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Bellview Winery

Bellview Winery
2018 Estate Bottled, Chambourcin, Outer Coastal Plain

Pair this wine with:
Lamb Pork

Category: Chambourcin

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 12%
90 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional
$18
2020 Best New Jersey Hybrid Red

Bellview Winery
2018 Estate Bottled, Chambourcin, Outer Coastal Plain

Pair this wine with:
Lamb Pork

Category: Chambourcin

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 12%
Indigo color. Aromas and flavors of plump red grapes, blackberry jam, roasted beets, and circus peanuts with a satiny, prickly, dry-yet-fruity medium-to-full body and a tingling, buoyant finish conveying overtones of tea, cherries, and prunes with no oak flavor. A bold Gamay-like Chambourcin wine with the essence of freshly picked fruit.

Tasting Info

Wine Glass Style: Fruity & Rich & Full
Aroma Aroma: plump red grapes, blackberry jam, roasted beets, and circus peanuts
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with overtones of tea, cherries, and prunes
Sweetness Sweetness: Dry-yet-Fruity
Enjoy Enjoy: Now on its own and with food
Recipes Pairing: Peking Duck, Lamb Tagine, Souvlaki
Bottom Line Bottom Line: A bold Gamay-like Chambourcin wine with the essence of freshly picked fruit.

The Producer

Bellview Winery

The Producer
150 Atlantic St
Landisville, NJ 08326
USA
1 856-697-7172

Chambourcin

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Serve in a Zinfandel Wine Glass
Chambourcin is a red French hybrid grape that was developed in the early 1960s. It is planted in several states in the eastern US; the top examples come from Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania and New York; there are also examples made in Australia, where it sometimes is blended with Shiraz.

The grape has black juice, unlike most red grapes whose juice is clear. Thus a Chambourcin wine has deep purple color; flavors are of plum and black cherry. It is best consumed in its youth (two to three years) for its freshness.