The Winery Eifrig of Dry Creek Valley of California

Winery Eifrig - Cabernet Sauvignon
The winery offers 4 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.7.
It is ranked in the top 12 of the estates of California.
It is located in Dry Creek Valley in the region of California

The Winery Eifrig is one of the world's great estates. It offers 4 wines for sale in of Dry Creek Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Eifrig wines

Looking for the best Winery Eifrig wines in Dry Creek Valley among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Eifrig 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 Eifrig wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Eifrig

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Eifrig

How Winery Eifrig wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of kafta bil saniyeh (lebanese dish), marinated lamb chops or rabbit stew the old fashioned way.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Eifrig

On the nose the red wine of Winery Eifrig. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, citrus fruit or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Eifrig. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Eifrig

  • 2009With an average score of 4.80/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.70/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.70/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.60/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon

Discovering 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 .

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Planning a wine route in the of Dry Creek Valley? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Eifrig.

Discover the grape variety: Altesse

The Altesse white grape variety is French in origin, but its ancestors were brought from Cyprus. It then developed in the vineyards of the southeast of the country. The Montagnieu fusette or arbane, as it is also called, buds early in the year. A cottony veil covers the first buds. The involuted blade and the U-shaped petiolar sinus distinguish the adult, three-lobed leaves. During, sometimes for late vengeance, the clusters of medium or small size are winged, compact and cylindrical.the fruits reveal a melting pulp under a film of variable color. The pink-tan colour replaces the early reddish yellow when the berries ripen. If they persist, the berries take on a lilac hue. The vinification promises sparkling, aromatic and elegant sweet whites, or dry whites. Altesse is a grape variety to be carefully maintained against acariosis and erinosis.

News about Winery Eifrig and wines from the region

Argentina harvest report 2022: ‘wines with excellent ageing potential’ 

The grapes have been picked and Argentina is able to file another successful harvest for 2022, to match the previous four years. However producers are reporting that 2022 was the most singular of recent vintages, with each region experiencing its own challenges. Mendoza ‘The 2021-2022 season reminds me of a good Hollywood movie,’ said Martín Kaiser, viticulturist at Doña Paula in Mendoza. ‘It certainly kept us entertained. Our hearts were in our mouths all the way through, but it had a great end ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

The Duckhorn Portfolio purchases 107ha vineyard in Paso Robles

The luxury wine group bought Bottom Line Ranch in the San Miguel District for an undisclosed sum. It is exclusively planted with Cabernet, featuring seven top clones on three drought-tolerant rootstocks. Alex Ryan, chief executive and president of The Duckhorn Portfolio, said the sub-appellation’s climate is ideal for producing world-class Cabernet Sauvignon. ‘There is a reason why Paso Robles has the most Cabernet Sauvignon acreage of any appellation in California outside of Napa Valley,’ added ...

The word of the wine: Pruine

A thin, fluffy film that covers the surface of the grape. It makes the berry impermeable and contains the indigenous yeasts necessary for the fermentation of the must.