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 bourguignon with tomato, lamb delight with tomato and cinnamon or veal blanquette à l'ancienne.

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

The wine region of Paso Robles is located in the region of San Luis Obispo County of California of United States. We currently count 940 estates and châteaux in the of Paso Robles, producing 3510 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Paso Robles go well with generally quite well with dishes .

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 suckling pig leg in the oven, tuna and cream cheese pie or ham and comté 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
  • 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 3.94/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.90/5

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

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Chardonnay
  • Gewürztraminer
  • Viognier

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.

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 quick meatloaf or market garden rice salad.

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: Red winemaking

Transformation of grapes into must and wine under the effect of alcoholic fermentation. The vinification of red wines takes place in several stages: destemming, crushing, alcoholic fermentation, vatting, running off and maturing.

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 slivers of squid with tomato, seaweed tartar or monkfish with cream sauce and baked potatoes.

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

  • Pinot Noir
  • Pinot Meunier

Discover the grape variety: Zinfandel

From Croatia where it is called crljenak kastelanski or pribidrag. According to genetic analyses carried out by Professor Carole Meredith of California University in Davis (United States), it is related to the Croatian plavac mali and Zinfandel. It is also found in South Africa, New Zealand, Chile, Brazil, Germany, Bulgaria, Albania, Italy under the name of Primitivo, Malta, Greece, Portugal and to some extent in Croatia. In the United States (California), it is one of the most widely planted grape varieties, having been introduced in the 1830s well before Primitivo. In France, it is registered in the official catalogue of vine varieties on the A1 list under the name Primitivo.

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Discover the grape variety: Malbec

Malbec, a high-yielding red grape variety, produces tannic and colourful wines. It is produced in different wine-growing regions and changes its name according to the grape variety. Called Auxerrois in Cahors, Malbec in Bordeaux, it is also known as Côt. 6,000 hectares of the Malbec grape are grown in France (in decline since the 1950s). Malbec is also very successful in Argentina. The country has become the world's leading producer of Malbec and offers wines with great potential.

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