Winery Dropout - Colombini Vineyard Carignan

Winery DropoutColombini Vineyard Carignan

3.8
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Colombini Vineyard Carignan of Winery Dropout is a red wine from the region of Mendocino County of California.
This wine generally goes well with beef and spicy food.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Colombini Vineyard Carignan of Winery Dropout in the region of California often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.

Food and wine pairings with Colombini Vineyard Carignan

Pairings that work perfectly with Colombini Vineyard Carignan

Original food and wine pairings with Colombini Vineyard Carignan

The Colombini Vineyard Carignan of Winery Dropout matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or spicy food such as recipes of beef fashion or steak tartare.

Details and technical informations about Winery Dropout's Colombini Vineyard Carignan.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Chenin

Chenin, also known as pinot de la Loire Valley (pineau), is the flagship grape variety of the Loire Valley. It would have found its first origins in Anjou where it would have been cultivated by the monks of the Abbey of Saint-Maur located between Angers and Saumur since the 6th century. chenin is a great white grape variety which likes particularly the chalky soils called here stones of tufa which were used for the construction of the castles of the Loire Valley. Its bunches are medium-sized, fairly compact and its berries are more or less small. It is an early variety, which resists well to diseases. Chenin has the particularity of being able to participate as well in the elaboration of dry white wines as of sweet white wines or sparkling wines. Perfectly structured by the acidity, elegant, with a complex nose and aromas of yellow fruits, dry fruits, citrus fruits, white flowers, honey... the wine resulting from the chenin is rather lively and nervous, which allows him a good potential of guard. Chenin covers about 10,000 hectares in France, and is very productive in South Africa where it covers more than 26,000 hectares.

Last vintages of this wine

Colombini Vineyard Carignan - 2018
In the top 100 of of Mendocino County wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50
Colombini Vineyard Carignan - 2017
In the top 100 of of Mendocino County wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50

The best vintages of Colombini Vineyard Carignan from Winery Dropout are 2017, 2018

Informations about the Winery Dropout

The winery offers 5 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Mendocino County in the region of California

The Winery Dropout is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 5 wines for sale in the of Mendocino County to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine California
In the top 50000 of of United States wines
In the top 40000 of of Mendocino County wines
In the top 250000 of red wines
In the top 400000 wines of the world

The wine region of Mendocino County

The wine region of Mendocino County is located in the region of North Coast of California of United States. We currently count 344 estates and châteaux in the of Mendocino County, producing 763 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Mendocino County go well with generally quite well with dishes .


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.

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The word of the wine: Marie-jeanne (or double magnum)

Bottle with a capacity of 3 litres.

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