The Winery Challen of Santa Maria Valley of California

Winery Challen
The winery offers 13 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.3.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of California.
It is located in Santa Maria Valley in the region of California
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The Winery Challen is one of the best wineries to follow in Santa Maria Valley.. It offers 13 wines for sale in of Santa Maria Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Challen wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Challen

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Challen

How Winery Challen wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef pot au feu (grandma's style), locro criollo (argentina) or duck stew with cahors wine.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Challen

On the nose the red wine of Winery Challen. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, spices or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Challen. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Challen

  • 2018With an average score of 4.62/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.00/5

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

  • Pinot Noir

Discovering the wine region of Santa Maria Valley

The wine region of Santa Maria Valley is located in the region of Santa Barbara County of California of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Belle Glos or the Domaine Paul Lato produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Santa Maria Valley are Pinot noir, Chardonnay and Pinot blanc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Santa Maria Valley often reveals types of flavors of strawberries, rosemary or balsamic and sometimes also flavors of allspice, menthol or bramble.

In the mouth of Santa Maria Valley is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 211 estates and châteaux in the of Santa Maria Valley, producing 540 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Santa Maria Valley go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Challen

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

Discover the grape variety: Genovèse

Genovese blanc is a grape variety that originated in France (Corsica). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. Genovese blanc can be found cultivated in these vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley.

News about Winery Challen and wines from the region

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Uchizy

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Uchizy, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWine ...

The Irancy appellation seen by Clotilde Davenne

Clotilde Davenne, from the eponymous estate, mentions the cherry as a main characteristic of the Irancy appellation. She tells us about the Pinot Noir variety which reveals, in its northern location of Bourgogne, lots of freshness and fruitiness that gives the appellation a very special place among the wines of the region. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (June 2020). Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​ Twitter: https: ...

At the heart of the Mâcon terroir

In line with our previous videos « The Climats of Chablis seen from the sky » and « The vineyards of Bourgogne, seen from the sky » », the Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) and the Union des Producteurs de Vins de Mâcon offer you a new stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. Established in 1937, this Régionale appellation is divided into three levels: – The first level is known as white, red or rosé Mâcon. The grapes used can come from all around the Mâconnais. – The second level is name ...

The word of the wine: Leaf removal

Operation that consists in removing the leaves that form a screen between the sun and the grape.