Winery Quarry HillBuckeye Red
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with
The Buckeye Red of the Winery Quarry Hill is in the top 10 of wines of Lake Erie.
Details and technical informations about Winery Quarry Hill's Buckeye Red.
Discover the grape variety: Furmint
Furmint is a very old Hungarian grape variety. It arrived in France in the 1800s. The bunches of Furmint are of medium size. They are compact and cylindrical. The berries are also of medium size. They are either short elliptical or rounded. Their thick skin changes from greenish white to reddish once the fruit is mature. This grape variety is known throughout the world for being part of the composition of the Hungarian Tokaj vintage. Robust, rich in alcohol and acidity, it needs light soil and a warm, dry climate to be fertile. It must also be pruned short and its budding takes place 7 days after the Chasselas. As for its maturity, it is of the second late period. This grape variety fears grey rot and erinosis. When vinified dry, Furmint produces a very fragrant, fine and highly alcoholic white wine.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Buckeye Red from Winery Quarry Hill are 0, 2008
Informations about the Winery Quarry Hill
The Winery Quarry Hill is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 10 wines for sale in the of Lake Erie to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Lake Erie
The wine region of Lake Erie is located in the region of Ohio of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Mon Ami or the Domaine M Cellars produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Lake Erie are Riesling, Catawba and Concord, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Lake Erie often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, non oak or earth and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or microbio.
The wine region of Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state located South of the Great Lakes, between Pennsylvania to the east and Indiana to the west. Traditionally devoted to the production of GrapeJuice and jelly, Ohio is increasingly known for its wine industry and is now one of the top ten wine producing states in the country (although its production is nowhere near that of California, which produces about 90% of American wine). Ohio's Vineyards are home to vinifera and Hybrid grape varieties, including Riesling, Chardonnay and Vidal. The state covers nearly 116,000 square miles of plateaus and plains, with its northern boundary defined by the shores of Lake Erie.
The word of the wine: Rootstock
American vine on which a French vine is grafted. This is the consequence of the phylloxera that destroyed the vineyard at the end of the 19th century: after much trial and error, it was discovered that the "pest" spared the roots of the American vines, and the technique became widespread.
