The Winery Alterra of North Coast of California

Winery Alterra
The winery offers 7 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
This estate is part of the Adams Wine Group.
It is ranked in the top 9941 of the estates of California.
It is located in North Coast in the region of California

The Winery Alterra is one of the best wineries to follow in North Coast.. It offers 7 wines for sale in of North Coast to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Alterra wines

Looking for the best Winery Alterra wines in North Coast among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Alterra 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 Alterra wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Alterra

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Alterra

How Winery Alterra wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef coarse salt, leg with a spoon or seven o'clock leg or pheasant with mushrooms and tomatoes.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Alterra

On the nose the red wine of Winery Alterra. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit or spices. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Alterra. is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Alterra

  • 2014With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.73/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.49/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.48/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.44/5

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

  • Pinot Noir
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Zinfandel

Discovering the wine region of North Coast

The wine region of North Coast is located in the region of California of United States. We currently count 484 estates and châteaux in the of North Coast, producing 798 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of North Coast go well with generally quite well with dishes .

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Alterra

Planning a wine route in the of North Coast? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Alterra.

Discover the grape variety: Zinfandel

From Croatia where it is called crljenak kastelanski or pribidrag. According to genetic analyses carried out by Professor Carole Meredith of California University in Davis (United States), it is related to the Croatian plavac mali and Zinfandel. It is also found in South Africa, New Zealand, Chile, Brazil, Germany, Bulgaria, Albania, Italy under the name of Primitivo, Malta, Greece, Portugal and to some extent in Croatia. In the United States (California), it is one of the most widely planted grape varieties, having been introduced in the 1830s well before Primitivo. In France, it is registered in the official catalogue of vine varieties on the A1 list under the name Primitivo.