Winery Rutherglen EstatesShelley's Block Marsanne - Viognier
White wine
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Marsanne and the Viognier.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or game (deer, venison).
The Shelley's Block Marsanne - Viognier of the Winery Rutherglen Estates is in the top 60 of wines of Rutherglen.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Shelley's Block Marsanne - Viognier of Winery Rutherglen Estates in the region of Victoria often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit or spices.
Food and wine pairings with Shelley's Block Marsanne - Viognier
Pairings that work perfectly with Shelley's Block Marsanne - Viognier
Original food and wine pairings with Shelley's Block Marsanne - Viognier
The Shelley's Block Marsanne - Viognier of Winery Rutherglen Estates matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, game (deer, venison) or shellfish such as recipes of magic cake cheese quiche, rabbit with mustard, thyme and cream or quenelles in nantua sauce.
Details and technical informations about Winery Rutherglen Estates's Shelley's Block Marsanne - Viognier.
Discover the grape variety: Marsanne
Marsanne is a white grape variety that originated in Montélimar in the Drôme, several centuries ago. Marsanne is also found in Cassis, Savoie, Languedoc-Roussillon and Saint-Péray in the Ardèche, where it produces remarkable sparkling wines. The warm, sunny climate of the Rhone Valley, Languedoc-Roussillon and Provence, as well as the dry, stony soil, are ideal conditions for its development. Its bunches are quite large and provide small, juicy berries that are sensitive to grey rot and strong winds. These two grape varieties complement each other perfectly: together they give light wines with little acidity, aromas of yellow fruit, white fruit and flowers with notes of honey and liquorice. This is for example what the appellations Saint-Péray, Hermitage, Crozes-Hermitage, Saint-Joseph, Côtes-du-Vallée du Rhône, Corbières, or Cassis express... which represent about 700 hectares.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Shelley's Block Marsanne - Viognier from Winery Rutherglen Estates are 2017, 2019, 2018, 0 and 2009.
Informations about the Winery Rutherglen Estates
The Winery Rutherglen Estates is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 34 wines for sale in the of Rutherglen to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Rutherglen
The wine region of Rutherglen is located in the region of North East Victoria of Victoria of Australia. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Warrabilla or the Domaine Warrabilla produce mainly wines red, sweet and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Rutherglen are Durif, Muscadelle and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Rutherglen often reveals types of flavors of butterscotch, orange zest or non oak and sometimes also flavors of earth, microbio or oak.
The wine region of Victoria
Victoria is a relatively small but important Australian wine state. Located in the Southeastern corner of the continent, with a generally cool, ocean-influenced Climate, Victorian wine is remarkably diverse, producing all sorts of wines and styles in different climates. In all, the state covers almost 250,000 square kilometres (over 90,000 square miles) of land (almost the same Size as the US state of Texas), well under a quarter the size of its western neighbour, South Australia, and less than a third the size of New South Wales to the North. As such, Victoria's size - and to some extent, the state's viticultural history - can defy generalization.
The word of the wine: Drawing (liqueur de)
In champagne and sparkling wines of traditional method, addition to the wine, at the time of bottling (tirage) of sugars and yeasts dissolved in wine. These components will provoke the second fermentation in the bottle leading to the formation of carbon dioxide bubbles.
