Winery SmidgeGrand Muscat Blend 1
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The Grand Muscat Blend 1 of the Winery Smidge is in the top 0 of wines of Rutherglen.
Details and technical informations about Winery Smidge's Grand Muscat Blend 1.
Discover the grape variety: Manto negro
This grape variety is native to the Balearic Islands (Spain), more precisely to the island of Mayorque, and has been cultivated for a very long time. D.N.A. analyses have shown that it is the result of a natural cross between the sabaté and the callet cas concos (negrella), the latter being in danger of extinction. Manto negro is hardly known in other wine-producing countries, but in France it should be interesting for the production of original rosé wines that are pleasant to drink.
Informations about the Winery Smidge
The Winery Smidge is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 25 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: Rafle (taste of)
A taste considered a defect, characterized by an unpleasant astringency and bitterness, brought by the stalk during the vinification process. In order to avoid it, destemming before vinification is a common practice.
