Winery Foley - Rancho Santa Rosa Syrah

Winery FoleyRancho Santa Rosa Syrah

3.9
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Rancho Santa Rosa Syrah of Winery Foley is a red wine from the region of Sta. Rita Hills of California.
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 Rancho Santa Rosa Syrah from the Winery Foley

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Rancho Santa Rosa Syrah of Winery Foley 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 Rancho Santa Rosa Syrah of Winery Foley in the region of California often reveals types of flavors of earth, oak or spices and sometimes also flavors of black fruit, floral.

Details and technical informations about Winery Foley's Rancho Santa Rosa Syrah.

Winemaker
Alan Phillips
Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Style of wine
Alcohol
14°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet-Cortis

Interspecific cross between Cabernet Sauvignon and Solaris (Merzling x Geisenheim 6493 (Zarya Severa x Muscat Ottonel)) made in 1982 by Norbert Becker of the Freiburg Research Institute in Germany. It has the particularity of having only one gene for resistance to mildew and powdery mildew. It can be found in the Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium, Switzerland, etc., but is still little known in France. Note that Cabernet-Carol has the same parents.

Last vintages of this wine

Rancho Santa Rosa Syrah - 2014
In the top 100 of of Sta. Rita Hills wines
Average rating: 4.111110

The best vintages of Rancho Santa Rosa Syrah from Winery Foley are 2014

Informations about the Winery Foley

The winery offers 21 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
This winery is part of the Foley Family Wines.
It is in the top 15 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Sta. Rita Hills in the region of California

The Winery Foley is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 19 wines for sale in the of Sta. Rita Hills to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine California
In the top 30000 of of United States wines
In the top 4000 of of Sta. Rita Hills wines
In the top 150000 of red wines
In the top 250000 wines of the world

The wine region of Sta. Rita Hills

The wine region of Sta. Rita Hills is located in the region of Santa Barbara County of California of United States. We currently count 268 estates and châteaux in the of Sta. Rita Hills, producing 792 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture.


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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The word of the wine: Fleshy

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