Winery Galena Cellars - General's Reserve Red

Winery Galena CellarsGeneral's Reserve Red

3.7
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The General's Reserve Red of Winery Galena Cellars is a red wine from the region of Illinois.
This wine generally goes well with
The General's Reserve Red of the Winery Galena Cellars is in the top 50 of wines of Illinois.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the General's Reserve Red of Winery Galena Cellars in the region of Illinois often reveals types of flavors of oak, red fruit or black fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Galena Cellars's General's Reserve Red.

Winemaker
Chris Lawlor- White
Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Avana

Very old grape variety cultivated in northern Italy in the Piedmont region. It would have been introduced in Savoy at the beginning of the 17th century. An A.D.N. study, dating from 2011, shows that Hibou noir and Avana are one and the same variety. It should also be noted that Amigne is its half-sister, Rèze its grandmother and Rouge du Pays (a variety from the Swiss Valais) its grandfather.

Last vintages of this wine

General's Reserve Red - 2008
In the top 50 of of Illinois wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50

The best vintages of General's Reserve Red from Winery Galena Cellars are 2008

Informations about the Winery Galena Cellars

The winery offers 50 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is in the top 5 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Illinois

The Winery Galena Cellars is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 49 wines for sale in the of Illinois to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Illinois
In the top 40000 of of United States wines
In the top 55 of of Illinois wines
In the top 200000 of red wines
In the top 300000 wines of the world

The wine region of Illinois

Illinois is a U. S. state located South of the Great Lakes region and bordered by Missouri to the west and Indiana to the east. The state is one of the fastest-growing wine producers in the United States; the number of wineries doubled in the late 1990s and now stands at over 100.

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The word of the wine: Marcottage

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