Winery Murdoch James - Blue Rock Cabernet Franc

Winery Murdoch JamesBlue Rock Cabernet Franc

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Blue Rock Cabernet Franc of Winery Murdoch James is a red wine from the region of Martinborough of North Island.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Blue Rock Cabernet Franc of Winery Murdoch James in the region of North Island often reveals types of flavors of earth, red fruit or black fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Murdoch James's Blue Rock Cabernet Franc.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.

Last vintages of this wine

Blue Rock Cabernet Franc - 2013
In the top 100 of of Martinborough wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50

The best vintages of Blue Rock Cabernet Franc from Winery Murdoch James are 2013

Informations about the Winery Murdoch James

The winery offers 34 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is in the top 5 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Martinborough in the region of North Island

The Winery Murdoch James is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 28 wines for sale in the of Martinborough to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine North Island
In the top 5000 of of New Zealand wines
In the top 300 of of Martinborough wines
In the top 200000 of red wines
In the top 350000 wines of the world

The wine region of Martinborough

The wine region of Martinborough is located in the region of Wairarapa of North Island of New Zealand. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Kusuda or the Domaine Craggy Range produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Martinborough are Pinot noir, Pinot gris and Riesling, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Martinborough often reveals types of flavors of cherry, nutmeg or tomatoes and sometimes also flavors of dark chocolate, exotic spice or underbrush.


The wine region of North Island

New-zealand/north-island/northland">Northland, as its name suggests, is New Zealand's northernmost wine-producing region, around four hours' drive northwest of the country's largest city, Auckland. Most of the Northland region's wineries are situated on the east coast, particularly around the Bay of Islands and the Karikari Pensinula, with another cluster on the west coast near Kaitaia. The region's red wines are mostly produced from Syrah, Pinotage">Pinotage and the Hybrid variety Chambourcin. Chardonnay leads the way for white wine grape varieties; Pinot Gris, Viognier and Sauvignon Blanc are among the other varieties cultivated here.

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National Institute of Origin and Quality. French organization depending on the Ministry of Agriculture and in charge of quality signs: AOC, IGP, labels and organic farming.

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