Region and Grape Associated Flashcards
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Gevrey-Chambertain AOC
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Bourgogne, Pinot Noir,
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Nuits-St-George AOC
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Bourgogne, Pinot Noir
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Beaune AOC
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Bourgogne, Pinot Noir
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Pommard AOC
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Bourgogne, Pinot Noir
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Carmeros
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California, Pinot Noir, ripe red fruit
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Sonoma
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California, Pinot Noir, ripe red fruit
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Santa Barbara Country
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California, Pinot Noir, ripe red fruit
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Oregon
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USA, Pinot Noir, fresh red fruit, smoke and cloves
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Casablanca Valley
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Chile, Pinot Noir, Red fruits
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Walker Bay
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South Africa, Pinot Noir, vibrant red fruit flavours
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Yarra Valley
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Australia, Pinot Noir, medium tannins, cooked red fruits
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Mornington Peninsula
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Australia, Pinot Noir, medium tannins, cooked red fruits
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Martinborough, Marlborough and Central Otago
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New Zealand, Pinot Noir, often aged
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Calafornia
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Zinfandel, red and rose
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Puglia
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Prmitevo
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Mosel
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Germany, Riesling, Lighter in body, medium sweetness
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Rheingau
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Germany, Riesling, Drier and more body, more sotherly than Mosel
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Pfalz
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Germany, Riesling, Dry and Medium bodied, continuation of the French Alsace region
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Alsacse AOC
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France, Riesling, dry, pronounced flavours and aromas
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Eden Valley
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Australia, Riesling, aromas of petrol
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Clare Valley
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Australia, Riesling, aromas of petrol
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Vouray AOC
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Chenin Blanc, France, only grape permitted to be grown here
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Sauternes AOC
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Semilion, sub region of Bordeaux
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Hunter Valley and Barossa Valley
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Semillion, Australia
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Tokaj
Fermint, Hugary, Tokay Aszu is a sweet wine that has been effected my nobel rot
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Chablis AOC
Chardonary, France, Burgundy
| Apples, Lemons and Wet Stones
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Meursault AOC
Chardonnay, France, oak aging and less contact, hazlenut and mushroom in the bottle
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Poilgny-Montrachet AOC
Chardonnay, France, Oak aging an less contact, hazlenut and mushroom in the bottle
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Carnerous and Sonoma
Chardonnay, California, complex fruit flavours while retaining acidity
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Napa Valley
Chardonnay, California, tropical fruit flavours, vanilla and spice from new oak
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Santa Barbara Country
Chardonnay, California, tropical fruit flavours and higher alcohol, new oak
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Macon AOC
Chardonnay, France, Maconnaise, lemon peach and melon
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Pouilly-Fusse AOC
Chardonnay, France, Maconnaise, concentrated stone fruit, often matured in oak barrels.
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Adelaide Hills, Yarra Valley
Chardonnay, Australia, both cooled by influences, longer growing seasons, stone fruit flavours, tropical fruit flavours
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Margaret River, whites
Chardonnay, Australia, medium to full bodied, ripe stone fruits.
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Casablanca Valley
Sea breezes and morning fog, Chardonnay, these give extended growing season, citrus fruit
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Central Valley
Chilli, Chardonnay, tropical fruit flavours
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Marlborough
New Zealand, Chardonnay, ripe lemon, peach and melon characteristics
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Hawke's Bay
New Zealand, Chardonnay, high acidity and pronounced stone fruit flavours
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Gavi DOGC
Cortese, Italy, Light floral aromas, green fruit, not intended to age
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Soave DOC
Garganega, Italy, green fruit, citrus fruit and stone fruit, not intended to age
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Soave Classico DOC
Garganega, Italy, develop flavours of honey and almonds in the bottle.
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Ricioto Soave Classico DOCG
Garganega, Italy, made threw the appasimento method and a sweet wine.
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Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi DOC
Verdicchio, Italy, green fruit, citrus fruit and fennel
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Finano di Avellino DOGC
Fiano, Medium to full body, medium acidity, stone fruit and topical fruit, age in the bottle but most is drunk young.
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Walker Bay
South Africa, Chardonnay, high acidity and ripe stone fruits
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Barolo DOCG
Nebbiolo, Italy, full bodied and pronounced flavours.
