How can Alsace wine be involved in the Hungarian wine town of Dorké? It has always been a mysterious mystery. According to local legend, the Alsatian general Lazare de Schwendi helped Hungary drive out the incoming Turkish army, so in 1565 he was given 4,000 barrels of Hungarian Dokkai wine and several young Pinot gris from the town as a gift.
Today, Pinot Gris is extinct in Hungary, but accounts for 4% of the total alsatian grape production and produces the most stylish wines in the region. Pinot Gris grapes are weaker in wine acidity than Lisling grapes and moderately sweeter than the overly sweet Gułtamine or Miscary grapes. The inhabitants of Alsace call the grapes "Sultans", and traditional drinking habits use late-picked (vendanpes tnrdives) wines and selected noble rot wines to accompany hot livers. Pinot Gris labels are usually marked "Doka Gris" or "Pinot Gris", and sometimes the non-legal label "Tokayd'Alsace" appears on the label.
Pinot Noir is the only red-skinned grape that can produce good wine in Alsace, but the experience of many winemakers has shown that there are still many difficulties and challenges. The first is to make red wine instead of rose red wine. In recent years, through the introduction of new varieties and drum fermenters, although there has been some progress in the extraction of grape pigments, it may also lose the delicate taste. Secondly, alsatian wineries rushed to make wines close to burgundy wines with new oak barrels, only to end up in vain.
In fact, Alsace wineries should abandon the imitation of Vosne-Romanee and concentrate on making Rose d'Alsace with cherry and raspberry fruit aromas; in addition, this rose red wine is more suitable for pairing with Alsatian slender bottles than dark and heavy barrel red wine. Thank you for your interest in Cutting Edge Wines, and hope that reading our article will enlighten or reward you.
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