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Il Pino is a stony-fresh northern-Italian Pinot Grigio from the high-altitude Adige Valley, a Laithwaite's own-label. Green apple, lemon and grapefruit lead, with riper orchard fruit and a mineral edge. A crisp, value aperitivo white near 11% ABV.
Green apple and citrus over a stony, mineral core, drawn from high-altitude Adige Valley fruit. Drinkers on Vivino rate it a steady 3.7 stars across more than 1,200 ratings, reading it as light, dry and easy.
The flavours below are the signature of Pinot Grigio in this style, shown here as shared reference. Tasting notes specific to this bottle are added when we research it.
Grapefruit
Lemon
Apple blossom
Green Apple
Pear
White peach
Wet stones
AlmondA Laithwaite's own-label sitting at the everyday end of northern-Italian Pinot Grigio, around 11 percent ABV and best drunk young.
A value-led, beginner-friendly Pinot Grigio for everyday drinking rather than the cellar.
Light, fresh, well-priced and made for early drinking; an ideal weeknight and aperitivo bottle (inverse of its low cellar score, no over-20-pound penalty).
Textbook crisp, dry, low-tannin northern-Italian Pinot Grigio with no challenging features; an easy, recognisable starting point for new drinkers.
Bright lemon-grapefruit acidity and a light body make it a versatile aperitivo and seafood white (aromatic-white band 60-85, top end for its food flexibility).
At 11.99 pounds it sits just above the typical sub-10-pound supermarket Pinot Grigio but offers riper orchard fruit and a mineral edge for the money; mid-upper value for an everyday own-label.
Scoring is rule-based and deterministic. The model and weightings are documented in our Wine Fit Score methodology.
A compact view of what the Delle Venezie denomination actually requires, and how this bottle sits inside it. Pulled from the official Italian disciplinare.
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A fresh, aromatic 2024 built for early drinking, with a best-before of 31 August 2026 on the Laithwaite's release.
A fresh, aromatic 2024 made for drinking young. Plentiful sunshine and cooling Adige Valley breezes gave ripe, healthy fruit; Laithwaite's marks it best before 31 August 2026.
A fresh, aromatic 2024 made for drinking young. Plentiful sunshine and cooling Adige Valley breezes gave ripe, healthy fruit; Laithwaite's marks it best before 31 August 2026.
Drink-now / hold guidance reflects general style cues for this wine, not a forecast for a specific bottle. Where vintage-level editorial notes exist, they appear above.
Il Pino is bottled under Pinot Grigio delle Venezie DOC, the Triveneto appellation that governs the region's vast Pinot Grigio output across Veneto, Friuli and Trentino. Its broad zone and generous permitted yields make it one of Italy's largest-volume white appellations, the everyday category Il Pino is built for rather than a small single-estate cru.
Italian wine law sorts bottles into a pyramid. DOCG sits at the top: tightly drawn boundaries, prescribed grapes, mandatory ageing, government tasting before release. DOC is the same idea with looser thresholds. IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) is broader still, requiring only that 85% of the grapes come from the named territory.
Delle Venezie is in the DOC tier. That is not a quality verdict, it is a description of how much freedom the producer has at vinification and ageing.
Delle Venezie falls within Friuli Venezia Giulia , covering Friuli Venezia Giulia · Trentino-Alto Adige · Veneto.
The delle Venezie DOC permits very high yields across the Triveneto plain, so base Pinot Grigio is abundant and inexpensive. That volume model is what lets Il Pino retail near £11.99 rather than at single-estate prices.
The reconstructed base traces to a large Trentino co-op, the Concilio trade brand, blending many growers' fruit. That spreads fixed cellar costs over big volumes and keeps the per-bottle cost low.
Sold as a Laithwaite's exclusive, Il Pino carries no third-party producer brand margin, so more of the £11.99 sits in wine and tax than in marketing.
At 11 percent ABV the UK still-wine duty is about £2.67 a bottle, and 20 percent VAT on £11.99 adds roughly £2.00, so close to £4.67 of the shelf price is UK tax before any wine, shipping or margin.
