Sand Castle Winery makes all the wines only from its own 100% vinifera grapes. Grape vines planted in rocky soils combine with moderating temperatures of the Delaware River producing ideal fruit for wine making.

The Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms has designated this area as a Central Delaware Viticulture District. Chardonnay, Johannisberg Riesling, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Pinot Noir have been specially selected and grafted for cool climate and rocky soils.

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Cabernet Sauvignon
The outstanding grape variety used for finest great wines of the world. Cabernet Sauvignon Is a prominent grape In the regions of Bordeaux, California, Chile, Australia.

At Sand Castle we leave the Cabernet grapes on the vines until one for two frosts will burn the harshness out of the grapes. The result is a very soft wine at fairly young age of two to five years.

Chardonnay
Excellent white grape grown notably in Burgundy. It yields a rich well-balanced wine with a distinctive aroma and a superb, lingering aftertaste. Grown in Burgundy, California, Australia, and of course the Sand Castle Winery.

Sand Castle Winery is producing two styles of the Chardonnay wine. Our Private Reserve is made in the Chablis Style, aged only in stainless steel tanks. This style of Chardonnay produces a flinty, steely crisp chardonnay ideal for shell fish. Our Classic Chardonnay is aged for 2 years in French Oak and produces the very popular style of chardonnay- buttery, toasty with vanilla overtones.

Johannisberg Riesling
This is one of the oldest grape varieties coming from the Roman Empire and King Ludwig in the 9th century planted along the Rhine River. It quickly became well known grape variety producing the most distinctive and noble wines of Alsace, Mosel, Rhine, and Sand Castle. The fruit is small and yellowish, but it is one of the great grapes of the world which spans residual sugar and the wines could vary from dry, to semi sweet, all the way to dessert.

Pinot Noir
This is one of the greatest of fine-wine grapes. It makes fabulous red wines in Burgundy and is primarily responsible for champagne. If the grape is planted on a right slope and during right climatic conditions it will produce the most stable and velvety wines in the world.

The southeast slope of the Sand Castle Vineyards with its rocky soils in combination with late summer drought conditions will produce the maximum of the flavors for these grapes.

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