Winery Ocean EightSparkling Cuvée
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The Sparkling Cuvée of the Winery Ocean Eight is in the top 0 of wines of Mornington Peninsula.
Details and technical informations about Winery Ocean Eight's Sparkling Cuvée.
Discover the grape variety: Cabernet-Volos
An interspecific cross between Cabernet Sauvignon and Bianca obtained in Italy in 2002 by the University of Udine and the Institute of Applied Genetics. It can be found in Germany, Slovakia, ... in France it is almost unknown.
Informations about the Winery Ocean Eight
The Winery Ocean Eight is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 8 wines for sale in the of Mornington Peninsula to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Mornington Peninsula
The wine region of Mornington Peninsula is located in the region of Port Phillip of Victoria of Australia. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Moorooduc or the Domaine Hurley produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Mornington Peninsula are Pinot noir et Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Mornington Peninsula often reveals types of flavors of cream, mint or lime and sometimes also flavors of butter, peach or tropical.
The wine region of Victoria
Victoria is a relatively small but important Australian wine state. Located in the Southeastern corner of the continent, with a generally cool, ocean-influenced Climate, Victorian wine is remarkably diverse, producing all sorts of wines and styles in different climates. In all, the state covers almost 250,000 square kilometres (over 90,000 square miles) of land (almost the same Size as the US state of Texas), well under a quarter the size of its western neighbour, South Australia, and less than a third the size of New South Wales to the North. As such, Victoria's size - and to some extent, the state's viticultural history - can defy generalization.
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The word of the wine: Serious
A Bordeaux term for small pebbles from the Pyrenees, eroded, rounded and transported by the Garonne to Aquitaine. They are mainly found on the left bank in the area.... known as the Graves, and further downstream in the Médoc. By extension, gravel is found in other regions, brought by other rivers or even glaciers.