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Barbaresco DOGC
Nibbiolo, italy, also similarly powerful and long lived wines
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Barbera d'Asti DOGC
Barbera, Italy, low to medium tannins, drunk young, less aging potential.
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Valpolicella DOC
Corvina, Vento, Italy, light bodied, fruity and quiet simple
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Valpolicella Classico DOC
More complex than Valpolicella DOC, Venteno, Corvina, Italy
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Amarone della Valpolicella DOGC
Corvina, Venteno, Dry to off dry wine, made from partially dried grapes, full bodied wine with high alcohol, pronounced fresh and dried fruit flavours
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Ricioto della Valpolicella DOGC
Sweet red wine made from dried grapes, Corvina, Venteno, so sweet that yeast can not ferment all of the sugars.
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Chinati DOGC
Alepine Mountains, Sangiovese, simple and inexpensive wines.
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Chianti Classico DOGC
Sangiovese, Italy, pronounced red fruit flavours, meat and leather in the bottle
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Chianti Classico Reserva DOGC
Aging requirement needed.
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Brunello di Montalcino DOGC
Montalcion, Tuscany, powerful full bodied wine because of extended sunny season, high tannin and high acidity
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Montepulciano d'Abruzzo DOC
Montipulciano, medium acidity, deeply coloured wines, high volumes of inexpensive wine
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Sancerre AOC
Sav Blanc, France, Loire Valley, dry wine, high acidity, green fruits and hibiscus, grass and asparagus
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Pouilly-Fume AOC
Sav Blanc, France, Loire Valley, dry wine, high acidity, green fruits and hibiscus, grass and asparagus
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Touraine AOC
France, Loire, Sac Blanc, inexpensive and fruity wines
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Bordeaux AOC, Graves AOC, Pessac-Leognan AOC
France, Bordeaux, Sav Blanc, grass and green apples and wines from these regions tend to be blended with Semilion.
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Marlborough
Sav Blanc, New Zealand, varied flavours, hare harvested at different ripeness levels, including green bell pepper and asparagus
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Margaret River
Sav Blanc, Australia, concentrated herbaceous aromas
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Adelaide Hills
Sav Blanc, Australia, fresh and fruity with broad range of citrus to tropical fruits, blended with Semillon to add body
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Casablanca Valley and Central Valley
Sav Blanc, Australia, Central Valley inexpensive to good quality, Casablanca Valley good quality Sav Blanc
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Constantia
Southern Cape, South Africa, Sav Blanc, tropical fruits and herbaceous aromas, refreshing
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Elgin
South Africa, Sav Blanc, Wet stones can be one of the aromas here.
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Napa Valley
USA, everywhere else is to warm for Sav Blanc, good examples can have oak ageing to add body and flavour.
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Delle Venezie DOC and Veneto IGT
Italy, Pinot Grigio, high volume, inexpensive
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Fruli-Venezie Giulia
Italy Pinot Grigio, more complex pinot grigio
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Alsace AOC
France, Pinot Gris, grapes picked later in the season, peach mango and ginger
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Gewuztraminer
Alsace AOC, Grand Crus, High levels of alcohol, low to medium acidity, aromatic grape, stone fruit and tropical fruit
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Condriou AOC
Viognier, France, Dry, low to medium acidity, blossom aromas and stone fruit flavours
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Rais Baxias DO
Alberino, Spain, Dry and high acidity, medium bodied, stone fruit and citrus fruit
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Bordeaux AOC and Bordeaux Superior AOC
Merlot, Bordeaux, planted anywhere in the Bordeaux region.
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Saint-Emillion AOC and Pomerol AOC
Merlot, Right Bank of Bordeaux, black fruit and oak aging, dried fruit and tobacco
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Napa Valley and Sonoma, Merlot flavours?
Vanilla, coconut and smoke from oak ageing
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Central Valley, Merlot
Varied styles of Merlot, soft and medium bodied for immediate consumption.
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Stellenbosch
South Africa, age worth Merlot, typical to the age worthy Bordeaux region.
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Margaret River, blend
Merlot and Cab Sav
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Hawkers Bay
Merlot can be found in a number of styles here, light to full bodied, New Zealand, moderate climate and plentiful rainfall.
