The Winery Fenton Herriott of El Dorado County of California

Winery Fenton Herriott
The winery offers 26 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of California.
It is located in El Dorado County in the region of California
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The Winery Fenton Herriott is one of the best wineries to follow in El Dorado County.. It offers 26 wines for sale in of El Dorado County to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Fenton Herriott wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Fenton Herriott

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Fenton Herriott

How Winery Fenton Herriott wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef tenderloin wellington, lamb tagine with prunes or rabbit with kriek and cherries.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Fenton Herriott

On the nose the red wine of Winery Fenton Herriott. often reveals types of flavors of oak. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Fenton Herriott. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Fenton Herriott

  • 0With an average score of 4.00/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Petite Sirah
  • Sangiovese
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Zinfandel

Discovering the wine region of El Dorado County

The wine region of El Dorado County is located in the region of Sierra Foothills of California of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Jolie-Laide or the Domaine Scott McLeod produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of El Dorado County are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Zinfandel and Sangiovese, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of El Dorado County often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, black fruit or red fruit.

In the mouth of El Dorado County is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 51 estates and châteaux in the of El Dorado County, producing 95 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of El Dorado County go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal.

The top white wines of Winery Fenton Herriott

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Fenton Herriott

How Winery Fenton Herriott wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of beef stew, red tuna steak provençal style or quiche lorraine.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Fenton Herriott

  • 0With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Fenton Herriott.

  • Chardonnay

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.

The top sweet wines of Winery Fenton Herriott

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Fenton Herriott

How Winery Fenton Herriott wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of roast beef in a crust (onions & mustard), royal couscous or hawaiian pizza.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Fenton Herriott

  • 0With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Fenton Herriott.

  • Shiraz/Syrah

The word of the wine: CM

Mention on the label of a champagne. It is a handling cooperative that produces on its own premises and markets under its own brand the wines made from the grapes harvested by its members.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Fenton Herriott

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

Discover the grape variety: Petite Sirah