Pelee Island WineryRuggles Run Gamay - Zweigelt
Red wine
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Zweigelt and the Gamay noir.
This wine generally goes well with blue cheese, pork or beef.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Ruggles Run Gamay - Zweigelt of Pelee Island Winery in the region of Ontario often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or red fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Ruggles Run Gamay - Zweigelt
Pairings that work perfectly with Ruggles Run Gamay - Zweigelt
Original food and wine pairings with Ruggles Run Gamay - Zweigelt
The Ruggles Run Gamay - Zweigelt of Pelee Island Winery matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of brazilian feijoada, lamb with masalé sauce and rice or baked bread (tomato, mushroom, ham, cheese).
Details and technical informations about Pelee Island Winery's Ruggles Run Gamay - Zweigelt.
Discover the grape variety: Zweigelt
Intraspecific crossing between the saint laurent and the limberger realized in 1922 and in Austria by Fritz Zweigelt (1888/1964) who named it rotburger. Very well known in Austria, it can be found in most Eastern countries, Japan, Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Canada, the United States, etc. In France, it is not very well known and yet this variety has interesting qualities when vinified as a single variety for both red and rosé wines. - Synonyms: rotburger, klosterneuburger, zweigelt blau, blauer-zweigelt in Germany, zweigeltrebe in Austria, Great Britain and the Czech Republic, blauer zwelgetrabe in Hungary, etc. (for all the synonyms of the grape varieties, click here !)
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Ruggles Run Gamay - Zweigelt from Pelee Island Winery are 2016, 0, 2017
Informations about the Pelee Island Winery
The Pelee Island Winery is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 65 wines for sale in the of Ontario to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Ontario
Ontario is the most populated and prolific wine producing province in Canada. The Long established wine industry here is centered around the Great Lakes of Erie and Ontario, where the continental Climate is moderated heavily by the large bodies of water. The majority of wines produced in Ontario are Dry table wines (around 60 percent are white and 40 percent red). They are mostly made from Riesling, Cabernet Franc, Chardonnay, and Pinot Noir.
The word of the wine: Claret
Name given by the English to the red wine of Bordeaux.
