The Winery Big Basin is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 40 wines for sale in of Santa Cruz Mountains to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Big Basin wines in Santa Cruz Mountains among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Big Basin 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 Big Basin wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Big Basin wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of flemish beer stew, sliced endives with ham or wild boar leg of 7 hours.
On the nose the red wine of Winery Big Basin. often reveals types of flavors of earth, oak or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of non oak, spices or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Big Basin. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
High-altitude AVA above the Pacific fog layer: signature Pinot Noir as king on cool slopes — complex reds with red and black fruits, Burgundian finesse and New World depth, long ageing. Ample, tannic Cabernet Sauvignon on warmer, sunnier eastern slopes. Lively, mineral Chardonnay with measured oak ageing, Merlot and Zinfandel as backup (25% each). Rugged terrain between San Francisco and Monterey, a chiselled mountain identity.
How Winery Big Basin wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of basque chicken with chorizo, lasagne with two salmons or cream and tuna quiche.
On the nose the white wine of Winery Big Basin. often reveals types of flavors of oak, citrus fruit or non oak and sometimes also flavors of earth, microbio or vegetal. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Big Basin. is a powerful with a nice freshness.
Deep, velvety reds with an intense purple colour, showing aromas of blackberry, black plum, violet, cocoa and gentle spice. Round tannins, fleshy palate, peppery length. Star of Cahors AOC (Côt, Auxerrois) in France and the absolute signature of Mendoza, Argentina (Uco Valley, Luján de Cuyo). A French South-West variety that became the Argentine emblem after its post-phylloxera decline.
How Winery Big Basin wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of beef stew, lamb tagine with honey and onions or risotto milanese.
A company of harvesters and handlers who have pooled their equipment (press, vats, etc.).
Planning a wine route in the of Santa Cruz Mountains? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Big Basin.
Aromatic and elegant whites, rich yet lifted by fine freshness, with hawthorn, honeysuckle, apricot, pear, honey, green tea, mineral and herbal notes. Fine ageing potential. Key variety in the great whites of the northern Rhône (Hermitage, Crozes-Hermitage, Saint-Joseph, Saint-Péray) blended with marsanne, and one of the 13 permitted grapes at Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Native Rhône variety.
