The Winery Fleur Bleu of California

Winery Fleur Bleu - Carignan
The winery offers 16 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of California.
It is located in California

The Winery Fleur Bleu is one of the best wineries to follow in Californie.. It offers 16 wines for sale in of California to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Fleur Bleu wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Fleur Bleu

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Fleur Bleu

How Winery Fleur Bleu wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, spicy food or lamb such as recipes of blanquette of monkfish with small vegetables, chicken fajitas or shoulder of lamb with a spoon.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Fleur Bleu

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Fleur Bleu

  • 2013With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.59/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.57/5

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

  • Carignan
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • 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.

The top white wines of Winery Fleur Bleu

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Fleur Bleu

How Winery Fleur Bleu wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of zucchini lasagna, tuna and goat cheese pie or quiche without eggs.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Fleur Bleu

  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Fleur Bleu.

  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Grigio
  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Fleur Bleu

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 Fleur Bleu.

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 Fleur Bleu and wines from the region

Bordeaux wine sales to US see ‘spectacular recovery’

Bordeaux wine sales to the US reached a new record in 2021, jumping 67% to €349m ($390m), the Bordeaux wine council (CIVB) announced this week. A freeze on additional import tariffs and buyers’ thirst for highly-rated recent vintages helped Bordeaux to a ‘spectacular recovery’ in terms of shipments to the US, it said. Exports rose by 24% in volume last year to 247,000 hectolitres, equivalent to 33 million bottles. While reds dominate, the US has also become the biggest market for Bordeaux white ...

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 ...

Decanter bookmarks: Things to read, watch and listen to for wine lovers

Looking for inspiration? Here are the best things to read, watch and listen to for wine lovers. We’ve picked out some of the best wine-related books, TV shows and podcasts for your enjoyment! Wine books: Malbec Mon Amour – Laura Catena and Alejandro Vigil Written by fourth-generation vintner Dr Laura Catena and winemaker Alejandro Vigil, this illustrated coffee-table book is a love song to the Malbec grape in Argentina. Combining history and storytelling with viticultural notes – including ...

The word of the wine: Private cellar

A term that designates an estate or a château belonging to a winegrower or a family, as opposed to a cooperative cellar that brings together member winegrowers.