The Laithwaite's datasheet leans on cooler, higher-altitude Adige Valley sites and protective aromatic white-wine handling, a step above the cheapest flatland Pinot Grigio, which lifts it past sub-£10 bottles.
Glass, freight from northern Italy and UK warehousing add a few pounds of fixed cost per bottle that an £11.99 wine must absorb, unlike an own-label sold on its home market.
Il Pino's lemon-grapefruit acidity and light body make it an aperitivo white that also lifts prawns, delicate white fish and leafy salads, the same matches Laithwaite's suggests.
Light body and citrus lift make it a classic aperitivo pour; the lemon-grapefruit acidity refreshes briny shellfish without overwhelming it. The mineral edge echoes the sea note in raw bar plates.
Try with: Oysters · Potted Shrimp · Salt and pepper prawns · grissini · More pairings →
Crisp lemon-grapefruit acidity behaves like a squeeze of citrus on steamed or grilled white fish, tightening the dish and keeping it fresh. Low tannin keeps the fish flesh clean, not metallic.
Try with: Steamed sea bass · grilled sea bream · white fish · Fish and Chips
Acidity and a touch of orchard-fruit ripeness cut through salt and frying oil, resetting the palate between bites of battered or salt-and-pepper food. A spritzy, palate-cleansing match.
Try with: Salt and pepper prawns · Gnocco fritto · Fish and Chips · fritto misto
Il Pino's light body matches the gentle weight of a spring or pumpkin risotto without burying it, and its citrus keeps a creamy, cheese-bound rice plate from feeling heavy. Match weight to weight.
Try with: Pumpkin risotto · Radicchio risotto · spring vegetable risotto · asparagus risotto · More pairings →
Bright acidity lifts leafy, herb-dressed salads and fresh mozzarella, mirroring a lemon dressing. Light body and low tannin keep raw, green flavours clean. A summery, low-stakes match.
Try with: Insalata Caprese · rocket and parmesan salad · leafy summer salad · burrata · More pairings →
This is a light, delicate Pinot Grigio with no residual sugar to absorb chilli heat or sweet-sour glaze, so big spice and sugary sauces flatten its citrus and leave it tasting thin. Save it for milder plates.
Skip with: vindaloo · Sweet and sour prawns · chilli-heavy Sichuan · sticky sweet-sour pork · Pairing guide →
A short splash decant softens the first-pour edge and opens the aromatics.
An entry-level delle-Venezie-style Pinot Grigio with no ageing structure; drink within two years, not a cellar wine (entry-level band 20-40).
£11.99 is the lowest tracked offer for the current vintage and we have no signal of further discounting.
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Confidence · HighA style read drawn from the grape and the appellation, not from this exact bottle. We mark these notes openly so you know what you are reading.
Confidence · MediumFrom the official Italian disciplinare for this denomination, cross-checked against the Ministry of Agriculture register.
Confidence · HighOur reading of the price, drawn from the disciplinare, public UK duty rates, and typical landed-cost benchmarks. Not a quote from the producer or a retailer.
Confidence · MediumStyle guidance for this kind of wine at this price point. Treat it as advice, not a forecast for the bottle in your hand.
Confidence · MediumIl Pino is a northern-Italian Pinot Grigio from the high-altitude Adige Valley, just inland from Venice, sold as a Laithwaite's own-label. The cooling mountain breezes and sunshine there give the grape its fresh, aromatic character.
It is a crisp, dry white with green apple, lemon and grapefruit, riper orchard fruit such as pear and white peach, and a stony mineral edge. It is light-bodied and refreshing rather than heavy.
Serve it well chilled as an aperitivo, or with delicate white fish, prawns and other shellfish, light vegetable risotto, and leafy summer salads. Its citrus acidity suits salty, fried and fresh dishes.
It is around 11 percent ABV. This is an everyday white made for drinking young; enjoy it on release and within a couple of years rather than cellaring it. The 2024 is best before 31 August 2026.
It is a Laithwaite's exclusive own-label, listed at around 11.99 pounds a bottle for the 2024 vintage. As an own-label it is generally sold through Laithwaite's rather than across multiple Italian retailers.
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