Winery Philip CarterCleve
Red wine
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Petit Verdot and the Tannat.
This wine generally goes well with beef and mature and hard cheese.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Cleve of Winery Philip Carter in the region of Virginia often reveals types of flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Cleve
Pairings that work perfectly with Cleve
Original food and wine pairings with Cleve
The Cleve of Winery Philip Carter matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of lomo saltado or gratin of ratatouille with comté cheese.
Details and technical informations about Winery Philip Carter's Cleve.
Discover the grape variety: Petit Verdot
Petit Verdot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (southwest). 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 small grapes. Petit Verdot noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.
Informations about the Winery Philip Carter
The Winery Philip Carter is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 19 wines for sale in the of Fauquier County to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Fauquier County
The wine region of Fauquier County is located in the region of Virginia of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Pearmund or the Domaine Pearmund produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Fauquier County are Petit Verdot, Cabernet franc and Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Fauquier County often reveals types of flavors of microbio, oak or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, non oak or earth.
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: De-vatting
Separation of the fermented juice from all solid particles (skin, pips, deposit of lees) by transferring it to a second tank.
