The Winery Distant Cellars of Amador County of California

Winery Distant Cellars - Drifter Red
The winery offers 13 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 76 of the estates of California.
It is located in Amador County in the region of California
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The Winery Distant Cellars is one of the world's great estates. It offers 13 wines for sale in of Amador County to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Distant Cellars wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Distant Cellars

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Distant Cellars

How Winery Distant Cellars wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of baked lasagna, pasta carbonara a la flo without egg or moroccan style leg of lamb.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Distant Cellars

On the nose the red wine of Winery Distant Cellars. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Distant Cellars. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Distant Cellars

  • 2014With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.93/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Zinfandel
  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre
  • Petite Sirah

Discovering the wine region of Amador County

The wine region of Amador County is located in the region of Sierra Foothills of California of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Portalupi or the Domaine Favia produce mainly wines red, natural sweet and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Amador County are Zinfandel, Mourvèdre and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Amador County often reveals types of flavors of cherry, vegetal or cinnamon and sometimes also flavors of cheese, fig or stone fruit.

In the mouth of Amador County is a powerful. We currently count 181 estates and châteaux in the of Amador County, producing 487 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Amador County go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, spicy food or poultry.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Distant Cellars

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

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.

News about Winery Distant Cellars and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Grand Cru

In Burgundy, the fourth and final level of classification (above the regional, communal and premier cru appellations), designating the wines produced on delimited plots of land (the climats) whose name alone constitutes the appellation. The climats classified as Grand Cru are 32 in the Côte d'Or plus one in Chablis which is divided into 7 distinct climats. Representing barely 1.5% of the production, the Grand Crus are the aristocracy of Burgundy wines.

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