Winery Michael ShapsRaisin d'Etre Red
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with
The Raisin d'Etre Red of the Winery Michael Shaps is in the top 30 of wines of Monticello.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Raisin d'Etre Red of Winery Michael Shaps in the region of Virginia often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of red fruit.
Details and technical informations about Winery Michael Shaps's Raisin d'Etre Red.
Discover the grape variety: Artaban
Wine grape variety of the INRA-Resdur1 series with polygenic resistance (two genes for mildew and powdery mildew have been identified) resulting from an interspecific cross, obtained in 2000, between Mtp 3082-1-42 (one of its parents is Vitis rotundifolia, which is resistant to Pierce's disease, mildew, grey rot, etc.) and Regent. It is registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties list A1.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Raisin d'Etre Red from Winery Michael Shaps are 2012, 2014, 2013, 0 and 2015.
Informations about the Winery Michael Shaps
The Winery Michael Shaps is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 24 wines for sale in the of Monticello to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Monticello
The wine region of Monticello is located in the region of Virginia of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Jefferson Vineyards or the Domaine Jefferson Vineyards produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Monticello are Cabernet franc, Chardonnay and Merlot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Monticello often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit.
The wine region of Virginia
Virginia is a state on the eastern seaboard of the United States, located immediately South of Maryland and North of the Carolinas. The state covers 42,750 square miles (110,750 km2) of mountains, valleys and the Atlantic coastal Complex that forms its eastern border. From the Cumberland and Blue Ridge Mountains in the west to the coastal creeks and estuaries in the east, Virginia's topography and geology are varied, to say the least. The landscape around the Chesapeake Bay - a vast coastal inlet that separates the main state from its Eastern Shore - could hardly be more different from that below Mt Rogers (1,750m), 480km to the west.
The word of the wine: Clarity
The state of translucency of a wine. A clear wine is not cloudy (which is a defect).
