Thousand Islands WineryFrontenac
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with
Details and technical informations about Thousand Islands Winery's Frontenac.
Discover the grape variety: Frontenac
Deeply coloured, fruity reds with a dense purple robe, supple tannins and firm acidity, with intense aromas of black cherry, plum, blackcurrant, blackberry and spicy notes. Also made as expressive rosés and ice wines (Frontenac Gris). An extremely cold-hardy interspecific variety (down to -35°C on the vine), producing wines in cold US states (Minnesota, Wisconsin, Vermont) and Canada (Quebec). Created in 1996 at the University of Minnesota.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Frontenac from Thousand Islands Winery are 2015, 0
Informations about the Thousand Islands Winery
The Thousand Islands Winery is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 25 wines for sale in the of New York to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of New York
America's 3rd wine state by volume, striking diversity. Finger Lakes the signature: cool-climate Riesling, dry to off-dry, mineral and lively with notes of lime, apple, evolving petrol and white flowers — a US benchmark. Warmer Long Island for peppery Cabernet Franc and supple Merlot. Hudson Valley (Seyval, Vidal).
The word of the wine: Destemming
Action consisting in separating the grapes from the stalk before vinification. The stalk, the woody part of the bunch, may give the wine an unpleasant vegetal character.
