Winery Cape HornDurif

wine of Goulburn Valley of Victoria of Australia

The Durif of Winery Cape Horn is a wine from the region of Goulburn Valley of Victoria.
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The Durif of the Winery Cape Horn is in the top 0 of wines of Goulburn Valley.

Discover the grape variety: Prior

Interspecific cross between Freiburg 4-61 (23-416 Joannès-Seyve x pinot noir) and Bronner made in 1987 by Norbert Becker of the Freiburg Research Institute in Germany. It has the particularity of having only one gene for resistance to mildew and powdery mildew. It can be found in Germany, but also in Switzerland, Belgium, ... and in France.

Informations about the Winery Cape Horn

The winery offers 7 different wines.

Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.

It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region

It is located in Goulburn Valley in the region of Victoria

The Winery Cape Horn is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 5 wines for sale in the of Goulburn Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

The wine region of Goulburn Valley

The wine region of Goulburn Valley is located in the region of Central Victoria of Victoria of Australia. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine McPherson or the Domaine Laneway produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Goulburn Valley are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Chardonnay and Merlot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Goulburn Valley often reveals types of flavors of tropical, cherry or vegetal and sometimes also flavors of microbio, floral or tree fruit.

The wine region of Victoria

Victoria is a relatively small but important Australian wine state. Located in the Southeastern corner of the continent, with a generally cool, ocean-influenced Climate, Victorian wine is remarkably diverse, producing all sorts of wines and styles in different climates. In all, the state covers almost 250,000 square kilometres (over 90,000 square miles) of land (almost the same Size as the US state of Texas), well under a quarter the size of its western neighbour, South Australia, and less than a third the size of New South Wales to the North. As such, Victoria's size - and to some extent, the state's viticultural history - can defy generalization.

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