Winery Rappahannock - Meritage

Winery RappahannockMeritage

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Meritage of Winery Rappahannock is a red wine from the region of Virginia.
This wine is a blend of 5 varietals which are the Cabernet franc, the Cabernet-Sauvignon, the Malbec, the Petit Verdot and the Merlot.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.
The Meritage of the Winery Rappahannock is in the top 5 of wines of Virginia.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Meritage of Winery Rappahannock in the region of Virginia often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Rappahannock's Meritage.

Region/Great wine region
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.

Last vintages of this wine

Meritage - 2018
In the top 5 of of Virginia wines
Average rating: 3.911110
Meritage - 2017
In the top 5 of of Virginia wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Meritage - 2016
In the top 5 of of Virginia wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Meritage - 2015
In the top 5 of of Virginia wines
Average rating: 3.911110
Meritage - 2014
In the top 5 of of Virginia wines
Average rating: 411110
Meritage - 2013
In the top 5 of of Virginia wines
Average rating: 411110
Meritage - 2012
In the top 5 of of Virginia wines
Average rating: 4.211110

The best vintages of Meritage from Winery Rappahannock are 2012, 2017, 2011, 2016 and 2014.

Informations about the Winery Rappahannock

The winery offers 46 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Virginie

The Winery Rappahannock is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 44 wines for sale in the of Virginia to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Virginia
In the top 5000 of of United States wines
In the top 3 of of Virginia wines
In the top 15000 of red wines
In the top 20000 wines of the world

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.

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