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Chambourcin

Chambourcin Wine Details
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Description: Profile: Dry Red Grape Wine. Chambourcin is a grape grown in Illinois. The wine we produce with this grape is a dry light bodied red varietal aged on American oak. Chambourcin is popular with consumers who like Cabernet and Merlot.

Varietal Definition
Chambourcin:
A french-american hybrid used to make red wines with fruity flavors and some herbaceousness. Grown in the cooler regions of Eastern U.S. and Canada. Decreasing acreages also found in Europe; due to stringent European Union rules these varieties cannot be blended with traditional varieties.


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