Winery Barren RidgeJas A. Higgs Chambourcin
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The Jas A. Higgs Chambourcin of the Winery Barren Ridge is in the top 0 of wines of Shenandoah Valley.
Details and technical informations about Winery Barren Ridge's Jas A. Higgs Chambourcin.
Discover the grape variety: Monemvasia
Structured, aromatic dry whites with a pale golden colour, ample palate with preserved acidity, showing signature aromas of citrus (lemon), white flowers, yellow fruits and saline mineral notes. Also made as sweet passito styles. Grown in the Peloponnese and Cyclades, a witness to Greek viticultural heritage. Greek autochthonous white variety said to have given its name to the historic Malvasia exported across the western Mediterranean in the Middle Ages.
Informations about the Winery Barren Ridge
The Winery Barren Ridge is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 17 wines for sale in the of Shenandoah Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Shenandoah Valley
AVA shared between Virginia and West Virginia between the Blue Ridge and the Appalachians, cool dry climate, calcareous soils rare in America. Cabernet Franc is the signature red king: peppery and fresh with raspberry, red cherry, green pepper, herbs and a graphite touch, fine tannins, elegant palate — Virginia's spearhead. Opulent star Viognier (apricot, peach, honey), ample Chardonnay, taut Riesling. Hybrids: fruity Chambourcin, deep Norton, lively Vidal Blanc.
The wine region of Virginia
Quality pole of the American east coast, unique signature in Viognier: ample, fragrant whites with notes of apricot, white peach, honey and flowers, silky on the palate. Cabernet Franc star in red, fine and fresh (raspberry, ripe pepper, spices). Also dense Petit Verdot, round Merlot, balanced Chardonnay, Vidal Blanc and native Norton. Humid continental climate tempered by the Appalachians, 8 AVAs (Monticello, Shenandoah).
The word of the wine: Rough
Wine without finesse with rough tannins.
