Winery Cattleya - The Initiation

Winery CattleyaThe Initiation

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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 The Initiation of Winery Cattleya is a red wine from the region of Santa Lucia Highlands of California.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or game (deer, venison).

Taste structure of the The Initiation from the Winery Cattleya

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the The Initiation of Winery Cattleya in the region of California is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

Details and technical informations about Winery Cattleya's The Initiation.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Style of wine
Alcohol
14.5°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Raffiat de Moncade

Raffiat de Moncade is a white Pyrenean grape variety. A descendant of the white gouais, it should not be confused with the arruffiac. This grape variety has truncated cone-shaped bunches of grapes, which are stalked and winged. The raffiat de Moncade was used by the ampelographer Marcel Durquety to obtain new varieties such as perdea, arroba and arriloba. Still called rousselet, the raffiat de Moncade is associated with an early budding in the year and a late maturity of the second period. It has a semi-spreading habit. This variety is quite productive and resists grey rot and powdery mildew quite well. Raffiat de Moncade is used in the vinification of certain wines from Tursan and Béarn. It is used to produce a neutral, fine, high alcohol and warm wine. It is often combined with petit manseng and gros manseng, which give the wines a high acidity.

Last vintages of this wine

The Initiation - 0
In the top 100 of of Santa Lucia Highlands wines
Average rating: 4.211110

The best vintages of The Initiation from Winery Cattleya are 0

Informations about the Winery Cattleya

The winery offers 18 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.2.
It is in the top 15 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Santa Lucia Highlands in the region of California
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The Winery Cattleya is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 19 wines for sale in the of Santa Lucia Highlands to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine California
In the top 60000 of of United States wines
In the top 8500 of of Santa Lucia Highlands wines
In the top 250000 of red wines
In the top 450000 wines of the world

The wine region of Santa Lucia Highlands

The wine region of Santa Lucia Highlands is located in the region of Monterey County of California of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Kosta Browne or the Domaine Peter Michael produce mainly wines red, white and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Santa Lucia Highlands are Pinot noir, Chardonnay and Gewurztraminer, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Santa Lucia Highlands often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, rhubarb or graphite and sometimes also flavors of boysenberries, cedar or chalk.


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.

The word of the wine: Effervescent

Any wine loaded with CO2 (carbon dioxide), which is revealed in the form of bubbles, reinforcing the freshness effect in the mouth. This gas production is the result of what is called the second fermentation in the bottle. It occurs in champagnes and sparkling wines such as crémants.

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