The Winery ARKAS of Rutherford of California

Winery ARKAS - Ninety Nine Cabernet Sauvignon
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of California.
It is located in Rutherford in the region of California

The Winery ARKAS is one of the best wineries to follow in Rutherford.. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Rutherford to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery ARKAS wines

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

The top red wines of Winery ARKAS

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery ARKAS

How Winery ARKAS wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of shepherd's pie (quebec!), lamb sweetbreads with white wine and sorrel cream or rabbit with chorizo.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery ARKAS

On the nose the red wine of Winery ARKAS. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery ARKAS. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery ARKAS

  • 2015With an average score of 4.18/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.73/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Pinot Noir

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).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery ARKAS

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 ARKAS.

Discover the grape variety: Sabalkanskoï

It is believed to be native to the Black Sea coast or the Azov Sea in the Balkans. It can be found in the United States, Australia, North Africa, Egypt, Turkey, Italy, etc. It is virtually unknown in France, perhaps because it matures too late and with difficulty.

News about Winery ARKAS 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 ...

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 ...

The word of the wine: Local wine

Table wine, but with the origin indicated. It corresponds to a particular legislation: the freedom to use grape varieties is greater than for the AOC, but the quality criteria such as the approval tastings can sometimes be more demanding. The legislation is still evolving, but for the moment there are three levels: regional (e.g. Vin de Pays d'Oc), departmental and local (e.g. Côtes de Thongue).