Winery Jessup CellarsCabernet Chocolate Suave Port
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The Cabernet Chocolate Suave Port of the Winery Jessup Cellars is in the top 0 of wines of Napa Valley.
Details and technical informations about Winery Jessup Cellars's Cabernet Chocolate Suave Port.
Discover the grape variety: Chenanson
Supple, fruity reds with intense ruby colour, soft tannins and a generous palate, showing aromas of red fruits (raspberry, cherry), plum, soft spices and Mediterranean notes. Approachable style to drink young. Grown in Languedoc-Roussillon and the south-east for Pays-d'Oc IGP and modern southern blends. French variety created in 1958 in Montpellier by Paul Truel (Grenache × Jurançon noir).
Informations about the Winery Jessup Cellars
The Winery Jessup Cellars is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 29 wines for sale in the of Napa Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Napa Valley
Absolute reference for American Cabernet Sauvignon: powerful, opulent reds with ripe aromas of blackcurrant, blackberry, chocolate and cedar, velvety tannins and a silky finish, long ageing. Also round Merlot, rich buttery Chardonnay, fruity Sauvignon Blanc, spicy Zinfandel. Narrow Californian valley between the Mayacamas and Vaca Mountains, tempered by San Pablo Bay fog, 17 sub-AVAs (Oakville, Rutherford, Stags Leap, Howell Mountain). Cradle of icons Opus One, Screaming Eagle, Caymus.
The wine region of California
Powerful, sunny reds: dense Napa Cabernet Sauvignon (blackcurrant, chocolate, tobacco, ample tannins), spicy, jammy Zinfandel from the Sierra Foothills, silky red-fruited Pinot Noir on the cool coast (Sonoma, Russian River, Central Coast). Opulent, buttery Chardonnay, notes of yellow fruit and vanilla. Varied climate, from the hot interior to the Pacific-cooled coast. 80% of US production, 139 AVAs including Napa (1st AVA, 1981).
The word of the wine: Extraction
All the methods (pumping over, punching down) that allow the colour and tannins to be extracted from the grape skin during maceration, before fermentation begins. It is also possible to macerate after fermentation, but gently, so as not to extract the tannins from the seeds, which are greener. Because of its solvent power, alcohol favours extraction.
