Winery Azure HillZweigelt
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The Zweigelt of the Winery Azure Hill is in the top 0 of wines of Finger Lakes.
Details and technical informations about Winery Azure Hill's Zweigelt.
Discover the grape variety: Artaban
Supple, fruity reds with a moderate ruby robe, silky tannins and an airy palate with preserved acidity, showing signature aromas of red fruits (cherry, raspberry) and spicy notes. Easy drinking when young. Listed in the official French grape variety catalogue, representing the future of lower-input viticulture and progressively adopted in France. French black hybrid obtained in 2000 by INRA (Resdur1 series), resistant to downy and powdery mildew.
Informations about the Winery Azure Hill
The Winery Azure Hill is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 5 wines for sale in the of Finger Lakes to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Finger Lakes
Quality hub of the American northeast, signature Riesling: dry, lively, mineral whites with notes of green apple, lemon, white peach and wet stone, sharp acidity comparable to the best Germans. Also off-dry and sweet botrytised versions. Precise Chardonnay, fine, fresh Pinot Noir (red fruits), peppery Cabernet Franc. Continental climate tempered by 11 glacial lakes (Cayuga, Seneca).
The wine region of New York
America's 3rd wine state by volume, striking diversity. Finger Lakes the signature: cool-climate Riesling, dry to off-dry, mineral and lively with notes of lime, apple, evolving petrol and white flowers — a US benchmark. Warmer Long Island for peppery Cabernet Franc and supple Merlot. Hudson Valley (Seyval, Vidal).
The word of the wine: Tressallier
White grape variety from the Allier region, identical to the Sacy variety grown in Burgundy. Rarely vinified on its own, it is used in the blending of Saint-Pourçain white wines, associated with chardonnay, the main grape variety of the appellation. Syn.: sacy.
