The best wines of Santa Clara Valley

Discover the best wines of Santa Clara Valley of California as well as the best winemakers of Santa Clara Valley and estates of Santa Clara Valley to visit. Explore the popular grape varieties of Santa Clara Valley and the best vintages to taste in this region.

Top wines of Santa Clara Valley by region

Looking for a good wine of Santa Clara Valley of California among the top wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent wines of Santa Clara Valley. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be appropriate with these exceptional wines. Learn more about the region and the wines of Santa Clara Valley with technical and enological descriptions.

Great red wines of Santa Clara Valley

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Food and wine pairing with a red wine of Santa Clara Valley

Red wines from the region of Santa Clara Valley go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of braised beef with carrots, lamb curry or wild boar with honey.

Organoleptic analysis of red wine of Santa Clara Valley

On the nose the red wine of the region of Santa Clara Valley. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or spices. In the mouth the red wine of the region of Santa Clara Valley. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in red wine of Santa Clara Valley

  • 2016With an average score of 4.06/5
  • 2006With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.98/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.95/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.88/5
  • 2007With an average score of 3.87/5

The most used grape varieties in red wine of Santa Clara Valley

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Zinfandel
  • Malbec
  • Pinot Noir

The best wineries and winemakers for red wine of Santa Clara Valley

A wine route planned in the region of Santa Clara Valley? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best red wine of Santa Clara Valley.

Discovering the wine region of Santa Clara Valley

The wine region of Santa Clara Valley is located in the region of San Francisco Bay of California of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Jason Stephens or the Domaine Clos LaChance produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Santa Clara Valley are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Zinfandel and Merlot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Santa Clara Valley often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or earth and sometimes also flavors of microbio, vegetal or spices.

In the mouth of Santa Clara Valley is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 43 estates and châteaux in the of Santa Clara Valley, producing 162 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Santa Clara Valley go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

Great white wines of Santa Clara Valley

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Food and wine pairing with a white wine of Santa Clara Valley

White wines from the region of Santa Clara Valley go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of sauerkraut (with tips so to do!!!), tuna gratin or nanie's diced ham quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wine of Santa Clara Valley

On the nose the white wine of the region of Santa Clara Valley. often reveals types of flavors of oak, citrus fruit or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of microbio, earth or dried fruit. In the mouth the white wine of the region of Santa Clara Valley. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in white wine of Santa Clara Valley

  • 2018With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.83/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.50/5

The most used grape varieties in white wine of Santa Clara Valley

  • Chardonnay
  • Viognier
  • Fiano
  • Roussanne
  • Marsanne
  • Grenache Blanc

The best wineries and winemakers for white wine of Santa Clara Valley

A wine route planned in the region of Santa Clara Valley? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best white wine of Santa Clara Valley.

Discover the grape variety: Marsanne

Marsanne is a white grape variety that originated in Montélimar in the Drôme, several centuries ago. Marsanne is also found in Cassis, Savoie, Languedoc-Roussillon and Saint-Péray in the Ardèche, where it produces remarkable sparkling wines. The warm, sunny climate of the Rhone Valley, Languedoc-Roussillon and Provence, as well as the dry, stony soil, are ideal conditions for its development. Its bunches are quite large and provide small, juicy berries that are sensitive to grey rot and strong winds. These two grape varieties complement each other perfectly: together they give light wines with little acidity, aromas of yellow fruit, white fruit and flowers with notes of honey and liquorice. This is for example what the appellations Saint-Péray, Hermitage, Crozes-Hermitage, Saint-Joseph, Côtes-du-Vallée du Rhône, Corbières, or Cassis express... which represent about 700 hectares.

Great pink wines of Santa Clara Valley

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Food and wine pairing with a pink wine of Santa Clara Valley

Pink wines from the region of Santa Clara Valley go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or pork such as recipes of quick meatloaf, stuffed veal breast or capellini with prosciutto.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wine of Santa Clara Valley

On the nose the pink wine of the region of Santa Clara Valley. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, citrus fruit.

The best vintages in pink wine of Santa Clara Valley

  • 2017With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.50/5

The most used grape varieties in pink wine of Santa Clara Valley

  • Sangiovese
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grignolino
  • Grenache
  • Cinsault
  • Cabernet Franc

The best wineries and winemakers for pink wine of Santa Clara Valley

A wine route planned in the region of Santa Clara Valley? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best pink wine of Santa Clara Valley.

Discover the grape variety: Malbec

Malbec, a high-yielding red grape variety, produces tannic and colourful wines. It is produced in different wine-growing regions and changes its name according to the grape variety. Called Auxerrois in Cahors, Malbec in Bordeaux, it is also known as Côt. 6,000 hectares of the Malbec grape are grown in France (in decline since the 1950s). Malbec is also very successful in Argentina. The country has become the world's leading producer of Malbec and offers wines with great potential.

Great sweet wines of Santa Clara Valley

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Food and wine pairing with a sweet wine of Santa Clara Valley

Sweet wines from the region of Santa Clara Valley go well with generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The word of the wine: Chartreuse

In the Bordeaux region, small castle from the 18th or early 19th century.

Great natural sweet wines of Santa Clara Valley

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Food and wine pairing with a natural-sweet wine of Santa Clara Valley

Natural sweet wines from the region of Santa Clara Valley go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of millet with gruyere cheese, seven o'clock leg of lamb or deer stew.

Organoleptic analysis of natural-sweet wine of Santa Clara Valley

On the nose the natural sweet wine of the region of Santa Clara Valley. often reveals types of flavors of oak.

The most used grape varieties in natural-sweet wine of Santa Clara Valley

  • Zinfandel
  • Petite Sirah
  • Touriga Nacional
  • Tinta Roriz

Discover the grape variety: Grignolino

Most certainly Italian, it is mainly cultivated in the region of Asti in Piedmont and very little known elsewhere in Italy.

News from the vineyard of Santa Clara Valley

Rare Lynch-Bages auction with ‘mythical’ 1961 is 100% sold

Strong demand for Château Lynch-Bages wines from collectors in Europe, US and Asia helped ensure all 342 lots in the London-based auction were sold, said Sotheby’s. Total sales at the 25 March event hit £877,826 ($1.16m), eclipsing a pre-sale high estimate of just under £700,000. It’s another sign of a strong auction market, and of Lynch-Bages’ popularity; this Pauillac-based Bordeaux estate owned by the Cazes family has long been known for punching above its fifth growth status in the 1855 Clas ...

Andrew Jefford: ‘Arresting and generous, but without vulgarity or excess’

Layers of colour in the sky before me: indigo, peach, salmon. In the rear-view mirror, the gold was catching fire. As I drove down through the lonely, Mistral-chilled vines of Babeau-Bouldoux towards nearby St-Chinian, I was thinking about what Christine Deleuze of Clos Bagatelle had just said. ‘When you came to visit 10 years ago,’ she reminded me, ‘you said we needed to wait another decade for a market breakthrough. Today you’ve said we need to wait another decade or two. So when, exactly, wil ...

Château Lassègue names seventh-generation vigneron Nicolas Seillan as its new winemaker

Seillan takes on his new role in addition to his current position as senior vice president of finance, Château Lassègue and Tenuta di Arceno. Château Lassègue said Seillan will continue to work alongside his father, renowned vigneron Pierre Seillan, who said: ‘I am proud that my son Nicolas will continue in the tradition of our family lineage as a seventh-generation vigneron, and bring his passion and respect for the great terroirs and wines of France.’ Born into a family of French vignerons, Ni ...

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