The Winery Red Tractor of Niagara Peninsula of Ontario

Winery Red Tractor - Cabernet Franc
The winery offers 5 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
It is ranked in the top 2149 of the estates of Ontario.
It is located in Niagara Peninsula in the region of Ontario

The Winery Red Tractor is one of the best wineries to follow in Niagara Peninsula.. It offers 5 wines for sale in of Niagara Peninsula to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Red Tractor wines

Looking for the best Winery Red Tractor wines in Niagara Peninsula among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Red Tractor wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Red Tractor wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Red Tractor

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Red Tractor

How Winery Red Tractor wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef tournedos with boursin, stuffed eggplant (with vegetables or mixed) or duck breast with black figs.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Red Tractor

On the nose the red wine of Winery Red Tractor. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Red Tractor. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Red Tractor

  • 2017With an average score of 3.48/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.20/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.10/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Red Tractor.

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Niagara Peninsula

Niagara Peninsula is the largest and most productive viticultural area in Canada, located on the Southern shores of Lake Ontario. It stretches roughly 55km (35 miles) between the eastern limits of Hamilton city in the west and the left bank of the Niagara River as it flows into Lake Ontario. The VQA covers over 13,000 acres (5,200 hectares) oand produces mainly cool Climate varieties such as Riesling, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Cabernet Franc. It also produces a large Volume of ice wine.

Indeed, 90 percent of Canada's ice wine is made here, which makes the region the biggest producer of the style on earth. Needless to say, most other styles of wine are covered in Niagara Peninsula, from rosé and Sparkling wines, to Central-ranges/orange">Orange wines and Pét-nats (Pétillant naturels). The region boasts nearly 100 wineries, producing over 10 million litres of wine annually. The geographical Niagara Peninsula appears within the strip of land that runs west-to-east between Lake Ontario in the North and Lake Erie in the south.

The "peninsula" is formed by the Niagara River that flows northwards, between the two lakes. The river also marks the international boundary between Ontario, Canada and the US state of New York. The viticultural zone is confined to the northern half of the Peninsula, however, between the southern shore of Lake Ontario and the land just south of the Niagara Escarpment. The Escarpment, a 650-mile-long (1050km) limestone ridge that runs from upstate New York through the Great Lakes region, has a profound effect on the Terroir here.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Red Tractor

Planning a wine route in the of Niagara Peninsula? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Red Tractor.

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). 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 to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

News about Winery Red Tractor and wines from the region

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EU grants member states the right to use resistant hybrid varieties in appellation wines

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Reduced planting density initiative approved in Champagne

The proposal reduces the mandatory density of planting from 8,000 vines per hectare to approximately 6,000. This would be accomplished by allowing 2.2 metres between rows, essentially removing every other row. The stated purposes include reducing the cost of maintaining the vineyards and therefore the time necessary to maintain them. This has been put forward as a way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and proponents estimate that such emissions would be 20% lower under the measure, leading som ...

The word of the wine: Drain

Stopper, originally made of wood, used to plug barrels and more generally all wooden containers used to store or mature wine.