The Winery Clif Family of Paso Robles of California

Winery Clif Family
The winery offers 26 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is ranked in the top 57 of the estates of California.
It is located in Paso Robles in the region of California
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The Winery Clif Family is one of the world's great estates. It offers 26 wines for sale in of Paso Robles to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Clif Family wines

Looking for the best Winery Clif Family wines in Paso Robles among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Clif Family 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 Clif Family wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Clif Family

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Clif Family

How Winery Clif Family wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of beef tongue with vegetables and madeira sauce, lamb tagine with prunes or fillet of beef with morels.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Clif Family

On the nose the red wine of Winery Clif Family. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Clif Family. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Clif Family

  • 2004With an average score of 4.42/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.27/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.19/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.16/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.12/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.07/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Zinfandel
  • Malbec
  • Grenache
  • Petite Sirah
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Paso Robles

Powerful, sun-drenched reds of California's Central Coast: ripe, concentrated Cabernet Sauvignon (40%) with notes of plum and chocolate, round tannins. Emblematic Rhône grapes — fleshy peppery Syrah, fruity Grenache, structured Mourvèdre, Viognier in white. Spicy old-vine Zinfandel, a local signature. AVA of San Luis Obispo, 11 sub-AVAs, Mediterranean climate with thermal swings on limestone soils.

Bold Rhône GSM blends (Tablas Creek, Justin, Daou).

The top white wines of Winery Clif Family

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Clif Family

How Winery Clif Family wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of ham croquette with purée, grilled mackerel with garlic and herbs or spinach and goat cheese quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Clif Family

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

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Clif Family

  • 2012With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2020With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.09/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.02/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.95/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Clif Family.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Chardonnay
  • Gewürztraminer
  • Viognier

Discover the grape variety: Gewurztraminer

Full-bodied, exotic whites, rich and heady, with moderate acidity, showing opulent aromas of lychee, rose, mango, ginger, pink grapefruit and gentle spice. Made as aromatic dry, moelleux late-harvest and liquorous sélection de grains nobles. Star of Alsace AOC (one of the four noble varieties) and signature of Alto Adige (Tramin), Palatinate and Germany. A pink mutation of Traminer.

The top pink wines of Winery Clif Family

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Clif Family

How Winery Clif Family wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of stuffed zucchini or basque lasagne.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Clif Family

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Clif Family. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Clif Family

  • 2017With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 0With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.10/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Clif Family.

  • Grenache

The word of the wine: Green harvest or green harvesting

The practice of removing excess bunches of grapes from certain vines, usually in July, but sometimes later. This is often necessary, but not always a good thing, as the remaining grapes tend to gain weight.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Clif Family

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Clif Family

How Winery Clif Family wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of panga curry, caricoles as in brussels (translation: sea snails or whelks) or beef tartar with thai flavors.

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Clif Family.

  • Pinot Noir
  • Pinot Meunier

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

Whites with many faces: mineral and taut at Chablis (lemon, green apple, flint), opulent and buttery at Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet (hazelnut, brioche, yellow fruits), tense and chalky in Champagne (Blanc de Blancs). Also vinified sparkling and widely exported (Sonoma, Margaret River, Casablanca). A Burgundian variety, a cross of Pinot Noir × Gouais Blanc, half-sibling of Aligoté.

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Discover the grape variety: Viognier

Opulent, heady whites, rich and silky, with intense aromas of apricot, yellow peach, mango, violet, honeysuckle and musky, honeyed notes. Discreet acidity, creamy finish. Star of Condrieu AOC and Château-Grillet AOC, co-vinified in Côte-Rôtie with Syrah (up to 20%). Widely exported to California (Central Coast), Australia (Eden Valley) and Languedoc. A Rhône variety.

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