Top 100 wines of Dry Creek Valley

Discover the top 100 best wines of Dry Creek Valley of North Coast as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the wines that are popular of Dry Creek Valley and the best vintages to taste in this region.

Discovering the wine region of Dry Creek Valley

The wine region of Dry Creek Valley is located in the region of Sonoma County of California of United States. We currently count 414 estates and châteaux in the of Dry Creek Valley, producing 1322 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Dry Creek Valley go well with generally quite well with dishes .

Discover the grape variety: Zinfandel

From Croatia where it is called crljenak kastelanski or pribidrag. According to genetic analyses carried out by Professor Carole Meredith of California University in Davis (United States), it is related to the Croatian plavac mali and Zinfandel. It is also found in South Africa, New Zealand, Chile, Brazil, Germany, Bulgaria, Albania, Italy under the name of Primitivo, Malta, Greece, Portugal and to some extent in Croatia. In the United States (California), it is one of the most widely planted grape varieties, having been introduced in the 1830s well before Primitivo. In France, it is registered in the official catalogue of vine varieties on the A1 list under the name Primitivo.

Food and wine pairing with a wine of Dry Creek Valley

wines from the region of Dry Creek Valley go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of enchiladas franchouillards, lamb mice confit and melting carrots or oven roasted rabbit with mustard.

Organoleptic analysis of wine of Dry Creek Valley

On the nose in the region of Dry Creek Valley often reveals types of flavors of cream, cherry or oaky and sometimes also flavors of citrus, smoke or butter. In the mouth in the region of Dry Creek Valley is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.