Winery AcquavivaFrontenac
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with
The Frontenac of the Winery Acquaviva is in the top 20 of wines of Illinois.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Frontenac of Winery Acquaviva in the region of Illinois often reveals types of flavors of earth, oak.
Details and technical informations about Winery Acquaviva's Frontenac.
Discover the grape variety: Frontenac
A cross between Landot 4511 and Vitis Riparia 89 (very resistant to cold) obtained in 1978 at the University of Minnesota (United States) and propagated from 1996. It can also be found in Canada (Quebec, Ontario, etc.), in Lithuania, etc. In France, it is practically unknown. Note that the white and grey Frontenac are derived from mutations of the black, encountered and isolated in 2003 for the grey and in September 2005 for the white. - Synonymy: MN 1047 (for all the grape variety synonyms, click here!).
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Frontenac from Winery Acquaviva are 2013, 2011, 0
Informations about the Winery Acquaviva
The Winery Acquaviva is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 12 wines for sale in the of Illinois to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Illinois
Illinois is a U. S. state located South of the Great Lakes region and bordered by Missouri to the west and Indiana to the east. The state is one of the fastest-growing wine producers in the United States; the number of wineries doubled in the late 1990s and now stands at over 100.
The word of the wine: Concentrator
A device that removes water from grape must by reverse osmosis or entropy system. Its proponents say that it is better to remove water than to add sugar to produce more alcohol. The improperly used concentrator can also exaggerate bad tastes or greenness of tannins.
