Winery Knight Granite Hills1971 Block Riesling
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The 1971 Block Riesling of the Winery Knight Granite Hills is in the top 0 of wines of Macedon Ranges.
Details and technical informations about Winery Knight Granite Hills's 1971 Block Riesling.
Discover the grape variety: Genouillet
The wines produced a long time ago in the Berry region from this grape variety were considered to be the best in the region. Today, Genouillet is in danger of extinction, registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties, list A1. According to published genetic analyses, it is the result of a natural intraspecific cross between the white gouais and the black tressot.
Informations about the Winery Knight Granite Hills
The Winery Knight Granite Hills is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 22 wines for sale in the of Macedon Ranges to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Macedon Ranges
The wine region of Macedon Ranges is located in the region of Port Phillip of Victoria of Australia. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Bindi or the Domaine Curly Flat produce mainly wines red, white and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Macedon Ranges are Pinot noir, Chardonnay and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Macedon Ranges often reveals types of flavors of cream, stone fruit or citrus and sometimes also flavors of apples, peach or lemon.
The wine region of Victoria
Victoria is a relatively small but important Australian wine state. Located in the Southeastern corner of the continent, with a generally cool, ocean-influenced Climate, Victorian wine is remarkably diverse, producing all sorts of wines and styles in different climates. In all, the state covers almost 250,000 square kilometres (over 90,000 square miles) of land (almost the same Size as the US state of Texas), well under a quarter the size of its western neighbour, South Australia, and less than a third the size of New South Wales to the North. As such, Victoria's size - and to some extent, the state's viticultural history - can defy generalization.
The word of the wine: Late harvest
A name historically used in Alsace, late harvest refers to grapes harvested during over-ripening for the production of sweet and syrupy wines.
