The Winery Barrel Head of California

Winery Barrel Head
The winery offers 23 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 9997 of the estates of California.
It is located in California
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The Winery Barrel Head is one of the best wineries to follow in Californie.. It offers 23 wines for sale in of California to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Barrel Head wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Barrel Head

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Barrel Head

How Winery Barrel Head wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef tongue with pickle sauce, leg of lamb in a casserole or marinated duck with honey and five spices.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Barrel Head

On the nose the red wine of Winery Barrel Head. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit or spices. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Barrel Head. is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Barrel Head

  • 2017With an average score of 4.03/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.93/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.88/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Pinot Noir

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 Barrel Head

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Barrel Head

How Winery Barrel Head wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of veal cutlets with savoy tomme, fresh tuna with sesame seeds or quiche lorraine.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Barrel Head

On the nose the white wine of Winery Barrel Head. often reveals types of flavors of oak.

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

  • Chardonnay

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Barrel Head

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 Barrel Head.

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). 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. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

News about Winery Barrel Head and wines from the region

Burgundy 2022 harvest: winemaker optimism running high

It’s expected the Burgundy 2022 harvest will be bigger than the region’s five-year average, France’s agriculture ministry said this month, also noting the healthy state of vineyards in the area. Final figures on yields are not yet available, but suggestions the 2022 harvest could represent a rebound from the historically low 2021 crop could be welcome among wine lovers and producers alike. This week, it was also announced that the 162nd Hospices de Beaune auction, co-hosted by ...

Rare Domaine Ponsot wine auction tops £1m in sales – Christie’s

Christie’s said the Geneva-based sale, which included more than 400 bottles of Domaine Ponsot wines split into 261 lots, achieved a total of around CHF1.345m (almost £1.2m). All lots found buyers in the auction, held to mark Domaine Ponsot’s 150th anniversary, Christie’s said. Its results again highlight top Burgundy’s allure. The appeal of wines sourced direct from the Domaine may also have inspired strong bidding. Prior to the sale, Edwin Vos, head of Christie’s’ international wine ...

First grapes picked in Napa Valley 2022 harvest

The Napa Valley 2022 harvest got underway in early August for some sparkling and white wine styles. ‘We had our earliest harvest ever, and started picking Sauvignon Blanc on Monday 1 August,’ said Stephanie Honig, of Honig Vineyard and Winery. ‘The fruit came from our grower partner Gordon Family Ranch, which is located in the southeast area of the Napa Valley appellation,’ said Honig, who is export director at the family-owned winery. Harvest typically begins with older ...

The word of the wine: Gourmet

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