Rubired is a red hybrid grape from Tinto Cao and Alicante Ganzin. Rubired is a California grape variety bred by Dr. Harold Olmo in 1958 for exclusive plantation in the San Joaquin Valley. Rubired produces an extremely intensely colored grape with large harvests. Rubired is used in the production of the concentrated coloring agent, Mega Purple. Mega Purple is used in low cost wines to heighten and develop the color and add sweetness. Rubired is also used in grape juice, red wine blends, and budget rose.
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Michel Thomas Sancerre Blanc Silex is 100 percent Sauvignon Blanc.
Intensely aromatic and concentrated Sauvignon from the Silex soils, this is a wine of great concentration and excellent balance. Aromas of fresh herbs, with flavors of citrus, ripe gooseberry, apple and a hint of gunflint. A delicious apéritif and the classic match for goat cheese or asparagus.
The special bottling "Silex" is limited each year to between 400-500 cases. They grow grapes on three soil types: 40% Terre Blanche-Argilo-Calcaire, 40% Caillottes-calcaire, 20% Le Roc-Silex. This wine come from the hardest stone soil on the vineyard giving it pleasant notes of fruit and a very dry flavor: This wine is bottled using traditional methods without filtration, allowing for a authentic and natural taste to the wine.
A delicious apéritif and the classic match for goat cheese or asparagus.