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Bar Harbor Cellars
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Bar Harbor Cellars
NV Wild Blueberry Wine with Grape Brandy, Maine

Pair this wine with:
Cheese Chocolate

Category: Domestic Port-Style Wine

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 19% RS: 21.8%
Bronze Medal
Recommended
$39

Bar Harbor Cellars
NV Wild Blueberry Wine with Grape Brandy, Maine

Pair this wine with:
Cheese Chocolate

Category: Domestic Port-Style Wine

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 19% RS: 21.8%
Indigo color. Aromas and flavors of blueberry jam, tanning leather, molasses, and pine resin with a glycerous, lively, fruity sweet medium-to-full body and a hot, very long finish conveying overtones of blueberry, blueberry taffy, plum sauce on fried pork dumpling, and polished leather. An extremely extracted port to enjoy with cheese.

Tasting Info

Wine Glass Style: Rich & Full
Aroma Aroma: blueberry jam, tanning leather, molasses, and pine resin
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with overtones of blueberry, blueberry taffy, plum sauce on fried pork dumpling, and polished leather
Sweetness Sweetness: Fruity Sweet
Enjoy Enjoy: Now Enjoy with food
Recipes Pairing: Blue Cheese, Chocolate Mousse, Roquefort
Bottom Line Bottom Line: An extremely extracted port to enjoy with cheese.
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The Producer

Bar Harbor Cellars

The Producer
854 State Hwy 3
Bar Harbor, ME 04609
USA
1 207-288-3907
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Their Portfolio

BR • Bar Harbor Cellars NV White Pine, Pinot Grigio, American 12.5% (USA) $23.00. - Bronze Medal
BR • Bar Harbor Cellars 2023 Pinot Grigio, American 12.5% (USA) $23.00. - Bronze Medal
BR • Bar Harbor Cellars NV Wild Blueberry Wine with Grape Brandy, Maine 19% (USA) $39.00. - Bronze Medal
BR • Maine Midnight 2022 Domestic Port-Style Wine, Maine 19% (USA) $39.00. - Bronze Medal
BR • Maine Midnight 2022 Domestic Port-Style Wine, Maine 19% (USA) $39.00. - Bronze Medal
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Domestic Port-Style Wine

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Serve in a Port Wine Glass
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Bar Harbor Cellars NV Wild Blueberry Wine with Grape Brandy, Maine rating was calculated by on 8/14/2024. Please note that MSRP may have changed since the date of our review.