Winery Benziger - Merlo Vineyard Port

Winery BenzigerMerlo Vineyard Port

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Merlo Vineyard Port of Winery Benziger is a natural sweet wine from the region of Dry Creek Valley of California.
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.

Details and technical informations about Winery Benziger's Merlo Vineyard Port.

Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

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

Merlo Vineyard Port - 2015
In the top 100 of of Dry Creek Valley wines
Average rating: 4.411110
Merlo Vineyard Port - 2007
In the top 100 of of Dry Creek Valley wines
Average rating: 4.511110.5

The best vintages of Merlo Vineyard Port from Winery Benziger are 2007, 2015

Informations about the Winery Benziger

The winery offers 96 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
This winery is part of the The Wine Group.
It is in the top 25 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Dry Creek Valley in the region of California

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.

Top wine California
In the top 20000 of of United States wines
In the top 8500 of of Dry Creek Valley wines
In the top 1500 of natural sweet wines
In the top 150000 wines of the world

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.

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The word of the wine: Dry

Champagne with between 17 and 35 grams of sugar (see dosage liqueur).

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