Sauvignon Blanc Vs Pinot Grigio - What's the difference?

Sauvignon Blanc Vs Pinot Grigio - What's the difference?

Angelica Nohra

Wine Importer | Wine List Consultant | Speaker    

Sauvignon Blanc comes in many styles. From the beautiful, delicate and iconic Sancerre of the Loire Valley in France (which is also home to Pouilly-Fumé, Menetou-Salon, Reuilly and Quincy) to the aromatic, fruity styles from New Zealand. 

Sancerre is known to be exhibit ripe gooseberry aromas, bracing acidity, and flinty-smoke flavors. 

New Zealand is most likely the most famous place in the world for unoaked, stainless steel fermented Sauvignon Blanc which are known for their high acidity and bold herbaceous aromas of lime, grapefruit and gooseberry. 

If you are a sauvignon blanc fan, I do encourage you to try barrel aged Sauvignon Blanc. It is a rare specialty and definitely worth tasting. It has a creamier texture and adds flavors of lemon curd, creme brulee, butter and lemon oil from oak-aging and oxidation. 

Small piece of trivia - Sauvignon Blanc is the parent grape to Cabernet Sauvignon! 

Pinot Grigio on the other hand....

The key difference between Sauv Blanc and Grigio is the aromatics. Sauvignon Blanc is more aromatic (jumps out of the glass into your nose) than Pinot Grigio. Grigio is distinct in being quite neutral. 

Pinot Grigio is not as widely planted as Sauvignon Blanc. You can find Sauvignon Blanc in France, USA, Chilé, South Africa, Australia and more and with quite high yields. Grigio is also known as Pinot Gris depending on how the wine maker chooses to make it. Whether they make it in the dry, crisp, Italian style which is usually fermented in Stainless Steel with no oak aging and lower alcohol. Or they make it in the French Gris style which may go through malolactic fermentation, be aged on lees (dead yeast) for a period of time and be more aromatic. 

Pinot Grigio is very easy to match with food (because think about it, the Italians LOVE to match wine with food) and that's why its quite crisp and dry; to clean the palate after each bite. 

Both Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Grigio are high in acid when made in a dry style. Both can become a lighter, sweeter wine when a winemaker chooses to leave some residual sugar or leave the grapes on the vine a little longer to create a late harvest wine. 

To me, these are 2 of the easiest grapes to tell apart. The nose should tell you straight away! 

Enjoy!

Try them, compare them! 

Italian: Sensi "Collezione" Pinot Grigio Veneto DOC

It's the perfect Italian Pinot Grigio & our most popular wine! 

Italian: Sensi "Filo Grigio" Pinot Grigio Sicilia

This warm climate Pinot Grigio is well worth a try!

Australia: Pennies from Heaven Sauvignon Blanc

Try this beauty from the Adelaide Hills.

NEW ZEALAND: Kono Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough 

Multi-award winning, Maori Owned Winery.
Try Now

← Older Post Newer Post →

8422 comments

Your comment was posted successfully! Thank you!

  • https://www.artstation.com/the-roundup-punishment-korean-sub-4k/profile
    https://www.artstation.com/the-roundup-punishment-korean-sub-4k/profile?fge
    https://www.artstation.com/the-roundup-punishment-korean-sub-4k/profile?cfd
    https://www.artstation.com/the-roundup-punishment-korean-sub-4k/profile?fgh
    https://www.artstation.com/the-roundup-punishment-korean-sub-4k/profile?fgr
    https://www.artstation.com/the-roundup-punishment-korean-sub-4k/profile?utt
    https://www.artstation.com/the-roundup-punishment-korean-sub-4k/profile?hgj
    https://www.artstation.com/the-roundup-punishment-korean-sub-4k/profile?try
    https://www.artstation.com/the-roundup-punishment-korean-sub-4k/profile?gjh
    https://www.artstation.com/artwork/ZaKbD0
    https://www.artstation.com/artwork/YBNdgq
    https://www.artstation.com/artwork/qeqlvR
    https://www.artstation.com/artwork/n03XvK
    https://medium.com/@icebeargemoooy0002/https-www-artstation-com-the-roundup-punishment-korean-sub-4k-profile-f1d36c869e57
    https://www.scoop.it/topic/fdyrrdh
    https://www.bankier.pl/forum/wiadomosc-zapisana?post_id=66958421&obs=&emal=&st=1&thread_id=
    https://mylegshurt.co.uk/guestbook/
    https://wandering.flarum.cloud/d/73368-fgdt6rg
    https://www.asteriskguru.com/tutorials/comment_add.php
    http://www.hartmanice.cz/en/vlozit-komentar/
    https://searchtech.fogbugz.com/default.asp?Suggestions.1.311227.0
    https://peoplefirst-hamburg.de/index.php/guestbook/index/index
    https://www.tadalive.com/forum/thread/37984/mcvbcmfgxktgrkxdgcmvb/
    https://jsbin.com/sufequbefi/edit?html
    https://yamcode.com/untitled-93990
    https://paste.gd/I4FEFt4j
    https://lifeisfeudal.com/Discussions/question/fsdxcvd
    https://dev.bukkit.org/paste/2196c0a8
    https://pastelink.net/dj2rfszn
    https://paiza.io/projects/iIIEfcDIWYsp5BwbLc04iA
    https://hybrid-analysis.com/sample/5e039bb18cc1d2edc5f3eb5b3347db8976597c0b00a619da3259949d663bed86
    https://matters.town/me/drafts/RHJhZnQ6MTA2NTM3Mg
    https://etextpad.com/public/me8gwn6wnr
    https://glot.io/snippets/gxdmkggl6w
    https://jsitor.com/RwzdyAE6P
    https://ctxt.io/2/AADoW6QrFg
    https://jsfiddle.net/pe1cmj36/
    https://www.lacartuccia.ch/g%C3%A4stebuch/
    http://www.redirect-fp1.com/guestbook/

