Pinot Grigio
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2023
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Fresh seafood salads, grilled white fish, and light pasta dishes with pesto or spring vegetables.
✨ Technical Specifications
In 1961, Santa Margherita revolutionized the wine world by pioneering a new way to vinify Pinot Grigio. Historically, this pink-skinned grape was fermented with skin contact, producing a copper-colored, heavier wine known as ramato. By introducing a gentle pressing technique that separated the must from the skins immediately, Santa Margherita created a crystal-clear, dry, and vibrantly fresh white wine that defined the modern Italian Pinot Grigio style. Sourced from the high-altitude, sun-drenched vineyards of Trentino-Alto Adige, the grapes benefit from dramatic diurnal temperature shifts and mineral-rich glacial soils. This alpine terroir imparts a signature crisp acidity, clean minerality, and delicate aromas of golden delicious apples and citrus blossoms, making it an international icon of Italian winemaking heritage.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1935 by Count Gaetano Marzotto, Santa Margherita began as an ambitious agricultural revitalization project based in Fossalta di Portogruaro and has since evolved into one of Italy's most iconic and internationally acclaimed wine estates. The winery revolutionized global wine culture in 1961 when it pioneered the white vinification of pink-skinned Pinot Grigio grapes in the Adige Valley, creating a crisp, fresh, and aromatic style that redefined Italian white wine. Today, Santa Margherita curates prime vineyards across Italy's most celebrated terroirs, including Alto Adige, Valdobbiadene, Tuscany, and Lombardy. Guided by a deep dedication to sustainability, precision, and regional authenticity, the estate is renowned for its benchmark Pinot Grigio, elegant Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore sparkling wines, refined Chianti Classico reds, and vibrant rosés.