Winery BreakwaterOwls Head White
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The Owls Head White of the Winery Breakwater is in the top 0 of wines of Maine.
Details and technical informations about Winery Breakwater's Owls Head White.
Discover the grape variety: Précoce Bousquet
Table grape with medium bunches and golden berries with thin skin and juicy flesh, with a sweet, fresh flavour. Very early ripening, intended mainly for fresh consumption at the start of the summer season. Grown in small quantities in southern France for fresh consumption, marking the first summer market stalls and belonging to the traditional early table grape varieties. French white table grape variety, an early mutation obtained for fresh consumption.
Informations about the Winery Breakwater
The Winery Breakwater is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 10 wines for sale in the of Maine to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Maine
North-eastern US state (New England), small and growing wine industry, harsh continental climate (−25°C in winter) requiring cold-hardy hybrids. Marquette is the flagship red (University of Minnesota programme): spicy with notes of black cherry, blackberry, plum, pepper, herbs and a smoky touch, fine tannins and vivid acidity. Dense Frontenac, lively Frontenac Blanc/Gris and Itasca in whites (citrus, pineapple, flowers). Speciality: fruit wines (blueberry, cranberry, apple).
The word of the wine: Sulphating
Treatment, formerly practiced with copper sulfate, applied to the vine to prevent cryptogamic diseases.
