Principato Pinot Grigio-Chardonnay

The color is a pale straw with light golden reflections. The aroma is the typical floral notes of Pinot Grigio and joined by the fruit-filled fragrance and body of Chardonnay. The taste is a fresh fruit flavor blended harmoniously with an appealing, crisp acidity that lingers on the palate. Best served with appetizers, fish, shellfish and chicken entrees, or pasta prepared in creamy butter sauces or mild flavored vegetarian dishes.Appetizers, fish, shellfish and chicken entrées, pastas prepared in creamy butter sauces, mild-flavored vegetarian dishes.Grapes are harvested by hand, starting with Pinot Grigio in the first few days of September and followed a week later by the Chardonnay. After a light pressing and fermentation, the two varieties are blended together and spend the next three months in stainless steel tanks maintained at a cool temperature to accentuate the floral-fruit characteristics of this wine.12% abvThis wine is made from a blend of 60% Pinot Grigio and 40% Chardonnay. The grapes come from carefully selected hillside vineyards throughout the three districts that northeast Italy’s Tre Venezie region.Grapes are harvested entirely by hand, starting with Pinot Grigio in the beginning of September followed by the Chardonnay a week later.Each grape variety is pressed and fermented individually in temperature controlled stainless steel tanks.When fermentation is complete, the two wines are blended together and spend the next three months in stainless steel tanks held at a cool temperature to accentuate the fresh fruit and floral characteristics of the wine. This wine is intended to be consumed in its youth.