Winery Upper Shirley - Tannat

Winery Upper ShirleyTannat

3.9
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Tannat of Winery Upper Shirley is a red wine from the region of Virginia.
This wine generally goes well with beef

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Tannat of Winery Upper Shirley in the region of Virginia often reveals types of flavors of earth, oak or spices and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit.

Food and wine pairings with Tannat

Pairings that work perfectly with Tannat

Original food and wine pairings with Tannat

The Tannat of Winery Upper Shirley matches generally quite well with dishes of beef such as recipes of monkfish tail with white butter.

Details and technical informations about Winery Upper Shirley's Tannat.

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

Discover the grape variety: Tannat

Tannat is a red grape variety from Béarn which belongs to the cotoïdes family. Present in several vineyards of France, it occupies nearly 3,000 ha. Its leaves are reddish with tan patches. Its bunches are either of normal size or larger. Its berries have a thin skin and are rounded. Its foliage has a swarthy appearance. This variety must be pruned long because it is vigorous. It likes sandy and gravelly soils. Tannat is often exposed to leafhoppers and mites. It is also somewhat susceptible to grey rot. It has 11 approved clones, including 474, 717 and 794. Once mature, this variety produces acidic, fruity, tannic, acidic and full-bodied wines. Various aromas emerge, notably tobacco, cinnamon and exotic wood. Tannat is rarely used alone. It is combined with iron-servadou to obtain a fruitier taste or with cabernet sauvignon to be more rounded.

Last vintages of this wine

Tannat - 2016
In the top 100 of of Virginia wines
Average rating: 3.911110

The best vintages of Tannat from Winery Upper Shirley are 2016

Informations about the Winery Upper Shirley

The winery offers 13 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is in the top 5 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Virginie

The Winery Upper Shirley is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 14 wines for sale in the of Virginia to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Virginia
In the top 50000 of of United States wines
In the top 800 of of Virginia wines
In the top 250000 of red wines
In the top 350000 wines of the world

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: Approval

All the operations (tasting and analysis) that allow the appellation to be obtained for each of the wines of a property, for each vintage.

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