Winery Benjamin BridgeHand Crafted Small Lot Red
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with
Details and technical informations about Winery Benjamin Bridge's Hand Crafted Small Lot Red.
Discover the grape variety: Couderc noir
Natural interspecific crossing between Jaeger 70 (Vitis Rupestris x Vitis Lincecumii) and an unknown Vitis Vinifera discovered by Eugène Contassot, the seeds from this crossing having been offered to/seeded by Georges Couderc. This direct-producing hybrid was the most widely planted, particularly in the south of France. There are still a few strains in production today, but it is practically no longer multiplied, although it is registered in the Official Catalogue of Vine Varieties, list A1. - Synonymy: Couderc 7120, Contassot 20 (for all the synonyms of the varieties, click here!).
Informations about the Winery Benjamin Bridge
The Winery Benjamin Bridge is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 19 wines for sale in the of Gaspereau Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Gaspereau Valley
The wine region of Gaspereau Valley is located in the region of Nova Scotia of Canada. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Luckett Vineyards or the Domaine Benjamin Bridge produce mainly wines red, white and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Gaspereau Valley are Léon Millot, Maréchal Foch and Ortega, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Gaspereau Valley often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit or citrus fruit.
The wine region of Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is one of Canada’s maritime provinces, located halfway between the equator and the North Pole. While the region is not as famous for its wines as Ontario and British Columbia, there is a flourishing wine industry based largely on Sparkling wines and crisp white wines made from Grape varieties such as Vidal, Seyval Blanc, and the province's signature L'Arcadie Blanc variety. Nova Scotia is surrounded by three bodies of water, with the Atlantic Ocean to the South, the Bay of Fundy in the northwest and the Gulf of St Lawrence in the north. If it were an island it would be around the same area as Tasmania and almost the same relative latitude.
The word of the wine: Raw
A term whose meaning varies according to the region (terroir or estate), but which everywhere contains the idea of identifying a wine with a specific place of production.
