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Wine Details
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Description:
Our Saints Wine was produced from Late Harvest Chenin Blanc and Gewurztraminer. It was fermented and aged for 3 years in 30 gallon oak barrels similar to Italian "Vin Santo". This produces a fine nutty flavor that enhances the fruit flavors of peach and nectarine. A residual sugar of 17% and 13% alcohol made this a great wine to enjoy with almond biscotti.
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Varietal Definition
Chenin Blanc:
Classic white varietal of France's Loire Valley and now grown throughout the world. Known for its rather unusual 'wet-wool', 'damp straw' aromas, it tends to be more floral than fruity when young and gives high acidity, growing well in marginal climates. It ages well and its susceptibility to 'botrytis'* produces some of the great sweet wines of the Loire, for example Quarts de Chaume and Vouvray. It is grown widely in South Africa where it is known as 'Steen'.
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Traminer:
Parent grape of the popular Gewurztraminer clone. Still grown in France and in California but almost everywhere has been replaced by its much more intense and spicy offspring clone.
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