The wine region of Lake Michigan Shore is located in the region of Michigan of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Fenn Valley Vineyards or the Domaine Round Barn produce mainly wines red, white and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Lake Michigan Shore are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Cabernet franc and Merlot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Lake Michigan Shore often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, oaky or apples and sometimes also flavors of oak, tropical fruit or microbio.
In the mouth of Lake Michigan Shore is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 34 estates and châteaux in the of Lake Michigan Shore, producing 237 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Lake Michigan Shore go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food.
Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.
red wines from the region of Lake Michigan Shore go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of chinese noodles with beef, milk-fed lamb sautéed with saffron and lemon or steamed pork chops.
On the nose in the region of Lake Michigan Shore often reveals types of flavors of microbio, oak or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of non oak, spices or earth. In the mouth in the region of Lake Michigan Shore is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
