Winery Scion - After Dark Fortified Durif

Winery ScionAfter Dark Fortified Durif

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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 After Dark Fortified Durif of Winery Scion is a natural sweet wine from the region of Rutherglen of Victoria.
This wine generally goes well with

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the After Dark Fortified Durif of Winery Scion in the region of Victoria often reveals types of flavors of earth, oak or red fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Scion's After Dark Fortified Durif.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Durif

Durif noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Dauphiné). 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 medium-sized bunches and small grapes. Durif noir can be found cultivated in these vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley.

Last vintages of this wine

After Dark Fortified Durif - 2016
In the top 100 of of Rutherglen wines
Average rating: 4.311110

The best vintages of After Dark Fortified Durif from Winery Scion are 2016

Informations about the Winery Scion

The winery offers 19 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Rutherglen in the region of Victoria
Find the Winery Scion on Facebook and on Twitter

The Winery Scion is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 17 wines for sale in the of Rutherglen to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Victoria
In the top 7500 of of Australia wines
In the top 1500 of of Rutherglen wines
In the top 2500 of natural sweet wines
In the top 200000 wines of the world

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.

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The word of the wine: Lies

A deposit formed by dead yeast after fermentation. Some white wines are aged on their lees, which makes their aromas and structure more complex and richer.

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