The Winery Au Contraire of Sonoma Coast of California

Winery Au Contraire
The winery offers 7 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 86 of the estates of California.
It is located in Sonoma Coast in the region of California

The Winery Au Contraire is one of the world's great estates. It offers 7 wines for sale in of Sonoma Coast to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Au Contraire wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Au Contraire

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Au Contraire

How Winery Au Contraire wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of special' tagliatelle carbonara, tagliatelle courgette salmon from cécile and lisa or quiche without pastry.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Au Contraire

On the nose the white wine of Winery Au Contraire. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Au Contraire. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Au Contraire

  • 2012With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.82/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.82/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.72/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Gris

Discovering the wine region of Sonoma Coast

Elegant, saline Pinot Noir as signature and vibrant Chardonnay: refined coastal reds with aromas of fresh cherry, poached strawberry, cranberry and blackcurrant, sweet spices and floral touches, straight acidity. Energetic Chardonnay with notes of green apple, Meyer citrus, stone fruit and saline minerality. Vast AVA in north-west Sonoma, directly exposed to Pacific fogs and breezes, very cool climate over a long season. Chiselled maritime identity, medium to long ageing.

The top red wines of Winery Au Contraire

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Au Contraire

How Winery Au Contraire wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef tongue with vegetables, oven-baked veal cutlets or duck breast in the oven.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Au Contraire

On the nose the red wine of Winery Au Contraire. 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 Au Contraire. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Au Contraire

  • 2017With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.93/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.93/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.87/5

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

  • Pinot Noir

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.

The top pink wines of Winery Au Contraire

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Au Contraire

How Winery Au Contraire wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of very soft beef bourguignon, chicken bonne femme or duck legs with honey and orange.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Au Contraire

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Au Contraire. often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Au Contraire

  • 2018With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 0With an average score of 4.10/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Au Contraire.

  • Pinot Noir

The word of the wine: Oenology

The science of the oenologist, which is essentially concerned with the elaboration and maturation of wines.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Au Contraire

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

Discover the grape variety: Pinot gris

Rich, ample whites with a golden robe, showing aromas of pear, quince, honey, smoke, ginger and spice. Made as structured dry wines (Alsace AOC), off-dry and sumptuous late-harvest sweet (vendange tardive, sélection de grains nobles). Lighter and crisper in Italy as Pinot Grigio (Veneto, Friuli). Also in Germany (Grauburgunder), Hungary (Szürkebarát) and Oregon. A grey mutation of Pinot Noir.