Winery GladstoneAuld Alliance Reserve
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The Auld Alliance Reserve of the Winery Gladstone is in the top 0 of wines of Gladstone.
Details and technical informations about Winery Gladstone's Auld Alliance Reserve.
Discover the grape variety: Dornfelder
German, intraspecific cross made in 1955 by August Karl Herold (1902-1973) between the helfensteiner and the heroldrebe (more details, click here!). With these same parents he also obtained the hegel. The Dornfelder can be found in Switzerland, United Kingdom, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Canada, United States, ... . Virtually unknown in France, we nevertheless recognize a certain interest in it due to its short phenological cycle and the quality of its wines, both rosé and red.
Informations about the Winery Gladstone
The Winery Gladstone is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 19 wines for sale in the of Gladstone to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Gladstone
The wine region of Gladstone is located in the region of Wairarapa of North Island of New Zealand. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Johner Estate or the Domaine Gladstone produce mainly wines red, white and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Gladstone are Pinot noir, Pinot gris and Riesling, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Gladstone often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, passion fruit or non oak and sometimes also flavors of black fruit, red fruit or tropical fruit.
The wine region of North Island
New-zealand/north-island/northland">Northland, as its name suggests, is New Zealand's northernmost wine-producing region, around four hours' drive northwest of the country's largest city, Auckland. Most of the Northland region's wineries are situated on the east coast, particularly around the Bay of Islands and the Karikari Pensinula, with another cluster on the west coast near Kaitaia. The region's red wines are mostly produced from Syrah, Pinotage">Pinotage and the Hybrid variety Chambourcin. Chardonnay leads the way for white wine grape varieties; Pinot Gris, Viognier and Sauvignon Blanc are among the other varieties cultivated here.
The word of the wine: Second fermentation
In the making of champagne, fermentation of the base wine to which is added the liqueur de tirage and which takes place in the bottle. This second fermentation produces the carbon dioxide, and therefore the bubbles that make up the effervescence of the wine.
