The Winery Amethyst of Oakville of California

Winery Amethyst - Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
The winery offers 4 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 424 of the estates of California.
It is located in Oakville in the region of California

The Winery Amethyst is one of the best wineries to follow in Oakville.. It offers 4 wines for sale in of Oakville to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Amethyst wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Amethyst

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Amethyst

How Winery Amethyst wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of venison stew with red wine, mansaf, or jordanian lamb (jordan) or garbure with duck confit.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Amethyst

In the mouth the red wine of Winery Amethyst. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Nebbiolo

Discovering the wine region of Oakville

The wine region of Oakville is located in the region of Napa Valley of California of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Schrader or the Domaine Schrader produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Oakville are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Oakville often reveals types of flavors of cherry, dried herbs or cigar and sometimes also flavors of bell pepper, green bell pepper or baking spice.

In the mouth of Oakville is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 251 estates and châteaux in the of Oakville, producing 498 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Oakville go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Amethyst

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

Discover the grape variety: Seyval blanc

A relative of the Saint Pepin, this direct-producing hybrid is the result of an interspecific cross between 5656 Seibel and Ray d'Or (4986 Seibel) obtained in 1921 by the Seyve-Villard company, formerly based in Saint Vallier (Drôme). Seyval blanc is registered in the official catalogue of wine grape varieties, list A. It can be found in the United States, Canada, Brazil, Australia, South Africa, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Germany, Romania, Switzerland, etc. It is practically non-existent in France and is in danger of disappearing.

News about Winery Amethyst 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’ ...

Napa ‘library’ auction has rare Screaming Eagle and Harlan magnums

Screaming Eagle, Harlan Estate, Mayacamas and Spottswoode are among the major names featured in the Napa Valley Library Wine Auction via Sotheby’s. More than 50 lots have been assembled for the sale, which began online this week and will culminate in a live auction on 5 February in New York. Organised in partnership with trade body Napa Valley Vintners, the auction includes vintages back to 1978 and wines have been sourced direct from winery cellars. One rare lot involves a magnum of each of Scr ...

San Luis Obispo Coast recognised as newest AVA

San Luis Obispo Coast was awarded on 9 March, 2022 by the US Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau. The new AVA establishes a 97 kilometer-long strip along California that locals call SLO (slow) Coast, describing the Pacific Ocean’s influence on the area’s culture and lifestyle, terrain, and wines.  SLO Coast is located midway between two major California cities, San Francisco and Los Angeles, with Burgundy varieties making up a majority of San Luis Obispo Coast’s high-end wine pr ...

The word of the wine: Trimming

A vineyard operation consisting of pruning the upper part of the branches after lifting, either manually or using a trimming machine attached to a high-clearance tractor.