Winery HillsboroughRuby
Red wine
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Petit Verdot and the Tannat.
This wine generally goes well with beef and mature and hard cheese.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Ruby of Winery Hillsborough in the region of Virginia often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, black fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Ruby
Pairings that work perfectly with Ruby
Original food and wine pairings with Ruby
The Ruby of Winery Hillsborough matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of savoyard matafans or aumonière with st nectaire cheese.
Details and technical informations about Winery Hillsborough's Ruby.
Discover the grape variety: Petit Verdot
Dark, full-bodied reds with tight tannins and inky colour, showing aromas of blackberry, violet, gentle spice, liquorice and mentholated balsamic notes. Contributes colour, structure and aromatic freshness to great Médoc blends (Palmer, Léoville-Las Cases) where it remains a minority. Also vinified as a single variety in Spain (La Mancha), California, Australia and Argentina. A late-ripening Bordeaux variety.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Ruby from Winery Hillsborough are 0, 2013
Informations about the Winery Hillsborough
The Winery Hillsborough is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 17 wines for sale in the of Virginia to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Virginia
Quality pole of the American east coast, unique signature in Viognier: ample, fragrant whites with notes of apricot, white peach, honey and flowers, silky on the palate. Cabernet Franc star in red, fine and fresh (raspberry, ripe pepper, spices). Also dense Petit Verdot, round Merlot, balanced Chardonnay, Vidal Blanc and native Norton. Humid continental climate tempered by the Appalachians, 8 AVAs (Monticello, Shenandoah).
The word of the wine: Interknot
Botanical term for the interval between two nodes or between two leaf insertions on a branch (see merithallus).
