The Winery David Girard of Sierra Foothills of California

Winery David Girard
The winery offers 19 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 242 of the estates of California.
It is located in Sierra Foothills in the region of California

The Winery David Girard is one of the best wineries to follow in Sierra Foothills.. It offers 19 wines for sale in of Sierra Foothills to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery David Girard wines

Looking for the best Winery David Girard wines in Sierra Foothills among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery David Girard 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 David Girard wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery David Girard

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery David Girard

How Winery David Girard wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of cornish pasties, marinated shoulder of lamb or veal shank with mushrooms.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery David Girard

On the nose the red wine of Winery David Girard. often reveals types of flavors of oak, earth or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery David Girard. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery David Girard

  • 2010With an average score of 4.04/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.57/5

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre
  • Counoise
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Malbec

Discovering the wine region of Sierra Foothills

Historic stronghold of Californian Zinfandel (~40% of plantings) inherited from the Gold Rush (1856). Fleshy, sunny reds with signature notes of candied blackberry, raspberry, pepper, liquorice and sweet spices, round tannins and generous warmth. Over-100-year-old vines at Amador. Also dense, peppery Syrah, lively, fruity Barbera, deep Petite Sirah.

Vineyards between 300-1,070 m on granite and volcanic rock, large temperature swings. 2,300 ha, 7 counties.

The top white wines of Winery David Girard

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery David Girard

How Winery David Girard wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, game (deer, venison) or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) such as recipes of macaroonade from sète, rabbit with goat cheese and mint or cannelloni with salmon and spinach.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery David Girard

  • 2009With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.77/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.70/5

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

  • Viognier
  • Roussanne
  • Marsanne
  • Grenache Blanc
  • Vermentino

Discover the grape variety: Grenache

Supple, sun-drenched reds with a deep ruby robe, smooth tannins and moderate acidity, with intense aromas of ripe red fruit (strawberry, raspberry, candied cherry), garrigue (thyme, bay), white pepper, kirsch and soft spice. Ample, warm palate. Absolute pillar of Châteauneuf-du-Pape AOC, Gigondas, Côtes-du-Rhône, Tavel rosé, Priorat DOQ, Rioja (as Garnacha) and star of naturally sweet wines (Banyuls, Maury, Rasteau). Autochthonous Mediterranean variety from Aragon.

The top pink wines of Winery David Girard

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery David Girard

How Winery David Girard wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of roast beef in a crust (onions & mustard) or cannelloni with zucchini.

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

  • Counoise
  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre

The word of the wine: Hat

Solid part (marc), composed of pips and skins (sometimes of the stalk), which forms at the top of the tank during fermentation. The pigeage consists in breaking this cap to put back in suspension these elements and to favour the exchanges between the juice and the skins.

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Discover the grape variety: Vermentino

Nervy, saline whites with cutting acidity and enveloping richness, showing aromas of grapefruit, lime, pear, white flowers, fresh almond, fennel and marine iodine notes. Slightly bitter finish. Star of Sardinia (Vermentino di Gallura DOCG), Liguria, coastal Tuscany (Bolgheri) and Corsica. Also in Provence and Languedoc-Roussillon as Rolle. An autochthonous Mediterranean variety.