Discover the top 100 best white wines of California as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the white wines that are popular of California and the best vintages to taste in this region.
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.
Rich, ample whites with a golden robe, showing aromas of pear, quince, honey, smoke, ginger and spice. Made as structured dry wines (Alsace AOC), off-dry and sumptuous late-harvest sweet (vendange tardive, sélection de grains nobles). Lighter and crisper in Italy as Pinot Grigio (Veneto, Friuli). Also in Germany (Grauburgunder), Hungary (Szürkebarát) and Oregon. A grey mutation of Pinot Noir.
white wines from the region of California go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, spicy food or mushrooms such as recipes of potato and bacon omelette, shrimp marinade or risotto with porcini mushrooms.
On the nose in the region of California often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, citrus or melon and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or cream. In the mouth in the region of California is a powerful with a nice freshness.
