The Winery El Portal of California

Winery El Portal
The winery offers 4 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
This estate is part of the Saddlehorn Cellars.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of California.
It is located in California

The Winery El Portal is one of the best wineries to follow in Californie.. It offers 4 wines for sale in of California to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery El Portal wines

Looking for the best Winery El Portal wines in California among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery El Portal 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 El Portal wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery El Portal

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery El Portal

How Winery El Portal wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of flemish beer stew, lamb curl or veal tagine with carrots.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery El Portal

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery El Portal

  • 2014With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.83/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.79/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.72/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Merlot
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Zinfandel

Discovering 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.

With its mountains, valleys, plains and plateaus, California's topography is as Complex as its Climate, offering winemakers a bewildering array of terroirs. California wines have only gained worldwide recognition in recent decades (especially after the 1976 Paris ruling). However, the state's wine history goes back more than 200 years. European vines were first planted in the 18th century, when settlers and missionaries moved up and down the West Coast.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery El Portal

Planning a wine route in the of California? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery El Portal.

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 El Portal and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Pinenc

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