Winery Gibson - Discovery Road Il Minestrone

Winery GibsonDiscovery Road Il Minestrone

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Discovery Road Il Minestrone of Winery Gibson is a red wine from the region of Barossa Valley of Australie du Sud.
This wine is a blend of 3 varietals which are the Primitivo, the Tempranillo and the Merlot.
This wine generally goes well with pork, vegetarian or beef.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Discovery Road Il Minestrone of Winery Gibson in the region of Australie du Sud often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or vegetal and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or red fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Gibson's Discovery Road Il Minestrone.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Primitivo

From Croatia where it is called crljenak kastelanski or pribidrag. According to genetic analyses carried out by Professor Carole Meredith of California University in Davis (United States), it is related to the Croatian plavac mali and Zinfandel. It is also found in South Africa, New Zealand, Chile, Brazil, Germany, Bulgaria, Albania, Italy under the name of Primitivo, Malta, Greece, Portugal and to some extent in Croatia. In the United States (California), it is one of the most widely planted grape varieties, having been introduced in the 1830s well before Primitivo. In France, it is registered in the official catalogue of vine varieties on the A1 list under the name Primitivo.

Last vintages of this wine

Discovery Road Il Minestrone - 2017
In the top 100 of of Barossa Valley wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50
Discovery Road Il Minestrone - 2016
In the top 100 of of Barossa Valley wines
Average rating: 411110
Discovery Road Il Minestrone - 2015
In the top 100 of of Barossa Valley wines
Average rating: 3.911110
Discovery Road Il Minestrone - 0
In the top 100 of of Barossa Valley wines
Average rating: 3.911110

The best vintages of Discovery Road Il Minestrone from Winery Gibson are 2016, 2015, 0, 2017

Informations about the Winery Gibson

The winery offers 31 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is in the top 15 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Barossa Valley in the region of Australie du Sud

The Winery Gibson is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 31 wines for sale in the of Barossa Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Australie du Sud
In the top 9000 of of Australia wines
In the top 800 of of Barossa Valley wines
In the top 150000 of red wines
In the top 250000 wines of the world

The wine region of Barossa Valley

The wine region of Barossa Valley is located in the region of Barossa of Australie du Sud of Australia. We currently count 613 estates and châteaux in the of Barossa Valley, producing 2290 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Barossa Valley go well with generally quite well with dishes .


The wine region of Australie du Sud

SouthAustralia is one of Australia's six states, located (as the name suggests) in the south of the vast island continent. It's the engine room of the Australian wine industry, responsible for about half of the country's total production each year. But there's more to the region than quantity - countless high-quality wines are produced here, most from the region's signature Grape, Shiraz. These include such fine, collectible wines as Penfolds Grange, Henschke Hill of Grace, Torbreck The Laird and d'Arenberg The Dead Arm.

The word of the wine: Film

Skin of the grape containing the colouring matter of red wines (anthocyanins), the most noble tannins and the essential aromatic substances.

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