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2002 Sweet Red

2002 Sweet Red Wine Details
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Description: A sweet red wine for those who like sweet wine. It was made from a blend of our Foch, de Chaunac and Chancellor. Some people like it as a dessert wine.

Varietal Definition
Chancellor:
A french-american hybrid with origins in the Rhone Valley of France. Was widely grown and very popular in France where it was used to produce high quality red and rose' wines. Now being replaced by varieties stipulated by E.U. rules. Also grown in the cooler regions of Eastern U.S. and Canada.
De Chaunac:
An early ripening french-american hybrid grape which gives a fruity, balanced red wine usually possessed of low to mild tannic content. Planted mainly in the cooler regions of the Northeast U.S. and Canada.


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