The Chateau Tumbleweed is one of the world's great estates. It offers 55 wines for sale in of Arizona to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Chateau Tumbleweed wines in Arizona among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Chateau Tumbleweed wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Chateau Tumbleweed wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Chateau Tumbleweed wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, game (deer, venison) or shellfish such as recipes of quick brioche sausage, provençal tart with rabbit or marinated mussels with maroilles.
On the nose the white wine of Chateau Tumbleweed. often reveals types of flavors of earth, tree fruit or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of red fruit.
Arizona is located in the extreme Southwestern corner of the United States of America, bordered by Mexico to the south and southern California to the west. It covers 300,000 km² (114,000 square miles) between latitudes 31°N and 36°N. The main varieties used to make Arizona wines are Syrah, Viognier, Muscat and, of course, the ubiquitous Cabernet Sauvignon and Zinfandel. They do best in cooler regions, especially in the southwest.
Grapes have been grown in Arizona for over 400 years, originally by Spanish missionaries who needed wine for religious purposes. This is a common story throughout the United States - especially in the south and west - and also in South American countries. Although Arizona was almost entirely devoid of viticulture after Prohibition, the industry has since undergone a renaissance of sorts. There are now two sub-regional AVAs and hopes for a third, and the wines are beginning to gain international recognition.
How Chateau Tumbleweed wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, spicy food or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of fillet of beef in a foie gras and truffle crust, garlic shrimp or rolled blue cord.
On the nose the red wine of Chateau Tumbleweed. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of black fruit.
Roussane is a white grape variety, planted on an area of more than 700 ha. Originally from Montélimar, it is also found in Savoie, Languedoc and Roussillon, and grows very well in calcareous, poor, stony soil. It prefers to be pruned short. Roussane is also called fromenteau, barbin or bergeron. The young leaves are bubbled with fine down. When adult, they become thicker. It flowers in June and matures in mid-September. The grapes are cylindrical in shape, the berries are small and turn red when ripe, and the wine produced from pure Roussane is of extraordinary quality. It has a delicate aroma reminiscent of coffee, honeysuckle, iris and peony. The taste of this wine improves with age. It is part of the blend of the appellations Vin-de-Savoie, Côtes-du-Vallée du Rhône or Châteauneuf-du-Pape.
How Chateau Tumbleweed wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or pork such as recipes of sloth pork loin, roast veal with milk and rosemary or pumpkin and bacon pie.
On the nose the pink wine of Chateau Tumbleweed. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.
In tasting, this is the second phase, which consists of identifying the wine's aromas and possibly its defects.
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The white Verdelho is a grape variety that originated in Portugal. It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and grapes of medium size. The white Verdelho can be found cultivated in these vineyards: Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone Valley, South West.
