Texas Black Spanish - The Grape Otherwise Known as Lenoir

Texas Black Spanish - The Grape Otherwise Known as Lenoir:
Regional Character, International Reputation

My recent Hill Country Holiday Wine Tour was an opportunity to taste a great variety of Texas wines – Classic varietals of Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay and others; Mediterranean varietals of Syrah, Mourvedre, Grenache, Viognier and Rousanne; Hybrid grape varietals such as Norton, Lenoir and Blanc du Bois. One of the most impressive aspects of this trip was to taste the progress being made to first-rate wines in Texas from this latter group, and especially Black Spanish or as it is otherwise known – Lenoir.

Lenoir actually has many names that go back over a hundred and fifty years back into history....

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