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Fossil Rock White

Fossil Rock White Wine Details
Price: $11.95 per bottle

Description: This fruity white wine is a blend of our LaCrosse, Prairie Star, Briana & Petite Ami white grapes. It is a Pinot Grigio style wine with forward fruit and a hint of sweetness - perfect for sipping, with fish or chicken & should be served slightly chilled.

Varietal Definition
Brianna:
White wine grape developed by Elmer Swenson. Berries are greenish gold to gold when fully ripe in early to mid September. Wine is balanced with pineapple nose and flavor. Also makes a flavorful white juice.
La Crosse:
LaCrosse is a part of a long line of successful Elmer Swenson-created grapes. A hybrid of Seyval Blanc and the Minn. 78 x S.1000, the vine produces grapes capable of making good quality, fruity white wine. Compared to its parent Seyval, the vine is cold hardier, and ripens slightly earlier. Grown in Minnesota and Wisconsin, the high-yielding vine will do well in all the upper Midwest states with short growing seasons and cold winters. It has average susceptibility to the usual diseases.
Prairie Star:
Hardy white wine grape. Good varietal or for blending with lighter white wines. Moderately resistant to powdery and downy mildew.


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