Château St. JeanDry Creek Valley Merlot
Red wine
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful.
This wine generally goes well with beef, veal or lamb.
Taste structure of the Dry Creek Valley Merlot from the Château St. Jean
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Dry Creek Valley Merlot of Château St. Jean in the region of California is a powerful.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Dry Creek Valley Merlot of Château St. Jean in the region of California often reveals types of flavors of earth, oak or spices and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Dry Creek Valley Merlot
Pairings that work perfectly with Dry Creek Valley Merlot
Original food and wine pairings with Dry Creek Valley Merlot
The Dry Creek Valley Merlot of Château St. Jean matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of beef pot au feu (grandma's style), moroccan style leg of lamb or roast veal with chanterelles and cream.
Details and technical informations about Château St. Jean's Dry Creek Valley Merlot.
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.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Dry Creek Valley Merlot from Château St. Jean are 2015, 2016, 0, 2014
Informations about the Château St. Jean
The Château St. Jean is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 83 wines for sale in the of Dry Creek Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Dry Creek Valley
The wine region of Dry Creek Valley is located in the region of Sonoma County of California of United States. We currently count 414 estates and châteaux in the of Dry Creek Valley, producing 1322 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Dry Creek Valley go well with generally quite well with dishes .
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: Baco 22A
A white grape variety resulting from the hybridization of the folle blanche and the noah. It is the only hybrid to remain authorized in a French appellation vineyard, that of Armagnac, where it thrives in particular on the tawny sands of Bas-Armagnac. When distilled, its wine produces round, smooth and aromatic eaux-de-vie with hints of ripe fruit.
