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Chambourcin

Chambourcin Wine Details
Price: $15.00 per bottle

Description: A French-American hybrid grape with subtle fruit and moderate acidity. This wine has taken the barrel flavors very well and offers hints of tobacco, leather and smoke. The wine was aged in 80% new American oak barrels. These grapes were sourced from Missouri.

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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