Winery Mount Majura VineyardCabernet Franc - Merlot

wine of Canberra District of Nouvelle-Galles du Sud of Australia

The Cabernet Franc - Merlot of Winery Mount Majura Vineyard is a wine from the region of Canberra District of Nouvelle-Galles du Sud.
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The Cabernet Franc - Merlot of the Winery Mount Majura Vineyard is in the top 0 of wines of Canberra District.

Discover the grape variety: Himrod

An interspecific cross between ontario (winchell x diamond) and sultana - it is therefore not a pure Vitis vinifera as some people write - created in 1928 by A.B. Stout at the New York State Agricultural Experimental Station (United States). Its multiplication started only in 1952, it is certainly known in the United States but also in Canada, in India, in many European wine-producing countries, ... little multiplied and thus little known in France except by the amateur gardeners. The Interlaken which looks a bit like the Himrod, the Lakemont and the Romulus have the same parents.

Informations about the Winery Mount Majura Vineyard

The winery offers 25 different wines.

Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.

It is in the top 25 of the best estates in the region

It is located in Canberra District in the region of Nouvelle-Galles du Sud

The Winery Mount Majura Vineyard is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 24 wines for sale in the of Canberra District to come and discover on site or to buy online.

The wine region of Canberra District

The wine region of Canberra District is located in the region of Southern New South Wales of Nouvelle-Galles du Sud of Australia. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Clonakilla or the Domaine Clonakilla produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Canberra District are Riesling, Pinot noir and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Canberra District often reveals types of flavors of cherry, stone or smoke and sometimes also flavors of peach, butter or lime.

The wine region of Nouvelle-Galles du Sud

The New South Wales wine appellation is made up of 16 different regions and covers approximately 810,000 square kilometres (312,000 square miles). This is the Size of the state of New South Wales, one of the six that make up the federal Commonwealth of Australia. Although it is one of the smallest Australian states geographically, it has been the most populous since the first European settlements in the 18th century. The South East Australia GI area is the largest in Australia and can include any wine produced in New South Wales as well as Victoria, Tasmania and Parts of South Australia.

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