Winery Alexis BaillyHastings Reserve Port
Natural sweet wine
This wine is a blend of 3 varietals which are the Frontenac, the Léon Millot and the Maréchal Foch.
This wine generally goes well with
The Hastings Reserve Port of the Winery Alexis Bailly is in the top 90 of wines of Minnesota.
Details and technical informations about Winery Alexis Bailly's Hastings Reserve Port.
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
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Informations about the Winery Alexis Bailly
The Winery Alexis Bailly is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 29 wines for sale in the of Minnesota to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Minnesota
Wine state of the northern Midwest, polar climate (down to -36°C) imposing cold-resistant hybrids bred at the university. Signature Frontenac locally created as red: signature notes of black cherry, plum, raspberry, fresh herbs and a peppery touch, firm tannins and lively acidity. More structured Marquette (blackberry, spices), La Crescent as aromatic white (apricot, honey, lemon), taut Itasca. Sweet ice-wine speciality.
The word of the wine: Drawing (liqueur de)
In champagne and sparkling wines of traditional method, addition to the wine, at the time of bottling (tirage) of sugars and yeasts dissolved in wine. These components will provoke the second fermentation in the bottle leading to the formation of carbon dioxide bubbles.
