CrossKeys Vineyards

Wine: Winery: Ambiance: Jul 15, 2017

Classy, large vineyard and winery setting offering a wonderful cross section of French varietals and blends. Service was a bit disjointed with only one young lady providing the tastings, doing all sales and greeting visitors who may have wanted to order a glass of wine to sit elsewhere. Because of this, we opted to do only a 'short' tasting of two reds (no charge) and maybe have missed out on their Chardonnay, Vidal Blanc, blends, Merlot, Touriga, Chambourcin (French-American hybrid), Meritage & dessert wines. Came away with a couple 2015 Petit Verdot wines which we will put away for awhile and a libraried 2011 Petit Verdot. Be aware that their 2017 Virginia Governor's Cup gold medal $35 2015 Cabernet Franc is not available for tasting. A thank you is in order to CrossKeys for not doubling/tripling the cost, as other Virginia winery winners often do, with their wine's success. A generous military discount is provided for all bottle purchases.