Winery BeckmenBarrel Select Cuvée Red
Red wine
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with beef, game (deer, venison) or lamb.
The Barrel Select Cuvée Red of the Winery Beckmen is in the top 70 of wines of Santa Ynez Valley.
Taste structure of the Barrel Select Cuvée Red from the Winery Beckmen
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Barrel Select Cuvée Red of Winery Beckmen in the region of California is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Barrel Select Cuvée Red of Winery Beckmen in the region of California often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Barrel Select Cuvée Red
Pairings that work perfectly with Barrel Select Cuvée Red
Original food and wine pairings with Barrel Select Cuvée Red
The Barrel Select Cuvée Red of Winery Beckmen matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of beef lark, chinese soy and chicken noodles (wok style) or sausage and vegetable risotto with cookéo.
Details and technical informations about Winery Beckmen's Barrel Select Cuvée Red.
Discover the grape variety: Mourvèdre
Powerful, deep reds with firm tannins and dense texture, showing aromas of blackberry, leather, garrigue, black pepper, liquorice and animal notes (game, forest floor) with age. Star of Bandol AOC as a single variety and pillar of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Gigondas and Costières blends. Also in GSM in Languedoc and Australia. A late-ripening variety of Spanish origin (Mataró/Monastrell).
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Barrel Select Cuvée Red from Winery Beckmen are 2015, 2018, 2017, 0 and 2016.
Informations about the Winery Beckmen
The Winery Beckmen is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 50 wines for sale in the of Santa Ynez Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Santa Ynez Valley
Highly diverse east-west Santa Barbara AVA (1°F rise per mile inland, AVA 1983, 70+ grapes): cool in the west, Pinot Noir reigns in reds and vibrant Chardonnay in whites. Central Ballard Canyon, fleshy, spicy Syrah. Hotter east, structured Bordeaux Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, Rhône varieties. Also Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling and Gewurztraminer.
The wine region of California
Powerful, sunny reds: dense Napa Cabernet Sauvignon (blackcurrant, chocolate, tobacco, ample tannins), spicy, jammy Zinfandel from the Sierra Foothills, silky red-fruited Pinot Noir on the cool coast (Sonoma, Russian River, Central Coast). Opulent, buttery Chardonnay, notes of yellow fruit and vanilla. Varied climate, from the hot interior to the Pacific-cooled coast. 80% of US production, 139 AVAs including Napa (1st AVA, 1981).
The word of the wine: Bouchy
See cabernet franc.
