It's a cross created at UC Davis from two obscure white grapes. Growers love it because it is very high yielding. This version is very tasty and will make a dandy brunch wine, poolside sipper or cocktail substitute. It likes to be well-chilled. Aromas lean to the floral and spicy.
Flavor is almost dead-on lichee.
This has been Ironstone's best red for the past several vintages. There's 8 percent Merlot in this light to medium bodied red of some elegance. It will remind you of similar wines made in the Loire Valley of France. Cherry-berry fruit flavors with a major cedar component. A new gin from Holland, being brought to the U.S. by a Dutch entrepreneur who lives in Reno, Nevada, and who created the very successful Ketel One Vodka a few years back, fits that description nicely.