Sartori di Verona has been making wine in the Veneto since the late 1800s, and this Pinot Grigio carries the delle Venezie DOC, the appellation created in 2017 to cover the grey-tinged grape across the Triveneto. The Arco dei Giovi bottling comes from the 2021 vintage, a year that gave northern Italy a warm, even growing season and clean fruit.
- Pinot Grigio, picked early to keep its acidity.
- delle Venezie DOC, the Triveneto appellation.
- 2021, a warm and generous vintage in the north.
- Light body, dry, medium acidity, low tannin.
- 12% alcohol, 750ml.
How it is made
Pinot Grigio is a grey-skinned mutation of Pinot Noir, and the skins carry a faint copper colour. In the Veneto the grapes are pressed gently and fermented cool and slow in stainless steel, which keeps the wine pale and the fruit forward rather than rich. The delle Venezie DOC was drawn up to give the style one clear name across Veneto, Friuli and Trentino.
How it tastes
Light gold in the glass, with green apple and pear at the front, citrus through the middle, and a thread of white flowers. The finish is dry and mineral, the kind of clean, medium-acid white that stays light on the palate. Low tannin, medium acidity, no sweetness.
Good to know
Pinot Grigio and Pinot Gris are the same grape. In Alsace it makes a rich, oily wine; in the Veneto, picked earlier and fermented cool, it stays lean and citrus-driven. Same vine, two very different bottles.
