Bolla Pinot Grigio - $12.99

Wine Details

Price: $12.99
Producer: Bolla
Region: Veneto
Varietal: Pinot Gris/Pinot Grigio
Container Size: 1.5 L
Flavors: apple, banana
  • White Wine
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Product Description

  • Bolla Pinot Grigio is made from handpicked Pinot Grigio grapes from northeasternItaly in Veneto,Fruili and Trentino. Our Pinot Grigio has lively fresh fruit flavors and aromas of peach, melon, pear and lime. Light-bodies and refreshing, this dry Italian wine nicely complements seafood, poultry or light pasta dishes, soups and salads.
  • Like all great legacies, the story of Bolla wines begins simply enough with one man, Abele Bolla. Abele lived in northern Italy in the Veneto region where he ran a small family inn. Wishing to offer his guests a superior experience, Abele made a decision that would launch his family’s business into the international spotlight. He decided to make and serve his own wine, a Soave. The year was 1883. The Soave Abele made was a fresh, crisp golden-hued wine. It was immediately recognized as being true to the land, a wine that captured the essence of the Veneto region. Requests for Abele’s wine grew as more and more friends, family and guests tasted his handiwork. It was not long before the Bolla family dedicated all its time to producing fine regional wines from Italy. And the rest, as the saying goes, is history. Fast-forward a century and a quarter. Today all award-winning Bolla wines are hand-harvested and created in Italy. The distinct flavors of the grapes can be attributed to the unique climate, soil and temperature of the region in which they are grown. Our goal is to capture those nuances so you will experience an authentic taste of Italy in every glass of Bolla wine.

Expert Ratings

Ratings Vintage Source Flavors
WineSpectator - 83 Details: Simple and fruity, with apple and light banana character. Medium-bodied. Simple finish. Drink now. 220,000 cases made. –JS 2005 WineSpectator apple, banana
Tastings - 87 Details: Crisp apple peel and lime aromas follow through to a light to medium-bodied palate with tart sugared lime peel, and green apple flavors. Finishes with a tart breezy fade. 2005 Tastings
Tastings - 83 Details: This crisp, refreshing white has fresh pear and citrus fruit and a dry finish. This would be well served with lighter pastas or chicken dishes. 2005 Tastings apple, green apple, lime
2004 Tastings
2002 Tastings
WineEnthusiast - 81 Details: Tired and fading, this wine's better days are already behind it. Stewed apples turn lemony on the finish. 2001 WineEnthusiast
2000 WineSpectator pear, spice
2000 Tastings
1999 WineSpectator
1998 WineSpectator
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Food Pairings

Category Pairing
Cheese Brie
Pasta & Grains Risotto, Fish Risotto, Vegetable Risotto
Vegetables Roasted Sweet Peppers, Pumpkin Soup, Greek Salad, Tomato Mozzarella Basil, Bruschetta, Tomato Mozzarella Basil
Fish or Shellfish Calamari, Soft-shelled Crab, Freshwater Fish, Catfish, Dover Sole, Red Snapper, Tilapia, Walleye
Sauces Cream Sauce with herbs, Cream Sauce with citrus, White Wine Sauce

Wine Terms

Name Value
Italy Makes nearly as much wine as France, but lags behind in their classification system. As a result, Italian wine isn’t taken as seriously as French wine. Most Italian wine is made from native grape varieties that don’t grow well elsewhere, such as Nebbiolo and Sangiovese. The most important regions are Piedmont, where Barolo and Barbaresco dominate, Tuscany, home to Chianti, Montepulciano, and the Super-Tuscans (a collection of relatively new reds), and the Northeastern region, where you’ll find Soave, Valpolicella, and Bardolino. Italy’s soils and climates are varied and ideally suited for viticulture, from the Alpine foothills in the north to the Mediterranean coast in the South. Its hilly landscape provides sun and cooler temperatures, even in the warmest regions. Italy has two categories of fine wines. DOCG, which means regulated and guaranteed place name, refers to a small group of elite wines. DOB wines are those with regulated (but not guaranteed) place names. A lower tier of table wines are grouped into IGT wines, which indicate the location on the label, and ordinary table wines, which carry no geographical indication except, “Italy.”
Pinot Grigio (pee noh GREE joe)—also known as Pinot Gris, is grown mostly in northeastern Italy but is also found in Germany (where it is called Rülander), Alsace, Oregon and California. It is deeper in color than other white grapes and has a medium body and low acidity.
Veneto The home of some of Italy’s most famous wines, this area in the Northeastern quadrant of Italy produces Soave, Valpolicella and Prosecco.
Veneto Veneto is a DOC in north east Italy stretching westward to Lake Garda and northward to the Alps and the Austrian border. It exists behind the lagoons of Venice, which was an important power in the wine trade of the middle ages. Native vines of Tocai, Garganega, and Verduzzo are grown in the hillsides scattered about the region. Bardolino, Valpolicella, and Soave can be great if grown in the right area. The hills running eastward from Lake Garda are one these places. The most interesting wines to come from Veneto are the light, fruity merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon. Because Veneto's main center of academe is the Experimental Viticultural Institute of Conegliano, it seems fitting that currently Veneto is the site of the nation’s most important wine fair, "Vinitaly", held each spring in Verona.

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