Winery Chalk HillEstate Vineyard Selection Botrytised Sémillon
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with poultry, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish.
The Estate Vineyard Selection Botrytised Sémillon of the Winery Chalk Hill is in the top 20 of wines of Chalk Hill.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Estate Vineyard Selection Botrytised Sémillon of Winery Chalk Hill in the region of California often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, tree fruit or citrus fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Estate Vineyard Selection Botrytised Sémillon
Pairings that work perfectly with Estate Vineyard Selection Botrytised Sémillon
Original food and wine pairings with Estate Vineyard Selection Botrytised Sémillon
The Estate Vineyard Selection Botrytised Sémillon of Winery Chalk Hill matches generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of sea bass in mustard and rosemary wrappers, baeckeoffe with fish or brownies with nuts.
Details and technical informations about Winery Chalk Hill's Estate Vineyard Selection Botrytised Sémillon.
Discover the grape variety: Merlot
Merlot is a red grape variety with small black berries that appeared at the end of the 18th century. It is produced in most of the Bordeaux terroirs, where it represents 58% of the planted area, and its best terroir is located in Pomerol and Saint-Emilion on cool, clay-limestone soils. At the mythical Château Pétrus, the wine is made with 95% Merlot, with a dark, dense colour, aromas of red and black fruits and a superb range of flavours, the Merlot transforms during its ageing to give way to notes of prunes, undergrowth and spices. On the palate, it is supple with distinguished tannins. It is often blended with Cabernet Sauvignon. Merlot is no longer exclusive to Bordeaux, it is nowadays vinified all over the world.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Estate Vineyard Selection Botrytised Sémillon from Winery Chalk Hill are 2009, 2006, 0, 2010 and 2011.
Informations about the Winery Chalk Hill
The Winery Chalk Hill is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 43 wines for sale in the of Chalk Hill to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Chalk Hill
The wine region of Chalk Hill is located in the region of Sonoma County of California of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Arnot-Roberts or the Domaine Calluna Vineyards produce mainly wines red, white and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Chalk Hill are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Chardonnay and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Chalk Hill often reveals types of flavors of blackberry, almonds or honey and sometimes also flavors of grass, orange or flint.
The wine region of California
California is the largest and most important wine region in the United States. It represents the southern two-thirds (850 miles or 1,370 kilometers) of the country's west coast. (Oregon and Washington make up the rest. ) The state also spans nearly 10 degrees of latitude.
The word of the wine: Persistence
Persistence in the mouth of a wine measured in caudalies.
