The Winery Backhouse of California

Winery Backhouse
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 O'Neill Vintners & Distillers.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of California.
It is located in California

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

Top Winery Backhouse wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Backhouse

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Backhouse

How Winery Backhouse wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of korean bibimbap, turkey ballotine or leg of wild boar.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Backhouse

On the nose the red wine of Winery Backhouse. often reveals types of flavors of cream, cherry or oaky and sometimes also flavors of smoke, earthy or blackberry. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Backhouse. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Backhouse

  • 2017With an average score of 3.68/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.67/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.52/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.52/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.51/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.51/5

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

  • Pinot Noir
  • Zinfandel
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of California

California is the largest and most important wine region in the United States. It represents the southern two-thirds (850 miles or 1,370 kilometers) of the country's west coast. (Oregon and Washington make up the rest. ) The state also spans nearly 10 degrees of latitude.

With its mountains, valleys, plains and plateaus, California's topography is as Complex as its Climate, offering winemakers a bewildering array of terroirs. California wines have only gained worldwide recognition in recent decades (especially after the 1976 Paris ruling). However, the state's wine history goes back more than 200 years. European vines were first planted in the 18th century, when settlers and missionaries moved up and down the West Coast.

The top white wines of Winery Backhouse

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Backhouse

How Winery Backhouse wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of rabbit socks in gibelotte, tuna pizza or zucchini and goat cheese quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Backhouse

On the nose the white wine of Winery Backhouse. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, cream or oaky and sometimes also flavors of tropical, citrus or apples. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Backhouse. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Backhouse

  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.51/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Grigio

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Backhouse

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

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.