Winery BarrattThe Ambrose Merlot
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The The Ambrose Merlot of the Winery Barratt is in the top 0 of wines of Piccadilly Valley.
Details and technical informations about Winery Barratt's The Ambrose Merlot.
Discover the grape variety: Rondo
An interspecific cross between Zarya Severa (Sayanets Malengra x Amurensis) - a Russian variety - and Saint Laurent, obtained in 1964 by Vilem Kraus (Czech Republic) and then tested at the Geisenheim Research Institute (Germany). It can be found in Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, England, Ireland and Switzerland, but is virtually unknown in France.
Informations about the Winery Barratt
The Winery Barratt is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 9 wines for sale in the of Piccadilly Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Piccadilly Valley
The wine region of Piccadilly Valley is located in the region of Adelaide Hills of Australie du Sud of Australia. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Tapanappa or the Domaine Tapanappa produce mainly wines white, red and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Piccadilly Valley are Pinot noir, Chardonnay and Pinot gris, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Piccadilly Valley often reveals types of flavors of cream, vegetal or vanilla and sometimes also flavors of apples, cherry or black fruit.
The wine region of Australie du Sud
SouthAustralia is one of Australia's six states, located (as the name suggests) in the south of the vast island continent. It's the engine room of the Australian wine industry, responsible for about half of the country's total production each year. But there's more to the region than quantity - countless high-quality wines are produced here, most from the region's signature Grape, Shiraz. These include such fine, collectible wines as Penfolds Grange, Henschke Hill of Grace, Torbreck The Laird and d'Arenberg The Dead Arm.
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The word of the wine: Wirehood
Flexible metal fastener used to hold the cork of champagne bottles.
