The Winery Gills Pier of Leelanau Peninsula of Michigan

Winery Gills Pier - Leelanau Peninsula Cabernet Franc Merlot
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 venison leg in casserole, steamed pork chops or deer jig.

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

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

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Leelanau Peninsula

The wine region of Leelanau Peninsula is located in the region of Michigan of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine M. Lawrence or the Domaine Verterra produce mainly wines white, red and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Leelanau Peninsula are Pinot noir, Riesling and Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety.

On the nose of Leelanau Peninsula often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit. In the mouth of Leelanau Peninsula is a powerful. We currently count 34 estates and châteaux in the of Leelanau Peninsula, producing 222 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Leelanau Peninsula go well with generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Gills Pier

Planning a wine route in the of Leelanau Peninsula? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Gills Pier.

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot 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 to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

News about Winery Gills Pier and wines from the region

Investment start-up Vint offers shares in Napa 2018 ‘collection’

Vint said yesterday (17 November) that it has launched a $142,000 collection of Napa Valley 2018 wines, offering a ‘$50-a-share buy-in’ for prospective investors. It’s the latest offering from the US-based start-up, which specialises in offering US Securities & Exchange Commission-qualified (SEC) shares in collections of leading wine names. Vint said the Napa collection includes Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 and Kapscandy’s Grand Vin State Lane Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2018, amo ...

Decanter magazine latest issue: January 2022

Inside the January 2022 issue of Decanter Magazine: FEATURES: Aperitifs: how to do them well The art of starting it right, with drinks tips from Kate Hawkings Vintage preview: Chablis 2020 Andy Howard MW picks 33 of his top wines from a classic year in the region Producer profile: Château Angélus Jane Anson visits one of St-Emilion’s four finest grand cru classé estates Bordeaux & Burgundy vintages for Christmas Panos Kakaviatos & Charles Curtis MW select the perfect vintages and appe ...

Scapegrace to build £13m distillery in Central Otago

The Scapegrace team claims it will be New Zealand’s largest ever distillery when it is fully completed in October 2023. It will eventually produce all of Scapegrace’s award-winning gins and vodkas, along with its soon-to-be-released single malt whisky. The company plans to expand into other spirits categories further down the line too. Managing director Daniel McLaughlin said that the climate and water quality in Central Otago – which is famed for its Pinot Noir – make the region ideal for produ ...

The word of the wine: Second fermentation

In the making of champagne, fermentation of the base wine to which is added the liqueur de tirage and which takes place in the bottle. This second fermentation produces the carbon dioxide, and therefore the bubbles that make up the effervescence of the wine.