Chateau Morrisette - Archival I

Chateau MorrisetteArchival I

3.7
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Archival I of Chateau Morrisette is a red wine from the region of Virginia.
This wine is a blend of 4 varietals which are the Cabernet franc, the Cabernet-Sauvignon, the Petit Verdot and the Merlot.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Archival I of Chateau Morrisette in the region of Virginia often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.

Details and technical informations about Chateau Morrisette's Archival I.

Region/Great wine region
Style of wine
Alcohol
12°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.

Last vintages of this wine

Archival I - 2016
In the top 100 of of Virginia wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50
Archival I - 2015
In the top 100 of of Virginia wines
Average rating: 411110
Archival I - 2013
In the top 100 of of Virginia wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50
Archival I - 2012
In the top 100 of of Virginia wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50
Archival I - 2011
In the top 100 of of Virginia wines
Average rating: 3.911110

The best vintages of Archival I from Chateau Morrisette are 2015, 2011, 2012, 2016 and 2013.

Informations about the Chateau Morrisette

The winery offers 41 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is in the top 10 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Virginie

The Chateau Morrisette is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 39 wines for sale in the of Virginia to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Virginia
In the top 35000 of of United States wines
In the top 400 of of Virginia wines
In the top 150000 of red wines
In the top 250000 wines of the world

The wine region of Virginia

Virginia is a state on the eastern seaboard of the United States, located immediately South of Maryland and North of the Carolinas. The state covers 42,750 square miles (110,750 km2) of mountains, valleys and the Atlantic coastal Complex that forms its eastern border. From the Cumberland and Blue Ridge Mountains in the west to the coastal creeks and estuaries in the east, Virginia's topography and geology are varied, to say the least. The landscape around the Chesapeake Bay - a vast coastal inlet that separates the main state from its Eastern Shore - could hardly be more different from that below Mt Rogers (1,750m), 480km to the west.

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The word of the wine: Muscat blanc à petits grains

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