Winery De BortoliMelba Lucia
Red wine
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Cabernet-Sauvignon and the Sangiovese.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Melba Lucia of Winery De Bortoli in the region of Victoria often reveals types of flavors of oaky, plum or non oak and sometimes also flavors of earth, oak or spices.
Food and wine pairings with Melba Lucia
Pairings that work perfectly with Melba Lucia
Original food and wine pairings with Melba Lucia
The Melba Lucia of Winery De Bortoli matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of blanquette of monkfish with small vegetables, lamb mouse with figs and grapes or veal roast casserole.
Details and technical informations about Winery De Bortoli's Melba Lucia.
Discover the grape variety: Cabernet-Sauvignon
Cabernet-Sauvignon noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. Cabernet-Sauvignon noir can be found in many vineyards: South-West, Loire Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Rhone Valley, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Melba Lucia from Winery De Bortoli are 2012, 2010, 2013, 2008 and 2007.
Informations about the Winery De Bortoli
The Winery De Bortoli is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 534 wines for sale in the of Yarra Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Yarra Valley
The wine region of Yarra Valley is located in the region of Port Phillip of Victoria of Australia. We currently count 315 estates and châteaux in the of Yarra Valley, producing 1556 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Yarra Valley go well with generally quite well with dishes .
The wine region of Victoria
Victoria is a relatively small but important Australian wine state. Located in the Southeastern corner of the continent, with a generally cool, ocean-influenced Climate, Victorian wine is remarkably diverse, producing all sorts of wines and styles in different climates. In all, the state covers almost 250,000 square kilometres (over 90,000 square miles) of land (almost the same Size as the US state of Texas), well under a quarter the size of its western neighbour, South Australia, and less than a third the size of New South Wales to the North. As such, Victoria's size - and to some extent, the state's viticultural history - can defy generalization.
The word of the wine: Caudalie
Unit of measurement corresponding to one second and allowing to quantify the aromatic persistence of a wine in mouth (length in mouth).
