Johnson EstateChautauqua Blanc
White wine
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Details and technical informations about Johnson Estate's Chautauqua Blanc.
Discover the grape variety: Traminette
Muscat-scented, structured whites with a golden robe, full palate and firm acidity. Intense aromas of rose, lychee, white flowers, yellow fruits (peach, apricot), honey and soft spices reminiscent of Gewürztraminer. Produced as dry, off-dry and sweet styles. Aromatic flagship of the American north-east (Indiana — the state's signature variety —, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania) and Canada. Hybrid created in 1965 by Cornell University (Joannes Seyve 23.416 × Gewürztraminer).
Last vintages of this wine
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Informations about the Johnson Estate
The Johnson Estate is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 41 wines for sale in the of Lake Erie New York to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Lake Erie New York
AVA shared between NY/PA/OH on the south shore of Lake Erie (>17,000 ha), the largest grape-growing area east of the Rockies, lake effect extending the season. Concord is the historic flagship red (labrusca — sweet juices and wines with the characteristic "foxy" candy/raspberry flavour). Niagara and Catawba as aromatic labrusca whites. Vitis vinifera revival: taut Riesling (the most successful, citrus, apple), airy Pinot Noir, fresh Chardonnay.
The wine region of New York
America's 3rd wine state by volume, striking diversity. Finger Lakes the signature: cool-climate Riesling, dry to off-dry, mineral and lively with notes of lime, apple, evolving petrol and white flowers — a US benchmark. Warmer Long Island for peppery Cabernet Franc and supple Merlot. Hudson Valley (Seyval, Vidal).
The word of the wine: Bracket
Black grape variety from Provence which contributes to the personality of the red wines of the AOC Bellet, near Nice. It gives a lightly colored but full-bodied wine that is good with age. Syn.: brachet.
