Kurtatsch Pinot Grigio Alto Adige DOC Italian White Wine

What does an Italian white gain by naming a specific DOC on the label? Kurtatsch says its Alto Adige cooperative was founded in 1900, and this wine names that DOC rather than stopping at "Italy." An Italian origin on its own spans a long country of many grapes and local traditions, and our region research notes that a DOC is what pins it to a narrower place and set of rules. Its shelf price sat between $22.99 and $25.49 in our September 2026 checks.

We do not have a shopper rating for this wine, though the median across the wines we track is 4.71 out of five. Official guides tie Pinot Grigio to apple and citrus fruit, often in a lighter, crisper style.

Kurtatsch publishes a full technical sheet for this Pinot Grigio, and it goes well beyond the DOC name. The fruit comes from vineyards at 300 to 500 metres, on east-facing slopes with clay, sand and gravel soils rich in dolomite; the producer ferments it at a controlled temperature in stainless steel, then ages it on the spent yeast for texture, before bottling at 13 percent alcohol with 2 grams per litre of residual sugar, a dry white with only the barest sweetness. The producer's own tasting note describes aromas of white pear, fresh blossom and citrus, a juicy, round palate, and a mineral, saline finish, language it credits to the day-to-night temperature swings in the higher vineyards. On the producer's own list of outside reviews, James Suckling has scored the wine 90 points or higher in each of the eight vintages published, from 2018 through 2025.

Our call: worth reaching for if a named production zone and a century-old cooperative's own numbers are enough to close the sale; Kurtatsch states the fruit comes from 300 to 500 metre hillside sites rich in dolomite, ferments it in temperature-controlled steel, and lists a dry finish of 2 grams per litre of residual sugar, backed by eight straight vintages James Suckling has scored 90 points or higher. Pass if you need shoppers to have weighed in first; no rating has reached our record, so the producer's account and the DOC on the label are carrying the whole case for this bottle.

The Grocery Store Wine Desk · written Sep 16, 2026 from our research file for this wine. Numbers reflect our latest checks.