The Winery Fontanella of Unknow region

Winery Fontanella - Beckstoffer GIII Cabernet Sauvignon
The winery offers 20 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.4.
It is ranked in the top 56 of the estates of Unknow region.
It is located in Unknow region

The Winery Fontanella is one of the world's great estates. It offers 20 wines for sale in of Unknow region to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Fontanella wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Fontanella

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Fontanella

How Winery Fontanella wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of venison leg in casserole, meatballs catalan style or duck stew.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Fontanella

On the nose the red wine of Winery Fontanella. 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 Fontanella. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Fontanella

  • 2016With an average score of 4.52/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.51/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.47/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.41/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.36/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.34/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Zinfandel
  • Merlot
  • Petite Sirah

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The top white wines of Winery Fontanella

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Fontanella

How Winery Fontanella wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of penne à la toscane, salmon with spinach and cream or leek, goat cheese and bacon quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Fontanella

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

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Fontanella

  • 2011With an average score of 4.70/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.20/5

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

  • Chardonnay

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.

The top pink wines of Winery Fontanella

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Fontanella

How Winery Fontanella wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The word of the wine: Reduction

A physiological and chemical phenomenon that occurs in wine in the absence of oxygen. The smell of reduction is characterized by animal and sometimes fetid notes that disappear in principle with aeration. It is recommended to decant reduced wines.

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

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 Fontanella and wines from the region

Sebastian Payne MW retires from The Wine Society

Having joined The Wine Society’s team in 1973 as promotions manager, Payne became the head buyer in 1985. He stepped down from this position in 2012, when Tim Sykes took over, but has remained on the buying team ever since. As part of his responsibilities, Payne has bought in every region throughout the years but, in recent years, focused mainly on Italy and Bordeaux. He was also instrumental in introducing wines from Eastern Europe and Greece to the portfolio. The Wine Society described Payne’s ...

Ten years on: Chinese wine’s breakthrough moment at DWWA

The prestige attached to winning at the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) means that being awarded a Bronze medal for some wineries will mean huge celebrations in China, Japan, India, or Thailand. Since the competition began in 2004, I have often reminded judges on my panel about this – whether they are journalists, sommeliers, educators, Masters of Wine or Master Sommeliers. Scroll down for new tasting notes and scores on Jia Bei Lan vintages: from the Chinese wine label that won big at DWWA 20 ...

First single-vineyard Rioja sparkling wine released

It had been possible to produce sparkling wines in Rioja, certified as DO Cava, since the creation of Spain’s main sparkling wine entity. But this fact was often unknown to consumers given that 95% of Cava is produced in the Catalunya region. The area for production of Cava in Rioja is however limited to only 18 of the nearly 150 municipalities within the entire DO zone. In a bid to better show point of origin, the new subzone labelling of Cava that was approved in 2021 now refers to the p ...

The word of the wine: Reduction

A physiological and chemical phenomenon that occurs in wine in the absence of oxygen. The smell of reduction is characterized by animal and sometimes fetid notes that disappear in principle with aeration. It is recommended to decant reduced wines.