Winery BaxterFox Hill Vineyard Montepulciano
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, vegetarian or veal.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
Food and wine pairings with Fox Hill Vineyard Montepulciano
Pairings that work perfectly with Fox Hill Vineyard Montepulciano
Original food and wine pairings with Fox Hill Vineyard Montepulciano
The Fox Hill Vineyard Montepulciano of Winery Baxter matches generally quite well with dishes of lamb, veal or pork such as recipes of shoulder of lamb in a crust, roast pork with prunes or stuffed peppers.
Details and technical informations about Winery Baxter's Fox Hill Vineyard Montepulciano.
Discover the grape variety: Mollard
Light, fruity reds with a clear ruby color, supple tannins and an airy palate, offering delicate aromas of red fruits (raspberry, cherry, strawberry), alpine spices, mountain herbs and floral notes. A high-altitude airy profile. Very rare variety, preserved by a few artisan winemakers for its heritage value, in confidential altitude cuvées. Grown in IGP Hautes-Alpes around Embrun. French indigenous variety from the Hautes-Alpes, an alpine signature.
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Informations about the Winery Baxter
The Winery Baxter is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 16 wines for sale in the of Mendocino to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Mendocino
General AVA of Mendocino County (northern California) with varied micro-climates: signature historic Zinfandel as king red (planted by Italian migrants in the late 19th c. ), notably Redwood Valley and Mendocino Ridge - spicy, peppery reds, ripe and candied black fruits, fleshy tannins. Also fresh, fine Pinot Noir (~2,700 ac) on foggy coastal sectors, Carignan, Petite Sirah, Syrah and Grenache. Warm inland zones for Cabernet and Merlot, an eclectic Italo-Burgundian identity.
The wine region of California
Powerful, sunny reds: dense Napa Cabernet Sauvignon (blackcurrant, chocolate, tobacco, ample tannins), spicy, jammy Zinfandel from the Sierra Foothills, silky red-fruited Pinot Noir on the cool coast (Sonoma, Russian River, Central Coast). Opulent, buttery Chardonnay, notes of yellow fruit and vanilla. Varied climate, from the hot interior to the Pacific-cooled coast. 80% of US production, 139 AVAs including Napa (1st AVA, 1981).
The word of the wine: Removal of shoes
In the spring, this operation consists of removing the mound of earth formed at the foot of the vines by ploughing between the rows in the autumn.
