Winery Granite HeightsVirginia Red

Red wine of Virginia of United States

3.9

(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)

Tasters generally liked this wine.

The Virginia Red of Winery Granite Heights is a red wine from the region of Virginia.
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Cabernet franc and the Cabernet-Sauvignon.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.

Food and wine pairings with Virginia Red

Pairings that work perfectly with Virginia Red

Original food and wine pairings with Virginia Red

The Virginia Red of Winery Granite Heights matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of boeuf lôc lac (cambodia), shoulder of lamb stuffed with cognac or quick brioche sausage.

Details and technical informations about Winery Granite Heights's Virginia Red.

Winery

Winery Granite Heights

Grape varieties

Cabernet franc , Cabernet-Sauvignon

Region/Great wine region

Virginia

Country

United States

Style of wine

Red

Allergens

Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.

Last vintages of this wine

Virginia Red - 2011

In the top 100 of of Virginia wines

Average rating: 3.6

The best vintages of Virginia Red from Winery Granite Heights are 2011

Informations about the Winery Granite Heights

The winery offers 12 different wines.

Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.

It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region

It is located in Virginie

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The Winery Granite Heights is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 10 wines for sale in the of Virginia to come and discover on site or to buy online.

In the top 45000 of of United States wines

In the top 650 of of Virginia wines

In the top 200000 of red wines

In the top 350000 wines of the world

The wine region of Virginia

Virginia is a state on the eastern seaboard of the United States, located immediately South of Maryland and North of the Carolinas. The state covers 42,750 square miles (110,750 km2) of mountains, valleys and the Atlantic coastal Complex that forms its eastern border. From the Cumberland and Blue Ridge Mountains in the west to the coastal creeks and estuaries in the east, Virginia's topography and geology are varied, to say the least. The landscape around the Chesapeake Bay - a vast coastal inlet that separates the main state from its Eastern Shore - could hardly be more different from that below Mt Rogers (1,750m), 480km to the west.

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