So, what exactly is the difference between Pinot Gris and Pinot Grigio anyway?
There doesn’t seem to be a distinguishable difference in taste.
Categories: Miscellaneous
So, what exactly is the difference between Pinot Gris and Pinot Grigio anyway?
There doesn’t seem to be a distinguishable difference in taste.
Categories: Miscellaneous
I’ve always assumed that the only difference was that one was grey in French and the other one was grey in Italian.
Exactly! We had a bottle of each from the same vineyard and thought we’d do the taste test.
I just had one of those nasty realisation moments – I didn’t read the back labels – and indeed the mystery is therein unravelled.
The difference in acidity/minerality jibes with my evaluation: it was obvious that the same grape was used, although I just grandly handwaved the minor taste differences away as “terroir”.
The wines came from a Victorian vineyard which sends out a “wine club” case every few months.
What a truly useful and excellent thing to learn! Thanks for this. Pinot Grigio/Gris/Grey is one of my favourite styles, so I’ll look out specially for the Italian lightness and mineralliness next time.
“Minerally”. Adjectives come cheap to these wine-label writers, I see.
I commend your empiricism, Tigtog, by the way. Perhaps a further bottle of Pinot Noir and a bottle of entirely different ‘control’ wine—say a punchy Cab-Sav—might further shed light on the matter? Well, I daresay there’d be some shedding.