Pinot Grigio
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Pinot Grigio is a white grape variety grown across northeastern Italy - particularly Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Alto Adige - that produces wines ranging from pale, high-acid whites to deeply pigmented orange wines when extended skin contact is applied. Conventional expressions from Jermann, Livio Felluga Collio, and Tolloy illustrate the grape's classic arc: crisp stone fruit, white pear, and saline minerality shaped by cool alpine and Adriatic-influenced terroir. Skin-contact interpretations, including Field Recordings Skins, Meinklang Mulatschak, and Venica's Jesera, extract tannin and phenolic grip from Pinot Grigio's naturally copper-pink skins, producing amber-hued wines with dried apricot, tea, and oxidative texture. Scotty Boy extends the range further with both a Pet Nat and an orange wine built on unconventional winemaking logic. Tolloy represents the approachable entry point while Livio Felluga Collio anchors the more structured, terroir-driven end of the spectrum.
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Pinot Grigio is a white grape variety grown across northeastern Italy - particularly Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Alto Adige - that produces wines ranging from pale, high-acid whites to deeply pigmented orange wines when extended skin contact is applied. Conventional expressions from Jermann, Livio Felluga Collio, and Tolloy illustrate the grape's classic arc: crisp stone fruit, white pear, and saline minerality shaped by cool alpine and Adriatic-influenced terroir. Skin-contact interpretations, including Field Recordings Skins, Meinklang Mulatschak, and Venica's Jesera, extract tannin and phenolic grip from Pinot Grigio's naturally copper-pink skins, producing amber-hued wines with dried apricot, tea, and oxidative texture. Scotty Boy extends the range further with both a Pet Nat and an orange wine built on unconventional winemaking logic. Tolloy represents the approachable entry point while Livio Felluga Collio anchors the more structured, terroir-driven end of the spectrum.
