The Winery Citadel of Mendocino County of California

Winery Citadel
The winery offers 5 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.3.
It is ranked in the top 726 of the estates of California.
It is located in Mendocino County in the region of California

The Winery Citadel is one of the best wineries to follow in Mendocino County.. It offers 5 wines for sale in of Mendocino County to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Citadel wines

Looking for the best Winery Citadel wines in Mendocino County among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Citadel 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 Citadel wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Citadel

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Citadel

How Winery Citadel wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, spicy food or lamb such as recipes of improved horse steak, coral lentil salad or lamb tagine with broad beans.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Citadel

On the nose the red wine of Winery Citadel. often reveals types of flavors of microbio, red fruit or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Citadel. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Citadel

  • 2017With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.19/5

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

  • Carignan
  • Merlot
  • Petite Sirah
  • Tempranillo

Discovering the wine region of Mendocino County

The wine region of Mendocino County is located in the region of North Coast of California of United States. We currently count 344 estates and châteaux in the of Mendocino County, producing 763 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Mendocino County go well with generally quite well with dishes .

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Citadel

Planning a wine route in the of Mendocino County? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Citadel.

Discover the grape variety: Carignan

Mainly cultivated in the Languedoc region, carignan originates from Spain. Because of its very resistant branches, it is often called hardwood. Its bunches are quite large. They are compact and winged with a lignified stalk. The berries are spherical in shape and take on a bluish-black colour. Carignan has a total of 25 approved clones, the best known of which are 274, 65 and 9. The carignan buds at the beginning of June and is protected from spring frosts. It does not reach maturity until the third period. Also, this grape variety needs warmth and sunshine. It appreciates dry and not very fertile soils. Carignan vines can live for more than 100 years. Those that are more than 30 years old produce a better wine. This wine is well coloured. It is generous and powerful at the same time. Pepper, cherry, blackberry, banana, raspberry, almond, prune and violet are some of the aromas that this grape variety gives off.

News about Winery Citadel and wines from the region

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Charnay-les-Mâcon

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-Charnay-les-Mâcon, 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/Bo ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Chardonnay

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-Chardonnay, 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/Bourgogne ...

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: ...

The word of the wine: Amber

(1) A colour close to amber, sometimes taken on by white wines aged for a long time, or by oxidising prematurely. (2) A term used on the label to designate white Rivesaltes aged for at least thirty months in an oxidizing environment.