The Winery Charles Krug of St. Helena of California

Winery Charles Krug
The winery offers 57 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
This estate is part of the C. Mondavi & Family.
It is ranked in the top 80 of the estates of California.
It is located in St. Helena in the region of California
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The Winery Charles Krug is one of the world's great estates. It offers 57 wines for sale in of St. Helena to come and discover on site or to buy online.

The Charles Krug Estate is one of the oldest and most renowned winemaking institutions in St. Helena, in the picturesque region of Napa Valley, California, in the United States. Founded in 1861 by the German Charles Krug, this Estate is recognized as the oldest winery in Napa Valley. Highly appreciated for its significant contribution to the American wine industry, the estate was listed in 1944 among the founding members of Napa Valley Vintners. The Charles Krug Estate spans about 850 acres of vineyard land, in the St. Helena region and in the foothills of the Mayacamas Mountains. It owns several certified sustainable vineyards, in which a wide variety of grape varieties are grown, including Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, to name just a few. The estate is renowned for its quality wines. It was notably the first to offer a Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon wine in 1944. Today, thanks to innovative and environmentally friendly winemaking practices, the estate continues to produce some of the most attractive and sought-after wines in the region. The wine production facilities at the Charles Krug Estate are just as impressive as the vineyards themselves. The estate has a restored vintage cellar dating from 1881, a press equipped with the latest technology, and an elegant tasting room. Furthermore, the estate recently opened the famous "Cucina di Rosa", a pizza counter that pays tribute to Rosa Mondavi, the matriarch of the family who took over the estate in the 1940s. The experience offered by the Charles Krug Estate is undoubtedly immersive, combining centuries-old wine history, natural beauty, and oenological excellence.

Top Winery Charles Krug wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Charles Krug

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Charles Krug

How Winery Charles Krug wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of cornish pasties, couscous without couscous maker or veal chop normandy style.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Charles Krug

On the nose the red wine of Winery Charles Krug. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Charles Krug. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Charles Krug

  • 1974With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 1966With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 1985With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2019With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.15/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.13/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Pinot Noir
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Petit Verdot
  • Malbec

Discovering the wine region of St. Helena

The wine region of St. Helena is located in the region of Napa Valley of California of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine The Crane Assembly or the Domaine Del Dotto produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of St.

Helena are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Zinfandel, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of St. Helena often reveals types of flavors of non oak, black raspberry or cranberry and sometimes also flavors of lime, apples or citrus. In the mouth of St.

Helena is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 181 estates and châteaux in the of St. Helena, producing 315 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of St.

The top white wines of Winery Charles Krug

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Charles Krug

How Winery Charles Krug wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of sauté of pork with cider, tagliatelle courgette salmon from cécile and lisa or cream and tuna quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Charles Krug

On the nose the white wine of Winery Charles Krug. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Charles Krug. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Charles Krug

  • 2008With an average score of 3.93/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.92/5
  • 2020With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.87/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.81/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Charles Krug.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Chardonnay
  • Chenin Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

The top sweet wines of Winery Charles Krug

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Charles Krug

How Winery Charles Krug wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or goat cheese such as recipes of puchero, giouvetsi (greek dish) or zucchini and goat cheese quiche.

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Charles Krug.

  • Zinfandel

The word of the wine: Wort

Juice before fermentation, still loaded with sugar.

The top natural sweet wines of Winery Charles Krug

Food and wine pairings with a natural sweet wine of Winery Charles Krug

How Winery Charles Krug wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or goat cheese such as recipes of tibs (ethiopia), bitumen leg of lamb or leek, carrot and goat cheese gratin.

Organoleptic analysis of natural sweet wines of Winery Charles Krug

On the nose the natural sweet wine of Winery Charles Krug. often reveals types of flavors of oak.

The best vintages in the natural sweet wines of Winery Charles Krug

  • 2008With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 0With an average score of 4.36/5

The grape varieties most used in the natural sweet wines of Winery Charles Krug.

  • Zinfandel

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.

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

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.

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