Winery Cooper VineyardsGrenache
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef and mature and hard cheese.
The Grenache of the Winery Cooper Vineyards is in the top 20 of wines of Shenandoah Valley.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Grenache of Winery Cooper Vineyards in the region of Virginia often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or vegetal and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit or spices.
Food and wine pairings with Grenache
Pairings that work perfectly with Grenache
Original food and wine pairings with Grenache
The Grenache of Winery Cooper Vineyards matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of feijoada ( portuguese cassoulet ) or chard with meat and mustard.
Details and technical informations about Winery Cooper Vineyards's Grenache.
Discover the grape variety: Lauzet
Lauzet is a Béarnese grape variety, part of the AOC of Béarn and Jurançon. This variety almost disappeared at the end of the 1980s. At that time, it only occupied a small cultivated area of 1 hectare in all. With the genetic diversity and the multiple plantings that have been carried out, it was able to reach, in 1994, 4 ha. The bunches and berries of Lauzet are all small. As a Pyrenean variety, it has a median lobe. The plant has a fairly early budburst, which takes place one week after Chasselas. As for its maturity, it is of the third period. This variety is fertile and somewhat vigorous, and is slightly susceptible to grey rot. Lauzet produces a wine of average quality. When it is vinified dry, it has adequate acidity. It gives off aromas of fruit and spices. It is often blended with other Pyrenean white grape varieties.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Grenache from Winery Cooper Vineyards are 2014, 2012, 2015, 0 and 2016.
Informations about the Winery Cooper Vineyards
The Winery Cooper Vineyards is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 44 wines for sale in the of Shenandoah Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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.
The word of the wine: Flint (smell of)
Mineral odour reminiscent of flint and flint heated during sharpening.
