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Original poster

Is Pinot Grigio the Best DRY White Wine EVER ?

53 replies

Oblomov · 14/12/2007 17:41

I just wondering. Someone at my Work Christmas Lunch, said that is it considered to be the best.
And is there one in particular ?
Which country, which supermarket stocks it, how much - details please ?

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sparklyjen · 14/12/2007 18:26

Sancerre is by far the best dry white wine.
It's just so damn expensive

lennygirl · 14/12/2007 18:27

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FioFio · 14/12/2007 18:27

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Blu · 14/12/2007 18:28

ROFL

Blu · 14/12/2007 18:30

The problem with this thread is that it has generated much temptation.

Since Soapbox clearly shares my palate for ww, I must try her suggestions, now!

dustystaronthechristmastreeMSC · 14/12/2007 18:32

Just realised that cod's choices are both malborough sauv blancs. i may have to persuade dh to go to majestics and buy some. Shouldn't be too hard

Original poster
Oblomov · 14/12/2007 18:52

Sorry Blu.

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Original poster
Oblomov · 14/12/2007 18:54

sancerre is not that expensive.
Or sorry sparklyjen -
what is your definition of expensive ?

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AwayInAMunker · 14/12/2007 18:57

No, actually, I've changed my mind.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZinfandelZinfandel.

Without a doubt.

AwayInAMunker · 14/12/2007 18:57

Balls.

here

Roseylea · 14/12/2007 18:59

I love Riseling. And really top notch chardonnay.

And anyway, surely it's not so much that certain grape varieties are cheap or expensive, it's the quality of the wine that determines the price?

SpeccieSeccie · 14/12/2007 19:03

Blu and Soapy have it right. Pinot Grigio isn't ever likely to make it to the World's Finest Fifty White Wines. But wine snobbery aside it is very good with food as it can really take it. And where it's know as Pinot Gris (Alsace, Germany etc) it can be very beautifully made.

But my vote would be for a classic would be Burgundy or Sancerre.

Ledodgy · 14/12/2007 19:04

The £2.99 Pinot Grigio they sell in Netto is one of the nicest wine i've ever tasted.

lennygirl · 14/12/2007 19:05

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Lapsedrunner · 14/12/2007 19:05

Forget the old joke about Austrian wine and de icer and try a Gruner Veltliner www.tesco.com/winestore/controller.aspx?Bc=60182+4981&Bc2=60182%7cWhite*4981%7cAustria&R=10973705. It really is good, the only reason it's only just being exported is that the Austrians drink it all themselves.

LoveAngelGabriel · 14/12/2007 19:05

I like really good Chardonnay best, personally, but Pinot Grigio is a close second. Of course, actually, my drink of choice is expensive champagne, but on a SAHM's budget, it's Sainsbury's 'Offer of the week' white wine, whatever the hell it may be

CoteDAzur · 14/12/2007 19:19

Err.. 'Pinot Grigio' is a kind of grape ('Pinot Gris' in French), it is not a wine. Am I missing something?

Another vote here for Sancerre as best white wine and Pouilly-Fume. Very similar wines from geographically very close areas in France.

There is some very reasonably priced Sancerre here, but I don't know how imported wine is priced in UK. At local Carrefour, there is a very good Sancerre at 8 euros (5.7 pounds) per bottle.

CoteDAzur · 14/12/2007 19:21

I love Sauterne with foie gras. Too sweet to drink it with much else, though. Imho, of course.

sparklyjen · 14/12/2007 20:54

"what is your definition of expensive ?"

Over £6. The cheapest sancerre I've spotted was £8.99 iirc.

sparklyjen · 14/12/2007 20:56

I don't like chardonnay. Usually go for sauvignon blanc or pinot grigio if I'm choosing, dp always gets rose which is nice too.

expatinscotland · 14/12/2007 20:56

Not necessarily. Have had some lovely crisp, dry sauv blancs and fume blancs.

I don't care for champagne so much because I do not like chardonnay as a rule, although I do love pinot noir with certain foods.

Bink · 14/12/2007 21:03

Suspect that Someone at my Work Christmas Lunch was, er, Showing Off? (maybe?????)

Anyway - I like a villagey white Burgundy, find the Meursaults too buttery, those thick legs running down the glass - villagey ones (M&S Macon Villages is nice) bit rougher & more bite. Also, very much like an Aligoté, with cassis, as you do - but a bit hard to find in the UK.

Strangely, I have never come across a Sauvigon B I got on with. Grass, gooseberries, celery, why would you want to drink that?

TutterrysChocolateOrange · 14/12/2007 21:04

good lord no

you can rarley go wrong with a sancerre/chablis imo

i like some white riojas

cloudy bay sauvignon blanc nice

morningglory · 14/12/2007 21:11

Errr, no. Not a huge fan of Pinot Grigio/pinot gris.

Chardonnay is done in so many different ways, so it is a hard grape to truly dislike and also why I think it is the greatest white grape.

I dislike the new world/over oaked style, but I do like the more flinty Burgundian styles (Mersault, chablis, etc). My favourite way to have chardonnay is in champagne (100% chardonnay is called Blanc de Blanc)...particularly Jacques Selosse and other le Mesnil labels.

morningglory · 14/12/2007 21:16

Oh, and on the subject of sauvingon blancs, I find most of them lack personality. One exception is Didier Dagenau (I know I'm spelling his last name incorrectly), who does a more complex style of SB. New Zealand ones are too herbaceous for my palate.

One really interesting white grape is Gruner Veltliner. Food friendly, and aperatif friendly. Not an extremely sweet or fruity wine, but surprisingly refreshing.