Winery Karen BirminghamReserve Barbera
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or mild and soft cheese.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Reserve Barbera of Winery Karen Birmingham 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 Reserve Barbera
Pairings that work perfectly with Reserve Barbera
Original food and wine pairings with Reserve Barbera
The Reserve Barbera of Winery Karen Birmingham matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, spicy food or poultry such as recipes of quiche lorraine, tripe in the style of caen or couscous without couscous maker.
Details and technical informations about Winery Karen Birmingham's Reserve Barbera.
Discover the grape variety: Morrastel-Bouschet
Intensely colored, teinturier reds with a near-black dark ruby robe, signature red pulp, firm tannins and a dense palate, with simple aromas of black fruits (blackberry, blackcurrant), spices and balsamic notes. Historically used to deepen the color of Midi blends. Now marginal, preserved in ampelographic collections. French teinturier variety created in the 19th century by Henri Bouschet (Morrastel × Petit Bouschet).
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Reserve Barbera from Winery Karen Birmingham are 2018, 0, 2017
Informations about the Winery Karen Birmingham
The Winery Karen Birmingham is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 16 wines for sale in the of Lodi to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Lodi
Self-proclaimed world capital of Zinfandel (>40% of premium Californian production): old-vine red king (plantings from 1888) — opulent and jammy with notes of blackberry, plum, raspberry, pepper, liquorice and a tobacco touch, coated tannins. Cabernet, Syrah, Merlot, Tempranillo, Albariño, Barbera and Primitivo in the palette (>100 grapes). Viognier and Chardonnay in whites. Central Californian AVA (1986) east of the bay, Mediterranean climate tempered by the delta.
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: Heavy
Said of a thick, rustic wine that lacks finesse.
