Winery ElkeMadame Elke Brut
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The Madame Elke Brut of the Winery Elke is in the top 0 of wines of Mendocino.
Details and technical informations about Winery Elke's Madame Elke Brut.
Discover the grape variety: Bombino blanc
Supple, fresh dry whites with a pale golden colour, an airy palate with moderate acidity, and understated aromas of citrus, white flowers and southern white-fleshed fruits. Productive and neutral. A backbone of the Trebbiano d'Abruzzo DOC, often blended; also found in Castel del Monte and numerous southern and central Italian whites (Latium, Marche, Emilia-Romagna). Native white variety from Apulia.
Informations about the Winery Elke
The Winery Elke is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 11 wines for sale in the of Mendocino to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Mendocino
General AVA of Mendocino County (northern California) with varied micro-climates: signature historic Zinfandel as king red (planted by Italian migrants in the late 19th c. ), notably Redwood Valley and Mendocino Ridge - spicy, peppery reds, ripe and candied black fruits, fleshy tannins. Also fresh, fine Pinot Noir (~2,700 ac) on foggy coastal sectors, Carignan, Petite Sirah, Syrah and Grenache. Warm inland zones for Cabernet and Merlot, an eclectic Italo-Burgundian identity.
The wine region of California
Powerful, sunny reds: dense Napa Cabernet Sauvignon (blackcurrant, chocolate, tobacco, ample tannins), spicy, jammy Zinfandel from the Sierra Foothills, silky red-fruited Pinot Noir on the cool coast (Sonoma, Russian River, Central Coast). Opulent, buttery Chardonnay, notes of yellow fruit and vanilla. Varied climate, from the hot interior to the Pacific-cooled coast. 80% of US production, 139 AVAs including Napa (1st AVA, 1981).
The word of the wine: Pigeage
Operation consisting of a vertical treading to push the cap of marc into the wine, which promotes extraction. Pigeage can be carried out mechanically with jacks that plunge into the vat. Traditionally, it is the men who go down into the vats and push the cap by trampling it.
