Winery LovingstonJosie's Knoll Merlot
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef and game (deer, venison).
The Josie's Knoll Merlot of the Winery Lovingston is in the top 50 of wines of Monticello.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Josie's Knoll Merlot of Winery Lovingston in the region of Virginia often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Josie's Knoll Merlot
Pairings that work perfectly with Josie's Knoll Merlot
Original food and wine pairings with Josie's Knoll Merlot
The Josie's Knoll Merlot of Winery Lovingston matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of rosbeef casserole mamie or duck with orange and honey.
Details and technical informations about Winery Lovingston's Josie's Knoll Merlot.
Discover the grape variety: Merlot
Round and fleshy reds with a velvety texture, showing aromas of ripe plum, black cherry, cocoa and truffle notes with age. Supple tannins, generous alcohol, indulgent finish. Pillar of Libournais (Pomerol with Pétrus, Saint-Émilion with Cheval Blanc and Ausone) and signature of Super Tuscans, Italian Wales and Washington State. A cross of Cabernet Franc × Magdeleine Noire, France's most planted red variety.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Josie's Knoll Merlot from Winery Lovingston are 2017, 0
Informations about the Winery Lovingston
The Winery Lovingston is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 12 wines for sale in the of Monticello to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Monticello
Central Virginia AVA around Charlottesville, wine land dreamed by Thomas Jefferson from 1770. Cabernet Franc signature red: elegant and fresh with signature notes of red cherry, raspberry, bell pepper, fresh herbs, spice and peppery touch, fine tannins and thirst-quenching mouth — local reference. Viognier as Virginia's signature white (apricot, honey, flowers), dense Petit Verdot, taut Petit Manseng, ample Chardonnay. Blue Ridge Piedmont soils.
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: Rough
A very astringent and somewhat coarse tannic wine.
