Instead, these gemischter satz wines are made of grapes that are planted and vinified together, anywhere from three or four different grapes to maybe two dozen, as with field blends in California.
Stag's Leap Wine Cellars is in the Stags Leap sub-viticultural area, but the owner, Warren Winiarski, uses no A.V.A. designation on his best wines, preferring names that indicate that the wines are made of grapes from his own estate: Fay Vineyard, Cask 23 and SLV.
"It's made of grapes," he argued.
For one thing, it's made of grapes.
This wine is made of grapes grown in vineyards that aren't classified as noteworthy, but the producer is among the most renowned chardonnay makers in the village of Mersault.
The wines, which are made of the same grape (it's native to Croatia, where it's called Crljenak Katelanski), offer contrasting, yet equally enjoyable, performances.
Beaujolais is technically part of Burgundy (though the wine label won't say so), and reds here are made of the gamay grape, which is very similar to pinot noir but more overtly fruity in the aromas, with a tangier, acidic finish.
"Like whatever it is that grapes are made of?" "That would be grape," Amy said.
It was made of the garganega grape, the main grape in Soave, but for one reason or another didn't qualify to be called Soave.
Both of these wines were made of the xinomavro grape, which is generally translated as "acid black".
