Winery ScionCrossing Swords
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The Crossing Swords of the Winery Scion is in the top 0 of wines of Rutherglen.
Details and technical informations about Winery Scion's Crossing Swords.
Discover the grape variety: Pirobella
Interspecific crossing, obtained in South Africa in the 1960s by E.P. Evans, between the 15 Pirovano (madeleine angevine X bellino) and the isabelle. It should be noted that from this cross was also born the black muska.
Informations about the Winery Scion
The Winery Scion is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 17 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.
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The word of the wine: Mouth
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