Winery BenzigerMerlo Vineyard Port
Natural sweet wine
This wine is a blend of 3 varietals which are the Tinta Barroca, the Touriga franca and the Touriga nacional.
This wine generally goes well with beef and mature and hard cheese.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Merlo Vineyard Port of Winery Benziger in the region of California often reveals types of flavors of oak, black fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Merlo Vineyard Port
Pairings that work perfectly with Merlo Vineyard Port
Original food and wine pairings with Merlo Vineyard Port
The Merlo Vineyard Port of Winery Benziger matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of tunisian molokheya or matouille or hot tome des bauges (savoie).
Details and technical informations about Winery Benziger's Merlo Vineyard Port.
Discover the grape variety: Tinta Barroca
Most certainly Portuguese, more precisely in the Douro region where it is very present. It can be found in Spain, Portugal, South Africa, ... almost unknown in France, registered in the Official Catalogue of A2 list varieties.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Merlo Vineyard Port from Winery Benziger are 2007, 2015, 0
Informations about the Winery Benziger
The Winery Benziger is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 90 wines for sale in the of Dry Creek Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Dry Creek Valley
The wine region of Dry Creek Valley is located in the region of Sonoma County of California of United States. We currently count 414 estates and châteaux in the of Dry Creek Valley, producing 1322 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Dry Creek Valley go well with generally quite well with dishes .
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.
The word of the wine: Lactic (acid)
Acid obtained by malolactic fermentation.
