The wine region of Santa Ynez Valley is located in the region of Santa Barbara County of California of United States. We currently count 227 estates and châteaux in the of Santa Ynez Valley, producing 839 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Santa Ynez Valley go well with generally quite well with dishes .
Originally from Italy, it is the famous Sangiovese of Tuscany producing the famous wines of Brunello de Montalcino and Chianti. This variety is registered in the Official Catalogue of Wine Grape Varieties, list A1. According to recent genetic analysis, it is the result of a natural cross between the almost unknown Calabrese di Montenuovo (mother) and Ciliegiolo (father).
red wines from the region of Santa Ynez Valley go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of fillet of beef with morels, salmon cannelloni or lamb tagine with honey and onions.
On the nose in the region of Santa Ynez Valley often reveals types of flavors of oak, black fruit or non oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or earth. In the mouth in the region of Santa Ynez Valley is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
