Winery Wild DogMerlot
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The Merlot of the Winery Wild Dog is in the top 0 of wines of Gippsland.
Details and technical informations about Winery Wild Dog's Merlot.
Discover the grape variety: Primitivo
From Croatia where it is called crljenak kastelanski or pribidrag. According to genetic analyses carried out by Professor Carole Meredith of California University in Davis (United States), it is related to the Croatian plavac mali and Zinfandel. It is also found in South Africa, New Zealand, Chile, Brazil, Germany, Bulgaria, Albania, Italy under the name of Primitivo, Malta, Greece, Portugal and to some extent in Croatia. In the United States (California), it is one of the most widely planted grape varieties, having been introduced in the 1830s well before Primitivo. In France, it is registered in the official catalogue of vine varieties on the A1 list under the name Primitivo.
Informations about the Winery Wild Dog
The Winery Wild Dog is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 13 wines for sale in the of Gippsland to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Gippsland
The wine region of Gippsland is located in the region of Victoria of Australia. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Bass Phillip or the Domaine William Downie produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Gippsland are Pinot noir, Chardonnay and Riesling, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Gippsland often reveals types of flavors of cherry, earth or tropical fruit and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, floral or black fruit.
The wine region of Victoria
Victoria is a relatively small but important Australian wine state. Located in the Southeastern corner of the continent, with a generally cool, ocean-influenced Climate, Victorian wine is remarkably diverse, producing all sorts of wines and styles in different climates. In all, the state covers almost 250,000 square kilometres (over 90,000 square miles) of land (almost the same Size as the US state of Texas), well under a quarter the size of its western neighbour, South Australia, and less than a third the size of New South Wales to the North. As such, Victoria's size - and to some extent, the state's viticultural history - can defy generalization.
The word of the wine: Fruity
A wine whose nose is first characterized by aromas reminiscent of the world of fruit. A wine to be drunk young is essentially fruity, but all wines offer this type of aroma in the first place, which can evolve over time, from the scent of fresh fruit to cooked, stewed, candied or brandied fruit.
