Pinot Blanc

Pinot Blanc is most commonly associated with the full-bodied dry white wines of Alsace which can offer top everyday drinking with its apple, peach and pear-like character and acts as a very good aperitif, or with plain fish and shellfish. It is also grown in Burgundy, forming the base of some white Marsannays such as Bruno Clair’s delightful example. Outside of France, it is popular in Italy as Pinot Bianco, Austria as Weissburgunder and grown in parts of Eastern Europe as well as Oregon and California, where Chalone make a speciality of it.