The wine region of San Pasqual Valley is located in the region of South Coast of California of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Orfila Vineyards or the Domaine Orfila Vineyards produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of San Pasqual Valley are Viognier, Mourvèdre and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of San Pasqual Valley often reveals types of flavors of oak, spices or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit.
In the mouth of San Pasqual Valley is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 5 estates and châteaux in the of San Pasqual Valley, producing 17 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of San Pasqual Valley go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).
I’d like to say we took advantage of the lockdown and its related commotion to do a stock-take, explore new avenues, turn over intriguing stones, widen and deepen our drinking, taking careful notes as we went. Sadly, no. I won’t say we got stuck in a rut, but we did tend to stick with comfort wines – and “comfort”, in our case, means familiar. Regular readers of this quarterly column can probably guess the labels on the resulting empties. We have a wider range of comfort foods, I’m afraid, than ...
Winemaker Derek Mossman Knapp, of Chile’s Garage Wine Company, introduced the group’s ‘Old-Vine Revival’ project in the UK this month. This included a first UK tasting of its new-release Old-Vine Revival País 2021 wine. Garage Wine Company’s Maule-based project focuses on producing wine from previously-neglected old vines, while at the same time supporting local farming communities. Born out of the Covid pandemic, the initiative enabled farmers to work in their local vineyards, which also elimin ...
New stocks of Château Latour 2010 were released from the Pauillac-based First Growth’s cellars on 13 September. Latour 2010 is regarded as one of the best Bordeaux wines of the 21st century so far, and has received two 100-point Decanter scores in the past three years. It’s also more expensive than many other Latour vintages, but analyst group Wine Lister said it expected buyers to show interest. ‘There is no doubt that this release will see demand, especially for merchants rel ...
