Winery Michael ShapsViognier
White wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or game (deer, venison).
The Viognier of the Winery Michael Shaps is in the top 10 of wines of Virginia.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Viognier of Winery Michael Shaps in the region of Virginia often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Viognier
Pairings that work perfectly with Viognier
Original food and wine pairings with Viognier
The Viognier of Winery Michael Shaps matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, game (deer, venison) or shellfish such as recipes of spanish paella, potjevleesch (meat in a pot) or creamy tomato squid.
Details and technical informations about Winery Michael Shaps's Viognier.
Discover the grape variety: Viognier
White Viognier is a grape variety that originated in France (Rhone Valley). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and grapes of small size. White Viognier can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Savoie & Bugey, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Beaujolais.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Viognier from Winery Michael Shaps are 2015, 2014, 0, 2017 and 2016.
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 Virginia to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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: Pitting (acetic)
Synonymous with acescence.
