The Winery Folktale of Santa Lucia Highlands of California

Winery Folktale
The winery offers 36 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
This estate is part of the Folktale Group.
It is ranked in the top 13 of the estates of California.
It is located in Santa Lucia Highlands in the region of California
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The Winery Folktale is one of the world's great estates. It offers 36 wines for sale in of Santa Lucia Highlands to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Folktale wines

Looking for the best Winery Folktale wines in Santa Lucia Highlands among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Folktale 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 Folktale wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Folktale

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Folktale

How Winery Folktale wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of quick beef and cheese yakitori, paupiettes in a casserole with cream or sarthe pot.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Folktale

On the nose the red wine of Winery Folktale. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Folktale. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Folktale

  • 2016With an average score of 4.27/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.22/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.22/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.79/5

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

  • Pinot Noir
  • Sangiovese
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Cabernet Sauvignon

Discovering the wine region of Santa Lucia Highlands

The wine region of Santa Lucia Highlands is located in the region of Monterey County of California of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Kosta Browne or the Domaine Peter Michael produce mainly wines red, white and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Santa Lucia Highlands are Pinot noir, Chardonnay and Gewurztraminer, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Santa Lucia Highlands often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, rhubarb or graphite and sometimes also flavors of boysenberries, cedar or chalk.

In the mouth of Santa Lucia Highlands is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 248 estates and châteaux in the of Santa Lucia Highlands, producing 560 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Santa Lucia Highlands go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison).

The top white wines of Winery Folktale

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Folktale

How Winery Folktale wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of rabbit with hunter's sauce, pan-fried salmon papillote or scallops on a bed of leeks.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Folktale

On the nose the white wine of Winery Folktale. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit or spices. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Folktale. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Folktale

  • 2013With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.08/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.70/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Albariño
  • Riesling
  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Grenache Blanc

The top sparkling wines of Winery Folktale

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Folktale

How Winery Folktale wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of chicken chop suey, aperitif puff pastries (cheese matches, puff pastries with... or kedgeree.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Winery Folktale

On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery Folktale. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, microbio or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, earth or citrus fruit. In the mouth the sparkling wine of Winery Folktale. is a powerful with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Folktale

  • 2018With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Folktale.

  • Chardonnay
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Gewürztraminer
  • Pinot Noir
  • Grenache Blanc

The word of the wine: Nervous

Said of a wine that leaves its mark on the palate with its strong characters and a hint of acidity, but without excess.

The top pink wines of Winery Folktale

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Folktale

How Winery Folktale wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of axoa from espelette ( 22nd meeting ), capellini with prosciutto or duck baeckeoffe with christmas spices and dried fruits.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Folktale

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Folktale. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit, red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Folktale

  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Folktale.

  • Pinot Noir

Discover the grape variety: Riesling

White Riesling is a grape variety that originated in France (Alsace). It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. White Riesling can be found in many vineyards: Alsace, Loire Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Lorraine, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, South West.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Folktale

Planning a wine route in the of Santa Lucia Highlands? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Folktale.

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.