- Viognier - A very perfumed and rich grape. Can be found as both varietal and as a blend. Viognier produces excellent wines with a long length and balance. The trademark characters are such as violets, peaches, apricots, apples and pears. Bitterness is almost always present with low acidity level.
- Virginia - Grapes have been planted there since the early settlers came to Jamestown in 1607, making the first wine into the new World from indegenous grapes. Thomas Jefferson was given full credit for importing fine French wines to his estate in Monticello. Successful wines are now made in Virginia made from Norton, Touriga, Petit Verdot and Viognier.
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SYNCLINE 2008 - Columbia Valley.
26% Grenache, 25% Syrah, 24% Cinsault, 12% Mourvedre, 9% Counoise, 4% Carignan. A blend of classic southern French varieties that are unique and expressive on their own. This wine exhibits ripe rasberry, violet and game aromas, with juicy plum flavors. The bright, supple finish and pleasing fruit-filled mouthfeel make this wine adaptable to many foods and occasions.
1,770 cases produced. www.synclinewine.com
- Sediment - The solid material which settles to the bottom of any wine container, whether it be a bottle, tank, cask or barrel.
This sediment is a very heterogeneous mixture which at the start of wine-making consists mainly of dead yeast cells. The insoluble fragments of grape pulp and skin, and the seeds that settle out of new wine.
Sediments in bottled wines are relatively rare, and usually signal a fine wine that has already spent some years in bottle. Many winemakers therefore take great pains to ensure, throught clarification, stabilization and filtration, that the great majority of wines made today will be drunk within their first few years, will remain free of sediment for at least few years.
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