Winery Massbach RidgeMassbach Reserve
Red wine
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Frontenac and the Maréchal Foch.
This wine generally goes well with
The Massbach Reserve of the Winery Massbach Ridge is in the top 5 of wines of Illinois.
Details and technical informations about Winery Massbach Ridge's Massbach Reserve.
Discover the grape variety: Frontenac
A cross between Landot 4511 and Vitis Riparia 89 (very resistant to cold) obtained in 1978 at the University of Minnesota (United States) and propagated from 1996. It can also be found in Canada (Quebec, Ontario, etc.), in Lithuania, etc. In France, it is practically unknown. Note that the white and grey Frontenac are derived from mutations of the black, encountered and isolated in 2003 for the grey and in September 2005 for the white. - Synonymy: MN 1047 (for all the grape variety synonyms, click here!).
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Massbach Reserve from Winery Massbach Ridge are 0, 2014
Informations about the Winery Massbach Ridge
The Winery Massbach Ridge is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 15 wines for sale in the of Illinois to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Illinois
Illinois is a U. S. state located South of the Great Lakes region and bordered by Missouri to the west and Indiana to the east. The state is one of the fastest-growing wine producers in the United States; the number of wineries doubled in the late 1990s and now stands at over 100.
The word of the wine: Performance
Quantity of grapes harvested per hectare. In AOC, the average yield is limited on the proposal of the appellation syndicate, validated by the Inao. The use of high-performance plant material (especially clones) and better control of vine diseases have increased yields. This is not without consequences on the quality of the wines (dilution) and on the state of the market (too much wine). We must not over-simplify: low yields are not synonymous with quality, and it is often in years with generous harvests that we find the greatest vintages (1982 and 1986 in Bordeaux, 1996 in Champagne, 1990 and 2005 in Burgundy...).
