Chateau FontaineGrüner Veltliner
White wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, vegetarian or lean fish.
Food and wine pairings with Grüner Veltliner
Pairings that work perfectly with Grüner Veltliner
Original food and wine pairings with Grüner Veltliner
The Grüner Veltliner of Chateau Fontaine matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of pork stew with bacon and cream, risotto with fresh salmon and zucchini or pasta with mussels.
Details and technical informations about Chateau Fontaine's Grüner Veltliner.
Discover the grape variety: Vidoc
Colourful, fruity reds with a deep ruby colour, supple tannins and a full palate with preserved acidity, offering aromas of red and black fruits and spicy notes. Productive and resistant to downy and powdery mildew. Listed in the official French vine variety catalogue, it represents the future of reduced-treatment viticulture and features in organic blends. French black hybrid variety created in 2000 by INRA in the Resdur1 series (same parents as Artaban).
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Grüner Veltliner from Chateau Fontaine are 0
Informations about the Chateau Fontaine
The Chateau Fontaine is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 17 wines for sale in the of Leelanau Peninsula to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Leelanau Peninsula
Michigan AVA on a peninsula between Lake Michigan and Grand Traverse Bay (45 deg N, latitude of Bordeaux). Riesling reigns as a white star: taut and aromatic with signature notes of white apple, peach, lemon, white flowers and a mineral touch, lively and long palate — from dry to medium-sweet to ice wine. Ample Chardonnay, aromatic Gewurztraminer (lychee, rose). Fine Pinot Noir (cherry, undergrowth) and Gamay emerging.
The wine region of Michigan
Midwestern wine state on the 45th parallel (Burgundy, Piedmont), tempered by the Great Lakes (lake effect). Signature Riesling: precise, taut whites with signature notes of citrus, green apple, white peach, white flowers and saline minerality, crisp acidity - from dry to off-dry. Also ample Chardonnay, perfumed Pinot Gris, opulent Gewürztraminer (lychee, rose). Fresh, silky Pinot Noir in red.
The word of the wine: Amber
(1) A colour close to amber, sometimes taken on by white wines aged for a long time, or by oxidising prematurely. (2) A term used on the label to designate white Rivesaltes aged for at least thirty months in an oxidizing environment.
