Pinot Gris/Pinot Grigio

This direct import was "discovered" for us by the same broker who sells us Pasquiers. A small family-run operation 

With 40 ha in DOC Friuli, they care about the bees (SNQP = sustainable certification for the wines  / close to organic certification/ and also for workers ).

They are located in Friuli Venezia Giulia.

From our friends at the winery:

"The lower Friuli area is a landscape particularly favourable to the cultivation of vine. This is possible due to the proximity to the Adriatic Sea that mitigates the temperatures, but also due to the presence of the mountain range of the Julian Prealps that divert the cold northern currents away"

TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Santa Margherita was the first company to vinify pink Pinot Grigio grapes
as a white wine. In this process, the must does not remain in contact with
the skins, from which it would otherwise take on the rusty color. Following
a soft pressing, the must ferments for 10-15 days at 18 °C (64°). Once the
fermentation is over, the wine is stored at a controlled temperature of 15 -
16 °C (59 - 61 °F) in stainless steel tanks until it is time to bottle.
TASTING NOTE
This dry white wine has a straw yellow color. Its clean, intense aroma and
bone-dry taste (with an appealing flavor of Golden Delicious apples) make
Santa Margherita’s Pinot Grigio a wine of great personality and versatility.
FOOD MATCHINGS
Excellent as an aperitif, and ideal with seafood salads or pasta and rice
dishes based on fish and shellfish

-Winery notes-