Winery Brian Carter Cellars - Opulento

Winery Brian Carter CellarsOpulento

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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 Opulento of Winery Brian Carter Cellars is a sweet wine from the region of Yakima Valley of Washington.
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Tinto cão and the Touriga nacional.
This wine generally goes well with beef and mature and hard cheese.
The Opulento of the Winery Brian Carter Cellars is in the top 30 of wines of Yakima Valley.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Opulento of Winery Brian Carter Cellars in the region of Washington often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of black fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Brian Carter Cellars's Opulento.

Winemaker
Brian Carter
Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Style of wine
Alcohol
19°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Tinto cão

- Origin : Most certainly from the north of Portugal, it is a very old grape variety, present for a very long time in the Douro Valley where it is very often associated with other grape varieties to produce the famous Port. It can also be found in the United States (California, etc.), Australia, Spain, Mexico, etc.

Last vintages of this wine

Opulento - 2013
In the top 30 of of Yakima Valley wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50
Opulento - 2012
In the top 30 of of Yakima Valley wines
Average rating: 3.111100
Opulento - 2011
In the top 30 of of Yakima Valley wines
Average rating: 4.411110
Opulento - 2010
In the top 30 of of Yakima Valley wines
Average rating: 4.711110.5

The best vintages of Opulento from Winery Brian Carter Cellars are 2010, 2011, 2013, 2012

Informations about the Winery Brian Carter Cellars

The winery offers 35 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is in the top 10 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Yakima Valley in the region of Washington
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The Winery Brian Carter Cellars is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 33 wines for sale in the of Yakima Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Washington
In the top 25000 of of United States wines
In the top 30 of of Yakima Valley wines
In the top 4500 of sweet wines
In the top 200000 wines of the world

The wine region of Yakima Valley

The wine region of Yakima Valley is located in the region of Columbia Valley of Washington of United States. We currently count 259 estates and châteaux in the of Yakima Valley, producing 759 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Yakima Valley go well with generally quite well with dishes .


The wine region of Washington

Washington State is located in the Pacific Northwest of the United States, immediately north of Oregon. Although the history of the wine industry is relatively Short, Washington's 900-plus wineries and 350-plus independent winemakers, with more than 50,000 acres of vineyards, now produce more wine than any other state except California. Almost all wine production is in the hot, desert-like eastern Part of Washington, although there is some Grape growing and an AVA (Puget Sound) in the cooler, wetter west. White Chardonnay and Riesling grapes, and red Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah grapes are the main varieties grown in Washington, but the region produces quality wines from nearly 70 different grape varieties.

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The word of the wine: Paste

Characteristic of a thick and heavy wine with sticky tannins.

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