Wine Tasting- Cavit Pino Grigio

 

Saturday, April 16, 2022

Hello :)

The wine I tasted for this post was a 2020 Pinot Grigio from Trentino, Italy. This wine is about $10.00 per bottle. The Cavit Collection website describes this wine as having light refreshing flavors of citrus and green apple. It was made using cold fermentation in thermo-conditioned tanks and is 12.1% alcohol. 

Recommended Pairings: pasta in cream sauce, risotto, veil, chicken, and fresh seafood dishes.

Aroma: citrus, specifically lemon and lime (wine folly textbook page 31)

Secondary Aroma: earth/other, specifically butter (wine folly textbook page 31)

Tertiary Aroma: general aging, specifically baking spices (wine folly textbook page 31)

Flavors: this wine has low tannins and high acidity.

Grape Varietal Characteristics: a pink grape mutation of pinot noir (wine folly textbook page 149)

My Thoughts💭

This was not my favorite wine because of the high acidity, but I cooked with it and made a sauce with pasta and chicken! It tasted better when it was paired with the dish because the wine flavors were already incorporated into the sauce. I would get this wine again to cook with because it is fairly dry, but would also like to experiment cooking with other drier wines.