Winery Dry Creek Vineyard - Sailors' Cuvée Red

Winery Dry Creek VineyardSailors' Cuvée Red

4.1
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Sailors' Cuvée Red of Winery Dry Creek Vineyard is a red wine from the region of Dry Creek Valley of California.
This wine is a blend of 5 varietals which are the Cabernet franc, the Cabernet-Sauvignon, the Malbec, the Petit Verdot and the Merlot.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or game (deer, venison).

Taste structure of the Sailors' Cuvée Red from the Winery Dry Creek Vineyard

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Sailors' Cuvée Red of Winery Dry Creek Vineyard in the region of California is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Sailors' Cuvée Red of Winery Dry Creek Vineyard in the region of California often reveals types of flavors of non oak, vegetal or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Dry Creek Vineyard's Sailors' Cuvée Red.

Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Style of wine
Alcohol
13.5°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.

Last vintages of this wine

Sailors' Cuvée Red - 2012
In the top 100 of of Dry Creek Valley wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Sailors' Cuvée Red - 2011
In the top 100 of of Dry Creek Valley wines
Average rating: 411110
Sailors' Cuvée Red - 2010
In the top 100 of of Dry Creek Valley wines
Average rating: 4.311110

The best vintages of Sailors' Cuvée Red from Winery Dry Creek Vineyard are 2010, 2012, 2011

Informations about the Winery Dry Creek Vineyard

The winery offers 63 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is in the top 20 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Dry Creek Valley in the region of California

The Winery Dry Creek Vineyard is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 61 wines for sale in the of Dry Creek Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine California
In the top 15000 of of United States wines
In the top 2000 of of Dry Creek Valley wines
In the top 45000 of red wines
In the top 70000 wines of the world

The wine region of Dry Creek Valley

The wine region of Dry Creek Valley is located in the region of Sonoma County of California of United States. We currently count 414 estates and châteaux in the of Dry Creek Valley, producing 1322 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Dry Creek Valley 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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