Tasting - Santa Margherita Pinot Grigio

 

Tasting  - Santa Margherita Pinot Grigio

Name: Santa Margherita 

Variety: Pinot Grigio

Region: Alto Adige, Italy

Country: Italy

Year: 2020

Price: $21

Wine Review:  Beautifully balanced and refreshing Italian Pinot Grigio from one of the country's best-known producers of this wine. Santa Margherita was, in fact, the first to make Pinot Grigio back in 1961, and has led the way ever since. Crisp and lively with racy acidity for seafood and shellfish. Also works on its own as a chilled aperitif. (Natalie MacLean)

Wine Folly: Pg. 251: In the Wine Folly it mentions that some of the best Pinot Grigio wines are out of northern Italy, such as Alto Adige. It describes these Pinot Grigio's as having subtle tart fruit characteristics as well as high acidity. This was definitely true for the wine that I tasted and that high amount of acidity was not very pleasant for me.

My Review: Overall, this wine did not meet my expectation, especially for the price. I found it to be to dry for my liking. I also was surprised by the acidity of the wine and thought that is was somewhat over powering. Some of the flavors that I got were pear, and citreous flavors. I didn't have this wine with any food, however with the wines high acidity it may have been better with a dish to balance it out.