The Winery Captivation of California

Winery Captivation - Red Blend
Only one wine is currently referenced in this domain
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of California.
It is located in California

The Winery Captivation is one of the best wineries to follow in Californie.. It offers 1 wines for sale in of California to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Captivation wines

Looking for the best Winery Captivation wines in California among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Captivation 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 Captivation wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Captivation

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Captivation

How Winery Captivation wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of quick and easy monkfish tail, traditional lamb couscous (from algeria) or calf's head with sauce ravigote.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Captivation

On the nose the red wine of Winery Captivation. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Captivation

  • 2016With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Captivation.

  • Merlot
  • Barbera
  • Ruby Cabernet

Discovering 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.

With its mountains, valleys, plains and plateaus, California's topography is as Complex as its Climate, offering winemakers a bewildering array of terroirs. California wines have only gained worldwide recognition in recent decades (especially after the 1976 Paris ruling). However, the state's wine history goes back more than 200 years. European vines were first planted in the 18th century, when settlers and missionaries moved up and down the West Coast.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Captivation

Planning a wine route in the of California? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Captivation.

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

News about Winery Captivation and wines from the region

Napa Valley Grapegrowers to receive climate change funding

While vineyards are managed one vintage at a time, farming practices take a longer view. A survey of the Napa Valley Grapegrowers members found that, on average, about 90% wanted more education and resources for water conservation, climate resilience and climate-smart farming opportunities. This grant will go a long way to help provide those resources. ‘Farmers are by nature risk averse,’ said Molly Williams of Napa Valley Grapegrowers. ‘Climate change poses considerable risks. We aren’t plantin ...

Errazuriz wine photographer of the year revealed

Jon Wyand has been crowned Errazuriz Wine Photographer of the Year after impressing the judges with his beautiful shot of a Burgundian vineyard worker gathering prunings. The photograph was taken on a crisp winter’s day at Montagne de Corton Hill in the Côte de Beaune. ‘The winning image evokes with stark beauty the reality of wine growing – you are always at the mercy of nature,’ said wine writer Joanna Simon, one of the judges. ‘But there’s an extra element here: is he scruti ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

The word of the wine: Musky

Said of an odor reminiscent of musk.