The best wines of Nevada County

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

Top wines of Nevada County by region

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

Great red wines of Nevada County

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Want to buy a red wine of Nevada County cheap or sell a red wine of Nevada County at the best price on the market? Find out which ones are popular and which ones to keep in your cellar for a few more years.

Food and wine pairing with a red wine of Nevada County

Red wines from the region of Nevada County go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of beef with panang curry (red curry), mathieu's lamb tagine or osso bucco milanese.

Organoleptic analysis of red wine of Nevada County

On the nose the red wine of the region of Nevada County. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit, spices or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of black fruit.

The best vintages in red wine of Nevada County

  • 2017With an average score of 3.90/5

The most used grape varieties in red wine of Nevada County

  • Mourvedre
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache
  • Cabernet Franc

Discovering the wine region of Nevada County

The wine region of Nevada County is located in the region of Sierra Foothills of California of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Purity or the Domaine Purity produce mainly wines red, white and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Nevada County are Marsanne, Viognier and Roussanne, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Nevada County often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit, earth or spices and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit or tree fruit.

We currently count 4 estates and châteaux in the of Nevada County, producing 10 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Nevada County go well with generally quite well with dishes of pasta, pork or shellfish.

Great white wines of Nevada County

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Food and wine pairing with a white wine of Nevada County

White wines from the region of Nevada County go well with generally quite well with dishes of pasta, pork or shellfish such as recipes of spinach cannelloni, chicken blanquette or parillade of fish and seafood.

Organoleptic analysis of white wine of Nevada County

On the nose the white wine of the region of Nevada County. often reveals types of flavors of earth, citrus fruit or tree fruit.

The best vintages in white wine of Nevada County

  • 2017With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2020With an average score of 3.80/5

The most used grape varieties in white wine of Nevada County

  • Viognier
  • Marsanne
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Pinot Gris

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 sparkling wines of Nevada County

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Want to buy a sparkling wine of Nevada County cheap or sell a sparkling wine of Nevada County at the best price on the market? Find out which ones are popular and which ones to keep in your cellar for a few more years.

Food and wine pairing with a sparkling wine of Nevada County

Sparkling wines from the region of Nevada County go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork or shellfish such as recipes of tripe in the style of caen or pasta with scampi.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wine of Nevada County

On the nose the sparkling wine of the region of Nevada County. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit.

The most used grape varieties in sparkling wine of Nevada County

  • Roussanne
  • Marsanne

The word of the wine: Film

Skin of the grape containing the colouring matter of red wines (anthocyanins), the most noble tannins and the essential aromatic substances.

News from the vineyard of Nevada County

Join Decanter in New York for its debut Fine Wine Encounter

Decanter is excited to announce the debut of the world-renowned Decanter Fine Wine Encounter event in New York City, home to one of the most exciting wine scenes, on Saturday 18th June 2022. Tickets are now on sale. Join us in New York to taste, savour and enjoy outstanding fine wines and meet 50 of the world’s most prestigious producers for the Grand Tasting, each personally invited by Decanter. From London to Shanghai and now New York, this unique event will allow you to taste a wide range of ...

La Rioja Alta expands with ‘artisanal vineyard’ deals

Guillermo de Aranzabal Bittner, a director at La Rioja Alta, said the company had acquired 35ha of old vines, with a minimum age of 45 years, in the village of Elvillar at an average altitude of 600 metres. He also said La Rioja Alta would buy more old vines this year, bringing total ‘artisanal vineyard’ acquisitions to a minimum of 5oha, and potentially up to 75ha, by the end of 2022. ‘We are buying very old vineyards, pruned in the traditional way with very low production, some of which are fi ...

DO Terra Alta makes orange wine official

In the last board meeting of 2021 for the regulatory council of DO Terra Alta, in Catalunya, Spain, a long list of changes was approved. The most prominent was the making of a very strict certification system for wines that are 100% Garnatxa Blanca given that it’s their flagship grape variety. But perhaps the most interesting item is a bit further down the list that allows certification for a type of wines that in Catalan are called “vins brisats”. The name refers to white wine ...