Winery RockbridgeDeChiel Reserve Meritage
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or lamb.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the DeChiel Reserve Meritage of Winery Rockbridge in the region of Virginia often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, black fruit.
Food and wine pairings with DeChiel Reserve Meritage
Pairings that work perfectly with DeChiel Reserve Meritage
Original food and wine pairings with DeChiel Reserve Meritage
The DeChiel Reserve Meritage of Winery Rockbridge matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of thai beef skewers, pasta with merguez or veal axoa (basque country).
Details and technical informations about Winery Rockbridge's DeChiel Reserve Meritage.
Discover the grape variety: Cabernet-Sauvignon
Structured, tannic reds, deeply coloured, with aromas of blackcurrant, blackberry, cedar, tobacco and graphite, underpinned by firm acidity and fine ageing potential. Cornerstone of the great Médoc estates (Pauillac, Saint-Estèphe, Saint-Julien) and signature of Napa Valley, Coonawarra and Maipo. The world's most planted red variety, a natural cross of Cabernet Franc x Sauvignon Blanc born in Bordeaux.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of DeChiel Reserve Meritage from Winery Rockbridge are 2015, 2011, 2010, 2008 and 0.
Informations about the Winery Rockbridge
The Winery Rockbridge is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 25 wines for sale in the of Virginia to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Virginia
Quality pole of the American east coast, unique signature in Viognier: ample, fragrant whites with notes of apricot, white peach, honey and flowers, silky on the palate. Cabernet Franc star in red, fine and fresh (raspberry, ripe pepper, spices). Also dense Petit Verdot, round Merlot, balanced Chardonnay, Vidal Blanc and native Norton. Humid continental climate tempered by the Appalachians, 8 AVAs (Monticello, Shenandoah).
The word of the wine: Ancestral method
A method of making certain sparkling wines such as blanquette de Limoux, sparkling gaillac or clairette de Die, which consists of a second fermentation in the bottle based on natural sugars and yeasts naturally brought by the grapes (unlike the méthode champenoise, which requires the addition of tirage liquor).
