Winery Charles KrugZinfandel Port Lot XX Limited Release
Natural sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, lamb or goat cheese.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
Food and wine pairings with Zinfandel Port Lot XX Limited Release
Pairings that work perfectly with Zinfandel Port Lot XX Limited Release
Original food and wine pairings with Zinfandel Port Lot XX Limited Release
The Zinfandel Port Lot XX Limited Release of Winery Charles Krug matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or goat cheese such as recipes of express veal stew in a pressure cooker, slippers with lamb or ratatouille goat cheese tatin.
Details and technical informations about Winery Charles Krug's Zinfandel Port Lot XX Limited Release.
Discover the grape variety: Zinfandel
Generous, high-alcohol reds with a dark robe and indulgent palate, showing aromas of stewed blackberry, raspberry, black pepper, liquorice, cinnamon and cooked fruit. Also vinified as a popular sweet rosé (White Zinfandel). Star of California (Lodi, Sonoma, Dry Creek Valley, Paso Robles) with sought-after century-old vines. Identical to Italian Primitivo and Croatian Crljenak Kaštelanski by DNA analysis.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Zinfandel Port Lot XX Limited Release from Winery Charles Krug are 0, 2017
Informations about the Winery Charles Krug
The Winery Charles Krug is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 56 wines for sale in the of Napa Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Napa Valley
Absolute reference for American Cabernet Sauvignon: powerful, opulent reds with ripe aromas of blackcurrant, blackberry, chocolate and cedar, velvety tannins and a silky finish, long ageing. Also round Merlot, rich buttery Chardonnay, fruity Sauvignon Blanc, spicy Zinfandel. Narrow Californian valley between the Mayacamas and Vaca Mountains, tempered by San Pablo Bay fog, 17 sub-AVAs (Oakville, Rutherford, Stags Leap, Howell Mountain). Cradle of icons Opus One, Screaming Eagle, Caymus.
The wine region of California
Powerful, sunny reds: dense Napa Cabernet Sauvignon (blackcurrant, chocolate, tobacco, ample tannins), spicy, jammy Zinfandel from the Sierra Foothills, silky red-fruited Pinot Noir on the cool coast (Sonoma, Russian River, Central Coast). Opulent, buttery Chardonnay, notes of yellow fruit and vanilla. Varied climate, from the hot interior to the Pacific-cooled coast. 80% of US production, 139 AVAs including Napa (1st AVA, 1981).
The word of the wine: Oxidative (breeding)
A method of ageing which aims to give the wine certain aromas of evolution (dried fruit, bitter orange, coffee, rancio, etc.) by exposing it to the air; it is then matured either in barrels, demi-muids or unoaked casks, sometimes stored in the open air, or in barrels exposed to the sun and to temperature variations. This type of maturation characterizes certain natural sweet wines, ports and other liqueur wines.
