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Chambourcin

Chambourcin Wine Details
Price: $10.00 per bottle

Description: This full-bodied dry red is made in the Burgundian fashion. It has been aged in oak barrels for 2 years. The aromas are oak, cherry and black raspberry. This elegant wine can be served with full-bodied dinners such as steak, pork, lamb, venison and Italian dishes such as spaghetti and lasagna. It also goes well with fresh salmon and other seasoned fish dishes. Try Tambourine with chocolate! You will be pleasantly surprised how the wine enhances the chocolate.

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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