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Medoc AOC
Left Bank of Bordeaux, Cab Sav, gavel soil which absorbs heat and helps with drainage, because of ripening issues it is normally blended with Merlot
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Haut-Medoc AOC
Left Bank of Bordeaux, Cab Sav, gavel soil which absorbs heat and helps with drainage, because of ripening issues it is normally blended with Merlot
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Margaux AOC
Left Bank of Bordeaux, Cab Sav, gavel soil which absorbs heat and helps with drainage, because of ripening issues it is normally blended with Merlot
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Pauillic AOC
Left Bank of Bordeaux, Cab Sav, gavel soil which absorbs heat and helps with drainage, because of ripening issues it is normally blended with Merlot
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Graves AOC
Left Bank of Bordeaux, Cab Sav, gavel soil which absorbs heat and helps with drainage, because of ripening issues it is normally blended with Merlot
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Passac-Leogan AOC
Left Bank of Bordeaux, Cab Sav, gavel soil which absorbs heat and helps with drainage, because of ripening issues it is normally blended with Merlot
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Oakville and Rutherford
Napa Valley, California, Cab Sav, Ripe black fruit flavours, warm climate. High and ripe Tannins
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Calistoga
Napa Valley, California, ripest and full bodied Cab Sav that can be found in California
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Maipo Valley and Colchgua Valley
Central Valley, Chilli, herbal aromas, mint and bell pepper and often blended with Carmenere
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Stellenbosch
South Africa, fresh herbal Cab Sav to more cooked fruit flavours, blended with Merlot and Pinotage sometimes this is know as the Cape Blend.
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Northern Rhone
Steep hills, moderate climate, grape ripening helped by aspect, hand picked grapes. Syrah
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Cote Rotie AOC
Most Northern Rhone, these Syrah's can be peppery, very good aging potential, sometimes blended with Viognier to add floral aromas.
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Hermitage AOC
Northern Rhone, but more southerly than Cote Rotie,
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Croze-Hemitage AOc
Less intense and complex than Hemitage and Cote Rotie, inexpencive wines, higher yields
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Barossa Valley, Shiraz
Old vines, low yields of concentrated red fruits, cook fruit flavours, black pepper spicy flavours from oak, vanilla and coffee
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Hunter Valley, Shiraz
Warm area, but good cloud cover, extended growing season, medium bodied medium to high tannins, fresh black fruit flavours and earth and meat when in the bottle.
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Beaujolais AOC
Gamey, France, high acidity wines, medium tannins, techniques used to extract maximum colour extraction these techniques can add flavours of banana and candy
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Western Cape
South Africa, Pinotage, Strawberry, Raspberry and Cherry, medium bodied wines
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Mendoza
Malbec, Argentina, Full bodied wines, black fruit and high tannins, can develop flavours of earth and meat in the bottle
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Central Valley national Grape
Carmenere, Chili, herbal notes and black fruit, if harvested when not fully ripe green bell pepper, matured in oak, soften tannins flavours of chocolate and coffee
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Catalunya DO
Tempranillo, Spain, medium acid, medium levels of tannin red fruit and black fruit, varying levels of styles here, can be oak ages
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Rioja DOCa
Can be aged here, Tempranillo sometimes blended with Grenacha, when intended for early drinking
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Southern Rhone
France, Warm area, Grenache, thin skinned with low to medium tannins red fruit flavours and sometimes spice, white pepper and liqurice, high sugar levels
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Cote du Rhone AOC
Grenach, Higher levels of complexity
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Chateauneuf-du-Pape
Grenache, France, High levels of alcohol, and high tannins. Large stones in the ground here help it ripen to full ripeness
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Minervois AOC
Grenache, France, South of France, warm area and the grapes reach there full ripness, oftern blended with Syrah
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Rioja DOCa
Grenache added to Temporillo to add body and red fruit flavours
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Navarra DO
Spain, make Rose wines.
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Priorat DOCa
Spain, Grenacha, old vines, concentrated flavours, dried fruit and caramel in the bottle
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Barosssa Valley and McLaren Vale
Australia, old vines, concentrated red fruit flavours and spice flavours. can be blended with Shiraz, similar to the quality of Chateanuf- du-Pape
