Cooper's Hawk WineryIntercontinental
Red wine
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Sangiovese and the Merlot.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Intercontinental of Cooper's Hawk Winery in the region of California often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, black fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Intercontinental
Pairings that work perfectly with Intercontinental
Original food and wine pairings with Intercontinental
The Intercontinental of Cooper's Hawk Winery matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or pork such as recipes of beef tongue with vegetables and madeira sauce, vienna cutlets or quick brioche sausage.
Details and technical informations about Cooper's Hawk Winery's Intercontinental.
Discover the grape variety: Sangiovese
Originally from Italy, it is the famous Sangiovese of Tuscany producing the famous wines of Brunello de Montalcino and Chianti. This variety is registered in the Official Catalogue of Wine Grape Varieties, list A1. According to recent genetic analysis, it is the result of a natural cross between the almost unknown Calabrese di Montenuovo (mother) and Ciliegiolo (father).
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Intercontinental from Cooper's Hawk Winery are 2016, 0
Informations about the Cooper's Hawk Winery
The Cooper's Hawk Winery is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 95 wines for sale in the of California to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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: Chaptalization
The addition of sugar at the time of fermentation of the must, an ancient practice, but theorized by Jean-Antoine Chaptal at the dawn of the 19th century. The sugar is transformed into alcohol and allows the natural degree of the wine to be raised in a weak or cold year, or - more questionably - when the winegrower has a harvest that is too large to obtain good maturity.
