Cellardoor Winery DeChaunac

[Innkeeper]

The most remarkable thing about this wine is that it is an estate bottled grape wine from Maine. You may not realize it, but the last sentance is both remarkable and historic. Cellardoor Winery in Lincolnville, ME is right here in Waldo County were we live. For those of who for whom DeChaunac is not an everyday name, it is a French-American Hybrid that is grown primarily in the Northeast, and is usually used as a blender. Up here we have to go with what we got. It gives the impression of being a tangy Beaujolais. Matched just fine with grillpanned smoked pork chops, baked sweet potato, and spinach.

My biggest hope for Cellardoor is riesling. They are struggling to bring in a crop. This past winter did not help them very much. The micoclimate that they are in is not very dissimilar from the Finger Lakes region, and we all know how well they are doing with rielsing. Inclidentally Cellardoor gets most of their non-estate grapes from the Finger Lakes. Check them out at www.MaineWine.com


[This message has been edited by Innkeeper (edited 03-31-2003).]