Full Review

Emile Beyer

Emile Beyer
2021 Les Traditions, Pinot Gris, Alsace

Pair this wine with:
Chicken Fish Pasta

Category: Alsace Pinot Gris

Date Tasted:
Country: France
Alcohol: 13.5%
89 Points
Silver Medal
Highly Recommended
$26

Emile Beyer
2021 Les Traditions, Pinot Gris, Alsace

Pair this wine with:
Chicken Fish Pasta

Category: Alsace Pinot Gris

Date Tasted:
Country: France
Alcohol: 13.5%
Golden straw color. Aromas and flavors of baked yellow apple, pineapple upside down cake, honeysuckle, and lemon curd with a velvety, lively, dry medium body and a tingling, intricate, medium-length finish imparting notes of baked apple and pear, lemon meringue, dried white flowers, and dried apricot and honeycomb. A flavorful white wine that will keep you coming back to the glass wondering what aroma you will find this time; nice complexity that holds your interest on the wine.

Tasting Info

Wine Glass Style: Old World
Aroma Aroma: baked yellow apple, pineapple upside down cake, honeysuckle, and lemon curd
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with notes of baked apple and pear, lemon meringue, dried white flowers, and dried apricot and honeycomb
Sweetness Sweetness: Dry
Enjoy Enjoy: Now-3 years with food and on its own
Recipes Pairing: Fish & Chips, Tuna Casserole, Chicken Piccata
Bottom Line Bottom Line: A flavorful white wine that will keep you coming back to the glass wondering what aroma you will find this time; nice complexity that holds your interest on the wine.

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Alsace Pinot Gris

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Serve in a White Wine Glass
Pinot Gris is one of the best white wines from Alsace, produced exclusively form the grape of the same name. The wine is made in several styles from dry to dessert sweet.

Pinot Gris is known as Pinot Grigio in Italy, but Pinot Gris in Alsace is generally a richer, more complex wine; one with very good acidity and a slightly smoky flavor. The typical version is best consumed up to five to ten years and pairs well with Asian cuisine, veal or pork terrine, sweetbreads and white meats with mushrooms.

Sweeter versions, known as vendanges tardives, are produced only in particular growing seasons in which a rot known as botrytis affects the grapes. These wines have the potential to age for twenty-five years and are best paired with such foods as foie gras, lobster or fusion cuisine.