Winery Frank FamilyThe Riley Reserve
Red wine
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 veal.
Taste structure of the The Riley Reserve from the Winery Frank Family
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the The Riley Reserve of Winery Frank Family 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 The Riley Reserve of Winery Frank Family in the region of California often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.
Food and wine pairings with The Riley Reserve
Pairings that work perfectly with The Riley Reserve
Original food and wine pairings with The Riley Reserve
The The Riley Reserve of Winery Frank Family matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of empanadas de carne (argentina), marinated leg of lamb with herbs or osso buco with mushrooms.
Details and technical informations about Winery Frank Family's The Riley Reserve.
Discover the grape variety: Picardan
Picardan is a white grape variety from Provence. Currently, this variety no longer exists. It is otherwise known as gallet blanc, grosse clairette, aragnan, papadoux or milhaud blanc. It is also called œillade blanche, but it has nothing to do with the œillade noire grape variety.Picardan has cottony buds and fairly large leaves. Its truncated cone-shaped bunches of grapes are tightly packed. The berries are smaller than those of Cinsault and are rather pinkish in colour when they reach maturity. Like Cinsault, Picardy is a late bloomer with a sweet, musky aroma. Vigorous, it is not too afraid of grey rot, but it is more sensitive to erinosis. Picardan is one of the grape varieties used in the Châteauneuf-du-Pape appellation. It gives a wine with a particular bouquet and when it is associated with other grape varieties such as mourvèdre or syrah. The rosé wine it produces is of good quality.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of The Riley Reserve from Winery Frank Family are 2017, 2016, 0, 2015 and 2014.
Informations about the Winery Frank Family
The Winery Frank Family is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 44 wines for sale in the of Napa County to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Napa County
The wine region of Napa County is located in the region of North Coast of California of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Duckhorn or the Domaine Seghesio produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Napa County are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Napa County often reveals types of flavors of cherry, peach or lemon and sometimes also flavors of apricot, minerality or lime.
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.
The word of the wine: Solera
A method of maturing practiced in Andalusia for certain sherries, which aims to continuously blend older and younger wines. It consists of stacking several layers of barrels; those located at ground level (solera) contain the oldest wines, the youngest being stored in the barrels on the upper level. The wine to be bottled is taken from the barrels on the lower level, which is replaced by younger wine from the upper level, and so on.
