The Winery Alta Maria of Santa Barbara County of California | Winedexer

Winery Alta Maria
The winery offers 19 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 286 of the estates of California.
It is located in Santa Barbara County in the region of California

The Winery Alta Maria is one of the best wineries to follow in Santa Barbara County.. It offers 19 wines for sale in of Santa Barbara County to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Alta Maria wines

Looking for the best Winery Alta Maria wines in Santa Barbara County among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Alta Maria wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Alta Maria wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Alta Maria

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Alta Maria

How Winery Alta Maria wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of venison stew with red wine, veal chop normandy style or gigolette of rabbit.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Alta Maria

On the nose the red wine of Winery Alta Maria. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or smoke and sometimes also flavors of earthy, blackberry or blueberry. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Alta Maria. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Alta Maria

  • 2009With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.95/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.86/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.79/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.71/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Alta Maria.

  • Pinot Noir
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Grenache

Discovering the wine region of Santa Barbara County

Californian star of cool climates (Central Coast): signature Pinot Noir as king of reds on the cool AVAs (Sta. Rita Hills, Santa Maria Valley) — fine and mineral with notes of cherry, raspberry, undergrowth, orange peel and spice, Burgundy-style acidity. Taut Chardonnay (citrus, apple, gunflint). Fleshy Syrah (Ballard Canyon).

6 AVAs, east-west valleys letting in Pacific fog — cool-to-warm gradient. Popularised by Sideways.

The top white wines of Winery Alta Maria

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Alta Maria

How Winery Alta Maria wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of butternut and goat cheese gratin, salmon with honey and soy or zucchini quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Alta Maria

On the nose the white wine of Winery Alta Maria. often reveals types of flavors of butterscotch, pineapple or cream and sometimes also flavors of oaky, citrus or apples. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Alta Maria. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Alta Maria

  • 2013With an average score of 3.89/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.73/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.62/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Alta Maria.

  • Chardonnay
  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

Whites with many faces: mineral and taut at Chablis (lemon, green apple, flint), opulent and buttery at Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet (hazelnut, brioche, yellow fruits), tense and chalky in Champagne (Blanc de Blancs). Also vinified sparkling and widely exported (Sonoma, Margaret River, Casablanca). A Burgundian variety, a cross of Pinot Noir × Gouais Blanc, half-sibling of Aligoté.

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Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Very expressive, lively aromatic whites with a pale golden colour, crisp palate with fresh acidity, signature aromas of citrus (grapefruit, lime), exotic fruits (passion fruit), boxwood, blackcurrant bud and mineral notes (flint). Star of Sancerre AOC, Pouilly-Fumé AOC and Pessac-Léognan AOC, defines the great whites of the Loire and Bordeaux. French white variety from Bordeaux and the Loire, exported to New Zealand, South Africa and Chile.