The Winery Gills Pier of Leelanau Peninsula of Michigan

Winery Gills Pier
The winery offers 5 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.2.
It is ranked in the top 27 of the estates of Michigan.
It is located in Leelanau Peninsula in the region of Michigan
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The Winery Gills Pier is one of the world's great estates. It offers 5 wines for sale in of Leelanau Peninsula to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Gills Pier wines

Looking for the best Winery Gills Pier wines in Leelanau Peninsula among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Gills Pier 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 Winery Gills Pier wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Gills Pier

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Gills Pier

How Winery Gills Pier wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef goulash, bare-assed cockerel (ardennes) or venison leg in casserole.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Gills Pier

On the nose the red wine of Winery Gills Pier. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Gills Pier

  • 2012With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 0With an average score of 4.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Gills Pier.

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot

Discovering 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.

Cool climate tempered by the 'Lake Effect. ' Chiselled cool-climate style.

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Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Supple, fragrant reds with fine tannins and vibrant freshness, showing raspberry, violet, green pepper, pencil lead and gentle spice aromas. Star of the Loire as a single variety (Chinon, Bourgueil, Saumur-Champigny) and of the right bank of Bordeaux in blends (Cheval Blanc at 60%). Also in semi-dry Anjou rosés. A historic Bordeaux variety, parent of Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Carmenère.