Winery Sunset Hills - Clone 96 Shenandoah Springs Vineyard Chardonnay

Winery Sunset HillsClone 96 Shenandoah Springs Vineyard Chardonnay

3.6
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Clone 96 Shenandoah Springs Vineyard Chardonnay of Winery Sunset Hills is a white wine from the region of Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.
This wine generally goes well with pork, vegetarian or poultry.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Clone 96 Shenandoah Springs Vineyard Chardonnay of Winery Sunset Hills in the region of Virginia often reveals types of flavors of oak, tree fruit or tropical fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Sunset Hills's Clone 96 Shenandoah Springs Vineyard Chardonnay.

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

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). 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 small bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

Last vintages of this wine

Clone 96 Shenandoah Springs Vineyard Chardonnay - 2017
In the top 100 of of Shenandoah Valley wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50

The best vintages of Clone 96 Shenandoah Springs Vineyard Chardonnay from Winery Sunset Hills are 2017

Informations about the Winery Sunset Hills

The winery offers 28 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is in the top 25 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Shenandoah Valley in the region of Virginia

The Winery Sunset Hills is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 23 wines for sale in the of Shenandoah Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Virginia
In the top 75000 of of United States wines
In the top 1500 of of Shenandoah Valley wines
In the top 150000 of white wines
In the top 550000 wines of the world

The wine region of Shenandoah Valley

The wine region of Shenandoah Valley is located in the region of Virginia of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Terre Rouge or the Domaine Early Mountain produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Shenandoah Valley are Chardonnay, Cabernet franc and Riesling, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Shenandoah Valley often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or spices.


The wine region of Virginia

Virginia is a state on the eastern seaboard of the United States, located immediately South of Maryland and North of the Carolinas. The state covers 42,750 square miles (110,750 km2) of mountains, valleys and the Atlantic coastal Complex that forms its eastern border. From the Cumberland and Blue Ridge Mountains in the west to the coastal creeks and estuaries in the east, Virginia's topography and geology are varied, to say the least. The landscape around the Chesapeake Bay - a vast coastal inlet that separates the main state from its Eastern Shore - could hardly be more different from that below Mt Rogers (1,750m), 480km to the west.

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The word of the wine: Hard

A harsh, biting wine, characterized by an excess of tannins and acidity. It is often said of young wines that lack smoothness.

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