The Winery Altra of Rutherford of California

Winery Altra - Cabernet Sauvignon
The winery offers 5 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.2.
It is ranked in the top 312 of the estates of California.
It is located in Rutherford in the region of California

The Winery Altra is one of the best wineries to follow in Rutherford.. It offers 5 wines for sale in of Rutherford to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Altra wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Altra

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Altra

How Winery Altra wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of traditional flemish carbonades, lamb tagine with prunes or medallions of monkfish with citrus fruits.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Altra

On the nose the red wine of Winery Altra. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, black fruit or earth and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Altra. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Altra

  • 2011With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.21/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.10/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot
  • Petit Verdot

Discovering the wine region of Rutherford

The wine region of Rutherford is located in the region of Napa Valley of California of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Frank Family or the Domaine Scarecrow produce mainly wines red, white and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Rutherford are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Rutherford often reveals types of flavors of cherry, menthol or green apple and sometimes also flavors of peach, citrus or tropical.

In the mouth of Rutherford is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 268 estates and châteaux in the of Rutherford, producing 544 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Rutherford go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

The top white wines of Winery Altra

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Altra

How Winery Altra wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or goat cheese such as recipes of risotto of the sea, tuna, pepper and tomato quiche or quiche without pastry with 4 cheeses.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Altra

On the nose the white wine of Winery Altra. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit.

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

  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Petit Verdot

Petit Verdot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (southwest). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches and small grapes. Petit Verdot noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Altra

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

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

News about Winery Altra and wines from the region

LVMH buys Napa Valley’s Joseph Phelps Vineyards

Philippe Schaus, chairman and chief executive of the Moët Hennessy division of LVMH, called Joseph Phelps Vineyards ‘an iconic name and an iconic winery’. Joseph Phelps founded his eponymous winery on a 260ha former cattle ranch in Napa Valley in 1973. He turned it into one of California’s most prominent producers, famed for its flagship Insignia – a Bordeaux-style blend – and its pioneering use of Rhône varieties, which kick-started the ‘Rhône Rangers’ movement in the Golden State. The founder’ ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Ten years on: Chinese wine’s breakthrough moment at DWWA

The prestige attached to winning at the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) means that being awarded a Bronze medal for some wineries will mean huge celebrations in China, Japan, India, or Thailand. Since the competition began in 2004, I have often reminded judges on my panel about this – whether they are journalists, sommeliers, educators, Masters of Wine or Master Sommeliers. Scroll down for new tasting notes and scores on Jia Bei Lan vintages: from the Chinese wine label that won big at DWWA 20 ...

The word of the wine: Solera

A method of maturing practiced in Andalusia for certain sherries, which aims to continuously blend older and younger wines. It consists of stacking several layers of barrels; those located at ground level (solera) contain the oldest wines, the youngest being stored in the barrels on the upper level. The wine to be bottled is taken from the barrels on the lower level, which is replaced by younger wine from the upper level, and so on.