Winery Blue SkyEstate Chardonnay
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The Estate Chardonnay of the Winery Blue Sky is in the top 0 of wines of Shawnee Hills.
Details and technical informations about Winery Blue Sky's Estate Chardonnay.
Discover the grape variety: Savagnin
Savagnin is a white grape variety originating from the Austrian Tyrol. It arrived in Franche Comté and quickly became the flagship variety of the Jura. Cousin of the gewurztraminer, it gives small white bunches. Its berries have a thick skin which resists well to grey rot and to diseases in general. Savagnin thrives on marl soils and is a very aromatic grape variety. It is used in the elaboration of yellow wine, the AOC Château-Châlon is the most representative. This grape variety also produces vin de paille which is a sweet wine for which the ripe grapes are dried on a bed of straw for at least 6 weeks before being pressed. The best known AOC straw wines are: Arbois, Côtes-du-Jura and Etoile. Savagnin is also used to make Macvin du Jura, a liqueur wine, and to make Crémants du Jura.White wines made from Savagnin have great aging potential. They have a powerful and complex aroma with notes of walnut, almonds, hazelnuts, flowers, honey and green apple.
Informations about the Winery Blue Sky
The Winery Blue Sky is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 25 wines for sale in the of Shawnee Hills to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Shawnee Hills
The wine region of Shawnee Hills is located in the region of Illinois of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Blue Sky or the Domaine Blue Sky produce mainly wines red, pink and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Shawnee Hills are Cabernet franc et Chambourcin, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Shawnee Hills often reveals types of flavors of earth, oak or spices and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit.
The wine region of Illinois
Illinois is a U. S. state located South of the Great Lakes region and bordered by Missouri to the west and Indiana to the east. The state is one of the fastest-growing wine producers in the United States; the number of wineries doubled in the late 1990s and now stands at over 100.
The word of the wine: Trader-Handler
Champagne term for a merchant who buys grapes to make a Champagne wine himself.
