Pinot Grigio - 2022 - 0.75 lt. - Muri-Gries Winery

Deion: 
This Pinot Grigio pours a straw yellow color with green reflexes. It has a tempting bouquet of fresh fruits, ripe Williams pears, herbs – including mint and melissa –, and tea and is spicy and slightly buttery and nutty. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied and well-structured with a long and slightly bitter finish. 

Grape variety: 
Pinot Grigio - South Tyrol DOC. 

Production area: 
The grapes for this expressive white wine mature at an altitude of 260 - 500 m in the vineyards of Bolzano and Appiano, where they grow mainly on chalk gravel and alluvial soils. 

Vinification: 
After temperature-controlled fermentation of the must in stainless steel tanks at 19°C for one week, the wine is aged in stainless steel. 

Food pairing: 
Best enjoyed well chilled with vegetable lasagne, squash soup and goat’s cream cheese.To enjoy this wine at its best, drink within 3 years. 

Serving temperature: 
12 - 14°C. 

Ageing potential: 
3 - 5 years. 

Bottle to: 
750 ml - 75 cl - 0.75 lt. 

Allergens: 
Wine can contain sulphites. 

Producer: 
Wine Estate Monastery Cellar Muri-Gries 
In 2022 the Benedictines moved Muri in Switzerland to Gries in South Tyrol, where the order took over the Augustinian monastery. In so doing, they inherited a long tradition of wine-growing, which they nurtured in the spirit of a symbiosis of monastery, winery and estate that is still very much in evidence today. The result, in the 21st century, is a range of top-quality wines MURI-GRIES like the Abtei Muri line, which has been produced selected grapes the very best sites since 1989. The MURI-GRIES wine estate comprises 35 hectares of vineyards in excellent locations in and around Bolzano and Appiano. The monastery vineyards offer an outstanding terroir, combining excellent soils with a highly favourable climate.

Alcoholic content: 12.50 %