The Rove Estate of Leelanau Peninsula of Michigan | Winedexer

Rove Estate
The winery offers 17 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 11 of the estates of Michigan.
It is located in Leelanau Peninsula in the region of Michigan

The Rove Estate is one of the world's great estates. It offers 17 wines for sale in of Leelanau Peninsula to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Rove Estate wines

Looking for the best Rove Estate wines in Leelanau Peninsula among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Rove Estate 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 Rove Estate wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Rove Estate

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Rove Estate

How Rove Estate wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of quick smoked salmon croque-monsieur, garlic shrimp or quiche lorraine.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Rove Estate

On the nose the white wine of Rove Estate. often reveals types of flavors of microbio, tropical fruit or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Rove Estate

  • 2016With an average score of 4.05/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.87/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Rove Estate.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Gewürztraminer
  • Pinot Blanc
  • Pinot Gris
  • Pinot Grigio
  • Riesling

Discovering the wine region of Leelanau Peninsula

Michigan AVA on a peninsula between Lake Michigan and Grand Traverse Bay (45 deg N, latitude of Bordeaux). Riesling reigns as a white star: taut and aromatic with signature notes of white apple, peach, lemon, white flowers and a mineral touch, lively and long palate — from dry to medium-sweet to ice wine. Ample Chardonnay, aromatic Gewurztraminer (lychee, rose). Fine Pinot Noir (cherry, undergrowth) and Gamay emerging.

Cool climate tempered by the 'Lake Effect. ' Chiselled cool-climate style.

The top red wines of Rove Estate

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Rove Estate

How Rove Estate wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef stew with white wine, chicken bonne femme or paella valenciana (without seafood).

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Rove Estate

On the nose the red wine of Rove Estate. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or spices and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit.

The best vintages in the red wines of Rove Estate

  • 2016With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.91/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Rove Estate.

  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Pinot Noir

Discover the grape variety: Gewurztraminer

Full-bodied, exotic whites, rich and heady, with moderate acidity, showing opulent aromas of lychee, rose, mango, ginger, pink grapefruit and gentle spice. Made as aromatic dry, moelleux late-harvest and liquorous sélection de grains nobles. Star of Alsace AOC (one of the four noble varieties) and signature of Alto Adige (Tramin), Palatinate and Germany. A pink mutation of Traminer.

The top pink wines of Rove Estate

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Rove Estate

How Rove Estate wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of ramen burger, grandma's chicken casserole or marinated duck with honey and five spices.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Rove Estate

  • 0With an average score of 3.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Rove Estate.

  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Franc

The word of the wine: Table wine

Everything that is not VQPRD (European designation for all appellation wines: quality wine produced in a specific region). In principle, the bottom of the ladder. But, as in Italy a decade ago (Vino da Tavola), this category is also a refuge for wines that are out of the ordinary, whose producers refuse to accept certain grape variety or vinification dictates.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Rove Estate

Planning a wine route in the of Leelanau Peninsula? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Rove Estate.

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Very expressive, lively aromatic whites with a pale golden colour, crisp palate with fresh acidity, signature aromas of citrus (grapefruit, lime), exotic fruits (passion fruit), boxwood, blackcurrant bud and mineral notes (flint). Star of Sancerre AOC, Pouilly-Fumé AOC and Pessac-Léognan AOC, defines the great whites of the Loire and Bordeaux. French white variety from Bordeaux and the Loire, exported to New Zealand, South Africa and Chile.