Winery Pieter Van GentAlba Crest Cabernet - Merlot
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The Alba Crest Cabernet - Merlot of the Winery Pieter Van Gent is in the top 0 of wines of Mudgee.
Details and technical informations about Winery Pieter Van Gent's Alba Crest Cabernet - Merlot.
Discover the grape variety: Verdicchio blanc
This grape variety was known for a long time in the central region of Italy and is now cultivated in almost all the wine-producing regions of this country. Under the name of peverella, it can still be found in Brazil, where it has occupied large areas for a long time. In France, it is almost unknown. It would seem that it has many relatives, in particular with varieties of Italian origin, known or little known, without us being able to quote them with certainty because the doubt still remains, to be followed! The pink verdicchio exists but is not related to any of them.
Informations about the Winery Pieter Van Gent
The Winery Pieter Van Gent is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 26 wines for sale in the of Mudgee to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Mudgee
The wine region of Mudgee is located in the region of Central Ranges of Nouvelle-Galles du Sud of Australia. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Petersons or the Domaine Eloquesta produce mainly wines red, white and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Mudgee are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Mudgee often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or vegetal and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, microbio or tree fruit.
The wine region of Nouvelle-Galles du Sud
The NewSouthWales 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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The word of the wine: Solera
A method of maturing practiced in Andalusia for certain sherries, which aims to continuously blend older and younger wines. It consists of stacking several layers of barrels; those located at ground level (solera) contain the oldest wines, the youngest being stored in the barrels on the upper level. The wine to be bottled is taken from the barrels on the lower level, which is replaced by younger wine from the upper level, and so on.
