Wines made from Solaris grapes of Sjaelland
Discover the best wines made with Solaris as a single variety or as a blend of Sjaelland.
More informations about the variety Solaris
Interspecific cross between merzling x Geisenheim 6493 (zarya severa x muscat ottonel) obtained in Germany in 1975 by Norbert Becker. It has the particularity of having only one gene for resistance to mildew and powdery mildew. It can be found in Germany, Belgium, Italy, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Denmark, England, etc. In France, it is still little known.
More informations about the region of Sjaelland
The wine region of Sjaelland of Denmark. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Ørnberg or the Domaine Ørnberg produce mainly wines white, red and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Sjaelland are Solaris, Rondo and Regent, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Sjaelland often reveals types of flavors of oaky, vanilla or non oak and sometimes also flavors of earth, oak or spices.
What are the typical flavors of the Solaris grape variety?
- Citrus fruitPresent in 4% of Solaris
- Tree fruitPresent in 3% of Solaris
- FloralPresent in 3% of Solaris
- MicrobioPresent in 2% of Solaris
- Tropical fruitPresent in 1% of Solaris
- EarthPresent in 1% of Solaris
- VegetalPresent in 1% of Solaris
- OakPresent in 1% of Solaris
- Red fruitPresent in 1% of Solaris
News about the grape variety Solaris
Sussex wine producers celebrate after earning PDO status
Producers including Rathfinny, Ridgeview and Bolney embarked upon their quest to turn Sussex into an appellation back in 2015. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has now finally recognised Sussex wine as a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO). It will enter the register on 5 July, 2022, giving Sussex wine the same legal status as Jersey Royal potatoes, Cornish clotted cream and Stilton cheese. Mark Driver, the former hedge fund manager who set up Rathfinny Wine Estat ...
Historic cottage with English vineyard listed for sale
Sealwood Cottage Farm in Derbyshire, central England, has been put up for sale with a guide price of £1.4m ($1.66m). A five-bedroom, Grade II-listed cottage is the focal point for the 8.68-hectare (21.44 acres) estate, but it also features a vineyard of around 1.6ha established by the current owners, John and Elisabeth Goodall. Listing agent Fisher German said the Swadlincote-based estate’s guide price doesn’t include ‘any apportionment of the [wine] business’, but the owners would be ‘open to s ...
Andrew Jefford: ‘A wine’s visual cues shout, stamp, whistle and roar’
Disconcerting: I couldn’t forget this bottle for days afterwards. Still can’t. Back in August, wine critic Lin Liu MW (together with her partner Philippe Lejeune of Château de Chambert in Cahors) came to dinner, en route to a short holiday in Provence. One of the bottles Lin brought for us to try together was the 2018 Les Rocheuses, Parcelles No 5 et 6, from Château Le Rey in Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux. It came in a slope-shouldered bottle, not a classic Bordeaux bottle. We tried it with some R ...