Winery William DownieCathedral Rosé
Pink wine
This wine is a blend of 3 varietals which are the Cabernet franc, the Grolleau and the Gamay noir.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.
Food and wine pairings with Cathedral Rosé
Pairings that work perfectly with Cathedral Rosé
Original food and wine pairings with Cathedral Rosé
The Cathedral Rosé of Winery William Downie matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef luc lake, croque madame or rabbit, cabbage, bacon.
Details and technical informations about Winery William Downie's Cathedral Rosé.
Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc
Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Cathedral Rosé from Winery William Downie are 2017
Informations about the Winery William Downie
The Winery William Downie is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 11 wines for sale in the of Victoria to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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: Great wine
In the Bordeaux vineyards, the grand vin is the main wine of the château, although a "second wine" is usually produced. It is a wine of lesser ageing made from the youngest vines.
