebobs, Chicken Enchiladas, Chicken Fajitas
Bottom Line Bottom Line: A crisp, chewy, dry pinot grigio that will be a nice foil for chicken dishes.

The Importer

Cabernet Corporation

The Importer
285 Bel Marin Keys Blvd., Suite K
Novato, CA 94949
USA
1 415-884-9000

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Pinot Grigio

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Serve in a White Wine Glass
Pinot Grigio – aka Pinot Gris – has become one of Italy’s most popular white wines in America. Popular to the point of Indian, Greek and even Spanish restaurants offering at least one version on their wine list.

Truth be told, while Pinot Grigio in Italy can be an excellent wine – though hardly great – the typical version has little to offer save for some faint aromas of apple, pear and dried flowers. As Pinot Grigio has become a commodity, there are now hundreds, perhaps thousands of producers across Italy (and even some in America) that produce a simple, uncomplicated version that has little complexity or weight on the palate- the ultimate summer sipper.

However, producers in cool climates such as Friuli, Alto Adige and Valle d’Aosta (where it is usually referred to as Pinot Gris) do make excellent version, generally from high elevation vineyards that have twenty or more years of age. These wines have plenty of spice as well as richness and offer impressive complexity. Pair these finer examples with vegetable or seafood risotto, lighter poultry or pork medallions.