The Winery Cline of Los Carneros of California

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The winery offers 78 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 24 of the estates of California.
It is located in Los Carneros in the region of California

The Winery Cline is one of the world's great estates. It offers 78 wines for sale in of Los Carneros to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Cline wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Cline

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Cline

How Winery Cline wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of beef in white wine, greek-style shepherd's pie or cream chicken with mushrooms.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Cline

On the nose the red wine of Winery Cline. often reveals types of flavors of iron, rhubarb or black plum and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, spices or tree fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Cline. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Cline

  • 1989With an average score of 3.92/5
  • 1981With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2001With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2006With an average score of 3.85/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.82/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.82/5

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

  • Zinfandel
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Mourvedre
  • Petite Sirah
  • Pinot Noir
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Los Carneros

The wine region of Los Carneros is located in the region of Napa Valley of California of United States. We currently count 464 estates and châteaux in the of Los Carneros, producing 1152 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Los Carneros go well with generally quite well with dishes .

The top pink wines of Winery Cline

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Cline

How Winery Cline wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) such as recipes of beef tongue in hot sauce, rack of lamb with antiboise sauce or salmon and zucchini gratin.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Cline

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Cline. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Cline

  • 2014With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.87/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.79/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.71/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.69/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.60/5

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

  • Mourvedre
  • Zinfandel
  • Primitivo
  • Pinot Gris

Discover the grape variety: Marsanne

Marsanne is a white grape variety that originated in Montélimar in the Drôme, several centuries ago. Marsanne is also found in Cassis, Savoie, Languedoc-Roussillon and Saint-Péray in the Ardèche, where it produces remarkable sparkling wines. The warm, sunny climate of the Rhone Valley, Languedoc-Roussillon and Provence, as well as the dry, stony soil, are ideal conditions for its development. Its bunches are quite large and provide small, juicy berries that are sensitive to grey rot and strong winds. These two grape varieties complement each other perfectly: together they give light wines with little acidity, aromas of yellow fruit, white fruit and flowers with notes of honey and liquorice. This is for example what the appellations Saint-Péray, Hermitage, Crozes-Hermitage, Saint-Joseph, Côtes-du-Vallée du Rhône, Corbières, or Cassis express... which represent about 700 hectares.

The top sweet wines of Winery Cline

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Cline

How Winery Cline wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef such as recipes of beef pot au feu (grandma's style).

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Winery Cline

On the nose the sweet wine of Winery Cline. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of black fruit, spices or red fruit.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Cline

  • 2011With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.10/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Cline.

  • Mourvedre

The word of the wine: Botrytis cinerea

This fungus, also called noble rot, develops during the over-ripening phase and is an ally of great sweet white wines, when it concentrates the juice of the berries. It requires the humidity of morning fogs and beautiful sunny days, gives musts very rich in sugar and brings to the wines the famous taste of "roasted".

The top white wines of Winery Cline

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Cline

How Winery Cline wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, pork or shellfish such as recipes of ham lasagness, white cabbage with bacon or mussels with roquefort cheese.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Cline

On the nose the white wine of Winery Cline. 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 Cline. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Cline

  • 2019With an average score of 3.82/5
  • 2007With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.72/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.68/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.68/5
  • 1982With an average score of 3.67/5

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

  • Viognier
  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Gris
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Muscat Blanc
  • Sémillon

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon

Sauvignon Gris is a grape variety that originated in France (South-West). 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 bunches and small grapes. Sauvignon Gris can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Beaujolais, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Cline

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Cline

How Winery Cline wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of marinated veal skewers with herbs, pasta carbonara almost like the real thing or rabbit with leeks.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Winery Cline

On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery Cline. often reveals types of flavors of microbio, oak or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Cline

  • 2014With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.40/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Noir

The word of the wine: Malvasia

Name given locally to various grape varieties, notably pinot gris (Pays nantais) and vermentino (Provence and Corsica).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Cline

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

Discover the grape variety: Primitivo

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.

News about Winery Cline and wines from the region

Cambridge University study suggests smaller glasses can reduce overall wine consumption

The researchers conducted a crossover trial featuring 217 UK households that drink wine on a regular basis. They were randomly given 290ml or 350ml glasses to drink from during the four-week study period. Researchers noted that wine consumption fell by 6.5% when those featured in the study were drinking from the smaller glasses. The trial also focused on bottle sizes. The households taking part in the survey spent two weeks drinking from full-sized 75cl bottles and two weeks drinking from half b ...

Former Amazon executive to launch NFT fine wine platform

Cofounded by Xavier Garambois, the former vice-president of EU retail at Amazon, Winechain.co is set to go live by the end of this year with its first ‘wiNeFT’ offering – its term for a fine wine linked to a non-fungible token (NFT).  There has been a growing amount of innovation around NFTs in the wine world, from limited-edition winery offers to the ways in which blockchain technology could provide a digital guarantee of ownership history.    Winechain said its goal is ‘to build dy ...

DRC, rare 1874 Champagne lift Christie’s to record auction total

Christie’s said the bottle of Perrier-Jouët ‘Brut Millesimé’ from the ‘outstanding’ 1874 Champagne vintage sold for £42,875 ($56,981, €50,292), far outstripping its pre-sale high estimate of £15,000. The winning bidder will also get a VIP experience at Perrier-Jouët. It was part of a collection of rare vintages sourced directly from Maison Perrier-Jouët and 100% sold by Christie’s at a wider wine and spirits auction held in London on 2 and 3 December. While the 1874 bottle’s ap ...

The word of the wine: Botrytis cinerea

This fungus, also called noble rot, develops during the over-ripening phase and is an ally of great sweet white wines, when it concentrates the juice of the berries. It requires the humidity of morning fogs and beautiful sunny days, gives musts very rich in sugar and brings to the wines the famous taste of "roasted".