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Cabernet Sauvignon Wine Style: A host of aromas and flavors: Currant, Plum, Black Cherry & Spice, with notes of Olive, Vanilla Mint, Tobacco, Toasty Cedar, Anise, Pepper & Herbs. They are often full-bodied wines with depth; especially with bottle aging. Cabernet spends from 12 to 30 months aging in American & French [...]
Carignan Wine Style: None. Flavors: Origin: Rhone in France Found: France, Spain, Italy and California It’s also known as Carinena and Mazuelo in Spain, Gragnano in Italy, Carignane in California. The berries are bluish-black, round and fairly large, with fairly thick, astringent skins. They hang in large, rather compact clusters that are short-stemmed, difficult to harvest, and susceptible to grape worms. They [...]
Chardonnay Wine Style: Chardonnay is from light to medium to fuller-bodied wines. Cooler climate Chardonnays sees an abundance of fruit flavors, especially white fruits. Warmer Chardonnays see lesser fruits, perhaps more honey, vanilla and roasted flavors. Chablis: Lean, sometimes stony white wine made in the Chablis region at north of Burgundy in Eastern France. Flavors include gunflint [...]
Châteauneuf-du-Pape (Blend) Wine Style: Often big, rich, full-bodied with spicy and raspberries flavors with capability for 5 to 20 bottle aging. Flavors: Origin: Rhone Valley in France Found: California, Australia, and France The vast majority of wines from the Southern Rhône are blends. There are 5 main black varieties, although others are used and the [...]
Chenin Blanc Wine Style: A light to medium-bodied pleasant wine, with melon, peach, spice and citrus. Flavors: Origin: Loire Valley in France Found: Vouvray, Anjou, Quarts de Chaume, Saumer (Loire Valley) in France, South Africa, Australia and California An important white grape variety planted in the Anjou-Saumur and Touraine regions of the Loire Valley and the most widely planted [...]
Dolcetto Wine Style: The wines generally are low in tannins and acidity and are usually fruity and fragrant, often with hints of almonds. They are also ideal to go along with spaghetti with any red (tomato) sauce, grilled Portobello mushrooms and tomato and mozzarella salads. Flavors: Origin: Dolcetto D’Alba in Italy Found: Italy, California, and Australia Dolcetto roughly translates from Italian [...]
Mourvèdre Wine Style: It produces tannic wines that can be high in alcohol and gives structure when used in Rhone blends. Its taste varies greatly according to area, but often has gamey or earthy flavors, with soft black fruit flavors. Flavors: Origin: Southern Rhone in France Found: France, , Spain, Australia, and California This grape is also named [...]