Wine from Virginia

A powerful red wine representing the best of the vintage. Blend: Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot.

Boxwood Estate Sauvignon Blanc is made from 100 percent Sauvignon Blanc.

A pale lemon color reflects an overall citrusy bouquet and flavor profile, captured by bursts of fresh, bright acidity. Lemons and lime zest, as well as passionfruit and pear dance along the mid-palate, accentuated by a creamy and luxurious finish.

Boxwood Estate Topiary is made from 71% Merlot, 23% Cabernet Franc, 6% Petit Verdot.

The Topiary is a dark garnet color. A delicate floral nose of violet and lilac lingers through to the palate, blooming into plush dark flavors of blueberry, blackberry and plum. A strong fruit character leads into woody tannin and subtle hints of graphite, challenging the norms of Merlot-based Bordeaux blends with its lively fruitiness and a lengthy and full-bodied finish.

Hand harvested, triple sorted, destemmed, gravity fed into open-top stainless steel fermenters
• 15% bleed, whole berry fermentation separate by varietal
• Pump over, 100% manual punch down, 8 day fermentation 14 day post fermentation maceration
• Pumped into barrel, free run separated from press wine (1st press only)
• Malolactic fermentation in barrel
• Aging in French oak barrels for 12 months, 33% new / 33% 1 year / 33% 2 year

Boxwood Estate Trellis is made from 73% Merlot, 16% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Cabernet Franc and 3% Petit Verdot.

The  Trellis has a bright cherry color. The nose is expressive with aromas of red cherry, raspberry, tobacco, and dried herbs. The pallet is balanced with medium acidity and a medium body. There is prominent raspberry and pomegranate on the pallet. Light dusty tannins fill out the finish of the wine.

Hand harvested, triple sorted, destemmed, gravity fed into open-top stainless steel fermenters
20% bleed, whole berry fermentation separate by varietal
Pump over, 100% manual punch down, 21 day total maceration
Pumped into barrel, free run separated from press wine (1st press only)
Malolactic fermentation in barrel

Aging in French oak barrels for 12 months, 12% new, 44% one year and 44% two year

Hop Cider.
Golden Delicious, Ginger Golds, Local Virginia Honey blended with Cascade Hops.
Dry palate/Citrus/Fruit

Special Ingredients:

Golden Delicious

Ginger Golds

Pair with hearty German, Irish and comfort foods.

Jammin Cranberry Ginger Hard Cider.
A blend of Golden Delicious and Ginger Gold. This cider is made with Cramberry and Ginger and it is aged for 6 months. It has a delicious Cranberry, Ginger & Orange notes

Kickin Cinnamon Cider.
Red Delicious, Golden Delicious and Ginger Golds, Bold cinnamon undertones wrapped around the blend of fruit.
Apple pie in a glass! Even blend of cinnamon notes blended with apples. Cinnamon not too overpowering.

Hop Cider.
Golden Delicious, Ginger Golds, Local Virginia Honey blended with Cascade Hops.
Dry palate/Citrus/Fruit

Pair with hearty German, Irish and comfort foods.

Original Honey Cider.
Virginia Fuji, Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Ginger Gold and local Virginia Honey. The Original foundation for all our blends. 
Semi Dry - Honey on front of palate with Ginger Gold on finish

Silver Medal winner 2014 NY Finger Lakes.

Traditional Cider.
Virginia Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Ginger Gold and Fuji Apple blend. Based on the Old World Jeffersonian dry blend for those whose palate savors the recipes of our early settlers.
Dry palate/Fruit forward

33% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 17% Malbec, 10% Cabernet Franc, 10% Petit Verdot.
Cherry, currant, and herbaceous flavors. Balanced tannins with a lingering finish. Full-bodied and complex. Limited production.

Pearmund Cellars Ameritage Red Reserve is made from 33% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 17% Malbec, 10% Cabernet Franc, 10% Petit Verdot

An excellent wine to sip by the fire. Enjoy notes of black cherries, buttered toast, aged wood, fresh straw and mixed berry preserves. Equal portions of Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon & Petit Verdot.

Herbal with touches of pepper and cherry. Dry, medium body with raspberry finish. Aged in French oak barrels.

Warm buttery flavor, hint of pear and apple. Full-bodied and lush to the palate. Aged nine months in French oak

A refreshing and crisp, dry white with notes of grapefruit and hints of candied pineapple on the nose. Pearmund Cellars is the largest producer of this standout varietal in the Americas.

Wine Information
Alcohol Content: 12.5%
Residual Sugar: 0%

Review:

"A fascinating white offering cooked pears and apples and some lemon curd. Full-bodied and soft textured with a tasty finish. Drink now. Screw cap."
- James Suckling (October 2018), 92 pts

Pearmund Cellars Petit Verdotis made from 100 percent Petit Verdot.

Blackberry aromas with rich plum flavors. Well-rounded tannins and a smooth finish. Earthy, rustic, and warm. Limited production.

German style: Crisp, clean, citrus flavors with medium body and floral aromas. Look for honeysuckle sweetness.

Explosive tropical fruit flavors: Pineapple and peach with hints of grapefruit. Powerful, yet feminine.
Sweet and ripe on the palate with peach, apricot, pineapple, and mango notes. Long and flavorful finish.

Sunset Hills Cabernet Franc is made from Cabernet Franc 80%, Petit Verdot 18%, Merlot 2%

Ripe red cherry, black plum, and hazelnut bring this medium bodied wine to the table. Elegant tannins and subtle toasty notes round out the finish.

The base for the Cabernet Franc is from the Shenandoah Vineyard site, which is typically cooler than the other sites offering bright acidity and red fruit characteristics. Hand picked, chilled, destemmed to bins and tanks for fermentation. Fermentation 6-12 days. 15 years old vines.

Notes of meyer lemon and white flower petals carry over to prange blossom and ripe melon.

The late heat in August and September really pushed the Chardonnay to develop into a fruit forward wine. Hand picked, chilled and pressed whole cluster. 10 -20 years old vines.

This is a very exciting release for us: our first sparkling wine.  Floral; full of peach, pear, white flower, melon, apple.  Very aromatic and fresh.  Medium-bodied and elegant.  Early in the 2013 season, while thinking about our Chambourcin block, I started thinking that the primary chemistry of early-picked Chambourcin fit the bill for a sparkling wine, with regard to the rate at which tartaric acid and sugars respectively fall and rise during ripening.  Additionally, the bright cherry/raspberry/spice aromatics of our Chambourcin rose seemed to lend themselves to a sparkling wine.  So we went for it, producing the wine in the traditional method, hand-riddling and hand-disgorging.  Dawn pairs well with asparagus and avocado salad, beet risotto, roated squash, chicken sofrito, and linguini!