    vghut on

  • https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/

    cususanby on

  • https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/

    dtbettyzu on

  • https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/

    tzsharonvi on

  • https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/
    https://eklatadcils.us.com/

    mgsarahsg on

  • https://form.jotform.com/231933603592053
    https://form.jotform.com/231933395458062
    https://form.jotform.com/231933932372054
    https://form.jotform.com/231933599720060
    https://form.jotform.com/231934046705051
    https://form.jotform.com/231933440750048
    https://form.jotform.com/231934161705049
    https://form.jotform.com/231933833839062
    https://form.jotform.com/231934243785058
    https://form.jotform.com/231933739828065
    https://form.jotform.com/231937810410046
    https://form.jotform.com/231937269412056
    https://form.jotform.com/231937224310044
    https://form.jotform.com/231937462722055
    https://form.jotform.com/231937998299078
    https://form.jotform.com/231940827355056
    https://form.jotform.com/231941021383044
    https://form.jotform.com/231940824838059
    https://form.jotform.com/231940150921044
    https://form.jotform.com/231940315183047
    https://form.jotform.com/231941522617050
    https://form.jotform.com/231941578195062
    https://form.jotform.com/231941255339054
    https://form.jotform.com/231941481566057
    https://form.jotform.com/231941474566059
    https://form.jotform.com/231942115565051
    https://form.jotform.com/231941596248061
    https://form.jotform.com/231941729743059
    https://form.jotform.com/231941779926067
    https://form.jotform.com/231941821438053
    https://form.jotform.com/231948176594066
    https://form.jotform.com/231947659860067
    https://form.jotform.com/231947956443064
    https://form.jotform.com/231947743188064
    https://form.jotform.com/231947305728058
    https://form.jotform.com/231947997102061
    https://form.jotform.com/231947784354064
    https://form.jotform.com/231948190154054
    https://form.jotform.com/231947386141056
    https://form.jotform.com/231947439248063
    https://pastelink.net/iqp8betb
    https://rentry.co/mo7qa
    https://justpaste.it/ct991
    https://pastebin.com/PAJdEM0k
    https://paste2.org/NU8KGeKe
    https://paste.cutelyst.org/xtYrTue2S
    https://www.pastery.net/zvvcqn/
    https://bitbin.it/tLx2TMqz/
    https://controlc.com/f6e0380e
    https://paste.toolforge.org/view/a8907e4a
    https://ctxt.io/2/AABQjF9KFQ
    https://notes.io/qJ7ZW
    https://jsfiddle.net/persadausley/d0jhrym8/
    https://telegra.ph/JUNO-07-15
    https://ideone.com/Pzt9Sr
    https://pastebin.freeswitch.org/view/121f3d29#5zjvEJbO9yvsOTwdbH8GNeYdf6wmOvTg
    https://www.bankier.pl/forum/wiadomosc-zapisana?post_id=61498711&obs=&emal=&st=1&thread_id=
    https://p.ip.fi/V5Yf
    http://nopaste.ceske-hry.cz/401994
    https://rentry.co/ogmp2
    https://onecompiler.com/java/3zej77c7k
    https://controlc.com/e2ab6e78
    http://paste.jp/df4f0634/
    https://paste.laravel.io/940ec940-ef6e-4dc3-adeb-e53b2e91a551
    https://notes.io/qJ7Kz
    https://ideone.com/KeQM19
    https://paste.firnsy.com/paste/U5Qf4axFo7C
    https://bitbin.it/JcYW4Ka4/
    https://justpaste.it/4f15g
    https://pastelink.net/zqkq6wug
    http://ben-kiki.org/ypaste/data/78434/index.html
    https://paste.imirhil.fr/?93567411ef8f5fd0#mE7QiaBbcfIXXpFEEuJBbMyr2B+VgNg9iT8oaplHLD8=
    https://paste.mozilla.org/s1QSK25X
    https://paste.enginehub.org/ooDyUvKQd
    https://etextpad.com/n1ls1kj1ft
    https://jsitor.com/eVYR0HMD1
    https://yamcode.com/juno-20483
    https://pastebin.com/gj7x10cH
    https://jsfiddle.net/thongsukche/b1xwcaeu/

    thongsukche on
Leave a comment