Winery Geyser PeakBin 12 Cabernet Sauvignon
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The Bin 12 Cabernet Sauvignon of the Winery Geyser Peak is in the top 0 of wines of Alexander Valley.
Details and technical informations about Winery Geyser Peak's Bin 12 Cabernet Sauvignon.
Discover the grape variety: Espadeiro
Light, fresh reds and rosés with a clear ruby or vivid pink robe, smooth tannins and a slender palate with lively acidity. Signature aromas of red fruits (strawberry, raspberry, redcurrant), soft spices and fresh floral notes. Airy Atlantic profile, best drunk young. Often blended with Vinhão and Borraçal, it features in Vinho Verde reds and rosés from the Minho. Native Portuguese black grape of the Vinho Verde zone around Amarante.
Informations about the Winery Geyser Peak
The Winery Geyser Peak is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 77 wines for sale in the of Alexander Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Alexander Valley
Sonoma's warmest AVA on gravelly soils: signature Cabernet Sauvignon as king (>50% of plantings) — powerful, elegant reds with ripe black fruits, dry herbs and tobacco, velvety tannins and fresh acidity, long ageing. Bordeaux blends with Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot and Malbec for structure and complexity. Also old-vine Zinfandel, balanced Merlot and Chardonnay. AVA recognised in 1984 in the Russian River valley, ripe tannic 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: Pinot meunier
Cultivated in the 19th century in all the northern vineyards, this black grape variety has largely regressed since. Very present in the Marne valley, it constitutes a third of the vineyards in Champagne, alongside pinot noir and chardonnay with which it is often blended. It brings roundness and red and yellow fruit aromas to champagnes. Pinot meunier is also the dominant grape variety in red and rosé wines in the Orleans AOC and the rare Touraine-Noble-Joué, a grey wine. Syn.: meunier.
