Winery HortonStonecastle Red
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Stonecastle Red of Winery Horton in the region of Virginia often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of spices.
Food and wine pairings with Stonecastle Red
Pairings that work perfectly with Stonecastle Red
Original food and wine pairings with Stonecastle Red
The Stonecastle Red of Winery Horton matches generally quite well with dishes of beef such as recipes of beef pot-au-feu.
Details and technical informations about Winery Horton's Stonecastle Red.
Discover the grape variety: Mourvèdre
Powerful, deep reds with firm tannins and dense texture, showing aromas of blackberry, leather, garrigue, black pepper, liquorice and animal notes (game, forest floor) with age. Star of Bandol AOC as a single variety and pillar of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Gigondas and Costières blends. Also in GSM in Languedoc and Australia. A late-ripening variety of Spanish origin (Mataró/Monastrell).
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Stonecastle Red from Winery Horton are 2015, 0
Informations about the Winery Horton
The Winery Horton is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 58 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: Assembly
Blending of several wines to obtain a single batch. Using wines of the same origin, blending is very different from coupage - a mixture of wines from different origins - which has a pejorative connotation.
