Top 100 pink wines of California
Discover the top 100 best pink wines of California as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the pink wines that are popular of California and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Discovering the wine region of California
Powerful, sunny reds: dense Napa Cabernet Sauvignon (blackcurrant, chocolate, tobacco, ample tannins), spicy, jammy Zinfandel from the Sierra Foothills, silky red-fruited Pinot Noir on the cool coast (Sonoma, Russian River, Central Coast). Opulent, buttery Chardonnay, notes of yellow fruit and vanilla. Varied climate, from the hot interior to the Pacific-cooled coast. 80% of US production, 139 AVAs including Napa (1st AVA, 1981).
Fleshy, exuberant wines, cellar bottles.
Discover the grape variety: Riesling
Crystalline, taut whites with vibrant acidity and aromas of citrus, green apple, white flowers, vineyard peach and mineral/petrol notes with age. Made as dry (Trocken, Alsace), off-dry (Kabinett, Spätlese) and sweet (Auslese, Beerenauslese, Trockenbeerenauslese, late harvest). Star of the Moselle, Rheingau, Alsace AOC and Wachau. Also exported to Clare Valley and Finger Lakes.
Food and wine pairing with a pink wine of California
pink wines from the region of California go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, spicy food or poultry such as recipes of pan-fried carrots, sheep's feet with mountain honey or chicken fajitas.
Organoleptic analysis of pink wine of California
On the nose in the region of California often reveals types of flavors of apples, butter or minerality and sometimes also flavors of strawberries, lemon or earth.
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