Santa Margherita Pinot Grigio Valdadige 2025

This Pinot Grigio from Santa Margherita comes from the Adige valley, in the Valdadige DOC appellation, which stretches from Trentino to the province of Verona. The vines, planted between 150 and 300 metres above sea level on medium-textured, stony soils of river origin, are trained on Trentino pergolas and Guyot. The harvest takes place in the first half of September.

Santa Margherita was the first house to vinify Pinot Grigio as a white wine, as its pinkish skin would otherwise colour the must. After gentle pressing, the must ferments for 10 to 15 days at 18 °C, without skin contact. Once fermentation is complete, the wine is kept in stainless-steel tanks at a controlled temperature of 15 to 16 °C until bottling.

This wine reveals notes of Golden Delicious apple, pear, white peach, lemon, acacia blossom, linden, fresh hazelnut and wet stone. The straw-yellow colour heralds a clean, intense nose. The dry, precise palate offers lovely freshness and a characteristic Golden Delicious apple flavour, for a wine of great personality that is very versatile at the table.

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