Winery Granite RidgeFirst Oak Chardonnay
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The First Oak Chardonnay of the Winery Granite Ridge is in the top 0 of wines of Granite Belt.
Details and technical informations about Winery Granite Ridge's First Oak Chardonnay.
Discover the grape variety: Merlese
Intraspecific crossing between sangiovese or nielluccio and merlot noir obtained in 1983 by the University of Bologna (Italy), registered since 2007 in the Italian Official Register of wine grape varieties... totally unknown in France.
Informations about the Winery Granite Ridge
The Winery Granite Ridge is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 15 wines for sale in the of Granite Belt to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Granite Belt
The wine region of Granite Belt is located in the region of Queensland of Australia. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Bent Road or the Domaine Mount Tamborine produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Granite Belt are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Chardonnay and Viognier, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Granite Belt often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, black fruit or microbio.
The wine region of Queensland
Queensland is one of six states and two "territories" that make up the Commonwealth of Australia. It covers approximately 1. 85 million square kilometres (715,300 square miles) in the north-eastern quarter of the "island continent". Although far from being renowned for its wine, Queensland has a growing wine industry, responding to a growing global demand and the happy combination of tourism and wine.
News related to this wine
What the Decanter team is drinking this Christmas
Tina Gellie, Content Manager and Regional Editor (Australia, South Africa, New Zealand & Canada) It was a big year of Decanter travel for me, heading to Napa and New York in June, South Africa in October and most recently a week each in Margaret River and South Australia. These trips have formed the basis of my festive selections. Christmas lunch on North Stradbroke Island (reunited with my family after four years, no thanks to Covid) always starts with oysters, followed by a bucket of prawn ...
Australian wine producers report smallest vintage since 2000
Trade group Wine Australia delivered an estimate of 1.32 million tonnes for the overall vintage, which is 26% below the 10-year average. It is the lowest vintage recorded since 2000, and producers across the country reported that conditions were the most challenging in at least 20 years. Australia was hit by a third consecutive La Niña event, which led to the wettest year since 2011 and the coolest year since 2012. Relentless rainfall throughout the winter and spring across much of Southeastern ...
Andrew Jefford: ‘Wine’s gladiators are then thrown to wine’s lions…’
You’re miked up. The audience hears every short breath you take, every gulp, every stumble, every mispronunciation. You’ve been handed two anonymous glasses of red wine (which just happen to be Petrus 2012 and 2003). Is the former, you wonder, a top Ribera del Duero? Could the latter, um, be a Hermitage from the 1990s? Well, probably not – if you’ve got this far. Welcome to the sole moment in the wine calendar (and this one only happens every three years) when wine truly becomes a spectator spor ...
The word of the wine: Cuvée (champagne)
Juice harvested during the first pressing. The term "cuvée" is also used to describe the final blend of wines of a given quality. Tête de cuvée : the first juice to come out during the first pressing.
