MARQUESSA - RESERVE MARQUETTE
Our Reserve Marquette is a complex medium bodied red with a beautiful garnet color. This wine has a core aroma of dark cherry surrounded by notes of cassis and spice with hints of vanilla and toasted oak on the finish. Aged to perfection in French Oak barrels.
AWARDS
Gold - International Cold Climate Wine Competition
Best of Show Red - International Cold Climate Wine Competition
Silver - San Francisco International Wine Competition
$30 PER BOTTLE
WHAT IS MARQUESSA™ WINE?
Wines labeled as Marquessa™ wine follow a strict set of minimum standards in producing the wine. These standards are not required by the government-- they are voluntarily followed by members of the Marquessa™ Consortium-- the only wineries that can use the name Marquessa™. (In winespeak, this is a “voluntary controlled appellation.”)
Standards can change each year, as determined by the members of the Marquessa™ Consortium. The requirements for 2020 - 2022 vintages of Marquessa are:
â–º It must be composed of at least 75% Marquette grapes;
â–º It must have spent at least one year in oak barrels (for 50% or more of the component wines); and
â–º The vintage must be declared (which means 75% must come from that year’s vintage.)
Within the constraints, the producers of Marquessa wine compete (in a collegial way) to produce the best Marquessa wine. You be the judge.