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Chambourcin

Chambourcin Wine Details
Price: $9.91 per bottle

Description: A dry red with a burley aroma and rich color. Hints of cherry and blackberry in the taste. Aging in French Oak gives it a smooth, mellow, dry finish. Enjoy with grilled lamb, fruit-pork kabobs, smoked turkey.

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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