Tasting - VOGA Pinot Grigio 2022

Name: VOGA

Variety:  Pinot Grigio

Region: delle Venezie

Country: Italy

Year: 2022

Price: 10.99

Wine Review: Subtle, elegant pure aromas with a nose that exhibits peach pulp, yellow apples and a suggestion of white flowers. The palate is equally light and clean, and leads to a mineral, spring water like finish. 12% ABV

Wine Folly: In Northern Italy is where you’ll find Italy’s top examples of Pinot Grigio (aka Pinot Gris). Wines have subtle tart fruit characteristics supported by delightfully high, tingling acidity. The best regions include Alto Adige and Collio in Friuli-Venezia Giulia (p. 251).

My Review: This wine was surprisingly very good.  I bought it to go with my dinner of chicken breasts marinated in Italian dressing then grilled, with a side of petite potatoes and sweet corn.  I thought the bottle was very cool as well.  I was not expecting a great wine, but this was easily top 5 whites( just behind Larry Bird (jkjk).  The wine smelled like tree fruit and I tasted some spice like fennel.  It was not very floral in my opinion, which I liked and was a perfect balance of sweet and dry.  My friend who was tasting with me described it as earthy and I saw the vision. (4/5)