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Macchia Port Dangerous Amador
500ml
$31.99
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*Price, vintage and availability may vary by store.
*Price, vintage and availability may vary by store.
Product Highlights
Amador, CA- This single vineyard port is a Barbera-Zinfandel blend from the Linsteadt Vineyard. Barrel aged for two years. Ripe Zinfandel cries out to be a Port, or is it that Port cries out to be made from a Zinfandel...either way it works!
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OVERVIEW
Geography
The Sierra Foothills were first famous for gold, but the appellation is now considered a highlight of California wine country. The Gold Rush, beginning in 1849, brought thousands of diggers and dreamers to the area. Vines, mostly Zinfandel, were planted to produce wine for the thirsty miners, and in time more than 100 wineries existed in this cool, craggy region. But the waning of the Gold Rush, and Prohibition, signaled a halt to the production of Sierra Foothills wine for many years.
Varietal / Type
The official Asti DOCG (Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita) is near the city of the same name, in the Alpine foothills of northwestern Italy.
Sparkling Asti wine comes in two forms: the fully sparkling Asti (once known as Asti Spumante) and Moscato d’Asti, which is just gently fizzy, or frizzante. Both are made from the Moscato Bianco grape, with rich flavors of apricot and peach. They are semi-sweet to sweet and low in alcohol – often between just 5 and 9 percent – because the wines’ production method halts fermentation before all the grapes’ natural sugars have been converted to alcohol.
Bubbly Asti is packaged in a Champagne-style bottle. The milder-mannered Moscato d’Asti is typically packaged like a regular table wine with standard cork, but it may surprise you with a small pop upon opening, so use care in removing the cork. Both wines are best served chilled, after a meal or with dessert.