The wine region of Amador County is located in the region of Sierra Foothills of California of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Portalupi or the Domaine Favia produce mainly wines red, natural sweet and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Amador County are Zinfandel, Mourvèdre and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Amador County often reveals types of flavors of cherry, vegetal or cinnamon and sometimes also flavors of cheese, fig or stone fruit.
In the mouth of Amador County is a powerful. We currently count 181 estates and châteaux in the of Amador County, producing 487 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Amador County go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, spicy food or poultry.
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.
wines from the region of Amador County go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of seven o'clock leg of lamb, lamb roast with lavender or fried rice noodles with chicken.
On the nose in the region of Amador County often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of oak, black fruit or spices. In the mouth in the region of Amador County is a powerful.
