Winery GemmeRuby
Red wine
This wine is a blend of 3 varietals which are the Petit Verdot, the Ruby-cabernet and the Merlot.
This wine generally goes well with beef, game (deer, venison) or mature and hard cheese.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
Food and wine pairings with Ruby
Pairings that work perfectly with Ruby
Original food and wine pairings with Ruby
The Ruby of Winery Gemme matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of navarin of lamb, rabbit with kriek and cherries or ham and comté quiche.
Details and technical informations about Winery Gemme's Ruby.
Discover the grape variety: Petit Verdot
Dark, full-bodied reds with tight tannins and inky colour, showing aromas of blackberry, violet, gentle spice, liquorice and mentholated balsamic notes. Contributes colour, structure and aromatic freshness to great Médoc blends (Palmer, Léoville-Las Cases) where it remains a minority. Also vinified as a single variety in Spain (La Mancha), California, Australia and Argentina. A late-ripening Bordeaux variety.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Ruby from Winery Gemme are 2016, 0, 2014
Informations about the Winery Gemme
The Winery Gemme is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 11 wines for sale in the of Lodi to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Lodi
Self-proclaimed world capital of Zinfandel (>40% of premium Californian production): old-vine red king (plantings from 1888) — opulent and jammy with notes of blackberry, plum, raspberry, pepper, liquorice and a tobacco touch, coated tannins. Cabernet, Syrah, Merlot, Tempranillo, Albariño, Barbera and Primitivo in the palette (>100 grapes). Viognier and Chardonnay in whites. Central Californian AVA (1986) east of the bay, Mediterranean climate tempered by the delta.
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: Gravelle
Term designating the deposit of tartar crystals in bottled white wines.
