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Chardonnay (pronounced: [ʃaʁ.dɔ.nɛ]) is a green-skinned grape variety used to make white wine. It originated in the Burgundy wine region of eastern France but is now grown wherever wine is produced, from England to New Zealand. For new and developing wine regions, growing Chardonnay is seen as a "rite of passage" and an easy entry into the international wine market.
The Chardonnay grape itself is very neutral, with many of the flavors commonly associated with the grape being derived from such influences as terroir and oak. It is vinified in many different styles, from the lean, crisply mineral wines of Chablis, France to New World wines with tropical fruit flavors and lots of oak.
Chardonnay is an important component of many sparkling wines around the world, including Champagne. A peak in popularity in the late 1980s gave way to a backlash among those wine drinkers who saw the grape as a leading negative component of the globalization of wine. Nonetheless, it remains one of the most widely-planted grape varieties, with over 160,000 hectares (400,000 acres)[3] worldwide, second only to Airén among white wine grapes and planted in more wine regions than any other grape – including Cabernet Sauvignon.
Colour: White
Also called: Aubaine, Beaunois, Gamay Blanc, Melon Blanc (more)
Major regions: Worldwide
Notable wines: Chablis, white Burgundy, Champagne
Ideal soil: Chalk, limestone
Hazards : Millerandage, powdery mildew, frost and coulure
Wine characteristics
Cool climate: Lean, crisp, high acidity
Medium climate: Honey, tropical fruit
Pinot gris (also known as pinot grigio) is a white wine grape variety of the species Vitis vinifera. Thought to be a mutant clone of the Pinot noir grape, it normally has a grayish-blue fruit, accounting for its name (gris meaning "grey" in French) but the grape can have a brownish pink to black and even white appearance. The word pinot, which comes from the word meaning "pine cone" in French, could have been given to it because the grapes grow in small pine cone-shaped clusters. The wines produced from this grape also vary in colour from a deep golden yellow to copper and even a light shade of pink, and it is one of the more popular grapes for orange wine. The clone of Pinot gris grown in Italy is known as Pinot grigio.
Color of berry skin: Rose
Species: Vitis vinifera
Also called:
Synonym of Pinot gris , Country / Region
Auxerrois gris, Alsace
Fauvet, France
Fromentau, Languedoc
Fromentot, France
Grauburgunder / Grauer Burgunder, Austria Germany (dry)
Grauer Mönch, Germany
Grauklevner, Germany
Gris cordelier, France
Malvoisie, Loire Valley Switzerland
Monemvasia, Greece
Pinot grigio, Italy
Pinot beurot, Loire Valley, Burgundy
Ruländer, Austria Germany Romania (sweet)
Rulandské šedé, Czech Republic Slovakia
Sivi pinot, Croatia Slovenia
Szürkebarát, Hungary
Tokay d'Alsace, Alsace (renamed to Pinot gris due to EU regulations)
Піно ґрі, Піно сірий, Ukraine
灰皮诺, China
Origin: Burgundy, France
Notable regions:
Argentina - San Juan
Australia - Yarra Valley, Adelaide Hills, Orange, New South Wales
Austria
Canada - British Columbia, Ontario
Chile - Casablanca, Chile
France - Burgundy, Loire, Alsace
Germany - Baden, Palatinate
Hungary - Badacsony, Mátraalja
Italy
Moldova
New Zealand
Romania - Constanţa County, Jidvei
South Africa
Slovenia - Primorska, Podravje
Switzerland - Valais
Ukraine - Crimea
United States - Oregon, California, Michigan
Gewürztraminer [ɡəˈvʏɐtstʁaˈmiːnɐ] is an aromatic wine grape variety that performs best in cooler climates. It is sometimes referred to colloquially as Gewürz, and in French it is written Gewurztraminer (without the umlaut). Gewürztraminer is a variety with a pink to red skin colour, which makes it a "white wine grape" as opposed to the blue to black-skinned varieties commonly referred to as "red wine grapes". The variety has high natural sugar and the wines are white and usually off-dry, with a flamboyant bouquet of lychees. Indeed, Gewürztraminer and lychees share the same aroma compounds. Dry Gewürztraminers may also have aromas of roses, passion fruit and floral notes. It is not uncommon to notice some spritz (fine bubbles on the inside of the glass).
Gewürztraminer's sweetness may offset the spice in Asian cuisine. It goes well with Hirtenkäse, Münster cheese, and fleshy, fatty (oily) wild game. Smoked salmon is a particularly good match.
Color of berry skin: Rose
Species: Vitis vinifera
Also called: Gewurztraminer, Gewürz, Gertie, Gentil Rose Aromatique, Traminer Musque
Origin: Tramin, Italy
Notable regions: Northeast Italy, Alsace, Germany, New Zealand, Switzerland, USA, Canada, Southern Australia
Notable wines: From Alsace, especially the Vendange Tardives
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