Winery Donkey & GoatSluice Box White Blend
White wine
This wine is a blend of 3 varietals which are the Marsanne, the Roussanne and the Vermentino.
In the mouth this white wine is a powerful.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or shellfish.
Taste structure of the Sluice Box White Blend from the Winery Donkey & Goat
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Sluice Box White Blend of Winery Donkey & Goat in the region of California is a powerful.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Sluice Box White Blend of Winery Donkey & Goat in the region of California often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Sluice Box White Blend
Pairings that work perfectly with Sluice Box White Blend
Original food and wine pairings with Sluice Box White Blend
The Sluice Box White Blend of Winery Donkey & Goat matches generally quite well with dishes of pasta, pork or shellfish such as recipes of roast beef in a foie gras and chanterelle crust, roast pork in the oven or seafood pastilla.
Details and technical informations about Winery Donkey & Goat's Sluice Box White Blend.
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.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Sluice Box White Blend from Winery Donkey & Goat are 2014, 2016, 0, 2013 and 2012.
Informations about the Winery Donkey & Goat
The Winery Donkey & Goat is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 59 wines for sale in the of El Dorado to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of El Dorado
The wine region of El Dorado is located in the region of El Dorado County of California of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Rombauer Vineyards or the Domaine Withers produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of El Dorado are Mourvèdre, Zinfandel and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of El Dorado often reveals types of flavors of cherry, pomegranate or cranberry and sometimes also flavors of stone, cinnamon or anise.
The wine region of California
California is the largest and most important wine region in the United States. It represents the southern two-thirds (850 miles or 1,370 kilometers) of the country's west coast. (Oregon and Washington make up the rest. ) The state also spans nearly 10 degrees of latitude.
The word of the wine: Bâtonnage
A very old technique that has come back into fashion in modern oenology, which consists of shaking the white wine in the barrels at the end of fermentation, or after fermentation, with a stick or a flail, in order to suspend the fine lees composed of yeasts at the end of their activity. This process is sometimes used for red wines.
