Carnelian 2019

100% ROUSSANNE

• HISTORY | This Rhone grape has found a wonderful home here in Virginia

• HARVEST | Mid-Sept.

• AGED | Fermented and aged 4 months in stainless steel

• CHARACTERISTICS | Simple, light, tropical & floral flavors, easy-drinking

• PAIRING | This is an excellent go-to wine at the end of a long day. Carrot sticks and potato chips work great but for a more refined meal try it with grilled mahi mahi or seared raw tuna.

• OCCASIONS | Cocktails, lighter meals

Opal 2016

100% PETIT MANSENG

• HISTORY | Originally from Jurancon in Southwest France. This is one of Virginia Tech’s top recommended whites to grow in Virginia

• HARVEST | Late Sept. & Early Oct.

• AGED | 10 months in French Acacia wood barrels

• CHARACTERISTICS | Our most popular white wine. And a perfect white wine for the red wine drinker, full bodied with citrus and tropical notes

• PAIRING | It’s intense acidity allows this wine to hold up to even the heaviest meals including lamb and prime rib, yet delicate enough for pasta and seafood.

• OCCASIONS | Dinner parties & gatherings

Moonstone 2016

100% LATE HARVEST VIOGNIER

• HISTORY | Late harvest wines have the most intense flavor of any wine, not only a concentration in flavor and sugar but the grape actually produces more and different flavors the longer it is on the vine

• HARVEST | Mid-November

• AGED | 4 months in stainless steel

• Characteristics | Perfume of honeyed apricots, tropical fruit & honeysuckle

• PAIRING | Foie gras, blue cheese & lighter sweets

• OCCASIONS | Cocktails, spicy meals, definitely desert!

Cabernet Sauvignon 2015

75% CAB SAUV · 13% MERLOT · 12% CAB FRANC

• HISTORY | These are the 3 main grapes that make up a Bordeaux wine

• HARVEST | Mid to Late October

• AGED | 18 months in French oak barrels – 20% New / 80% Neutral

• CHARACTERISTICS | A lighter style red suitable for white wine drinkers, fruit forward with moderate acidity and tannins with along finish and soft back palette

• PAIRING | Pasta, grilled veggies, lighter meats

• OCCASIONS | Dinner Parties & Gatherings

Ruby 2016

50% TANNAT · 30% FER SERVADOU

· 20% PETIT VERDOT

• HISTORY | This is a blend of the top 3 grapes highly recommended for the VA climate by Virginia Tech

• HARVEST | Late October / Early November

• AGED | 18-24 months in French oak barrels: 50% New & 50% Neutral

• CHARACTERISTICS | This is our most complex wine, with a blend of 3 grapes you get fruit forwardness from both the Tannat and Petit Verdot and earthy mid palate from the Fer, all giving this wine great tannins, structure, and flavor

• PAIRING | Most meals from pasta to sirloin steak

• OCCASIONS | Family Dinners, Food wine

Petit Verdot 2016

100% PETIT VERDOT

• HISTORY | Originally one of the main grapes grown in Bordeaux France & is highly recommended for Virginia climate by Virginia Tech

• HARVEST | Mid to late October

• AGED | 18-30 months in French oak barrels: 50% New & 50% Neutral

• CHARACTERISTICS | Very intense fruit forward blueberry and earthy mid-palate

• PAIRING | Cassoulet, beef stew, or any herbal dish, a very comforting wine

• OCCASIONS | A gathering with close friends

Onyx 2016

100% TANNAT

• HISTORY | originally one of the main grapes grown in Madiran southwest France is highly recommended for VA climate by Virginia Tech

• HARVEST | Late October - Early November

• AGED | 18-30 months in French oak barrels: 100% New

• CHARACTERISTICS | Very intense fruit forward cherry with a chocolate mid-palate and moderate acidity, think of a chocolate covered cherry cordial

• PAIRING | beef short ribs, lamb, and chocolate dishes

• OCCASIONS | A romantic dinner 

Serefina 2016

90% PETIT MANSENG · 10% TANNAT

• HISTORY | Not made in the traditional Rosé method, this is a white wine blended with a red

• HARVEST | Late Sept. for white & Late Oct. for red

• AGED | 4 months in stainless steel

• CHARACTERISTICS | The best of both worlds with light, tropical notes from the white grapes (Petit Manseng) and soft, berry notes from the red (Tannat)

• PAIRING | Light pasta dishes, grilled seafood

• OCCASIONS | Summertime porch pounder

White Merlot 2015

100% MERLOT

• HISTORY | Made in the traditional rosé method of producing a red like a white, fermented cold, off the skins, in stainless steel

• HARVEST | October

• AGED | 6 months in stainless steel

• Characteristics | Fruit forward, cherry and berry flavors

• PAIRING | Grilled seafood

• OCCASIONS | Pool side refresher

Ruby’s Blush 2016

20% EACH · CAB SAUV · MERLOT · TANNAT · PETIT VERDOT · FER SERVADOU

• HISTORY | Made in the traditional rosé method of producing a red like a white. Fermented cold, off the skins, in stainless steel

• HARVEST | October

• AGED | 4 months in stainless steel

• CHARACTERISTICS | Fruit forward, cotton candy notes, 1.5% RS

• PAIRING | Grilled seafood.

• OCCASIONS | Parties