The Winery Girard of Yountville of California

Winery Girard
The winery offers 61 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
This estate is part of the Vintage Wine Estates.
It is ranked in the top 36 of the estates of California.
It is located in Yountville in the region of California

The Winery Girard is one of the world's great estates. It offers 61 wines for sale in of Yountville to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Girard wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Girard

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Girard

How Winery Girard wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of slow-cooked fillet of beef, lamb stew with melting peppers or duck parmentier.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Girard

On the nose the red wine of Winery Girard. often reveals types of flavors of cream, cherry or oaky and sometimes also flavors of smoke, apples or earthy. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Girard. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Girard

  • 2006With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2004With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2003With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.15/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.12/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.11/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Petit Verdot
  • Grenache
  • Zinfandel

Discovering the wine region of Yountville

The wine region of Yountville is located in the region of Napa Valley of California of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Grgich Hills or the Domaine Grgich Hills produce mainly wines red, white and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Yountville are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Yountville often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, boysenberries or smoke and sometimes also flavors of earthy, tobacco or black cherries.

In the mouth of Yountville is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 90 estates and châteaux in the of Yountville, producing 144 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Yountville go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

The top white wines of Winery Girard

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Girard

How Winery Girard wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of stuffed artichoke, penne with smoked salmon and crème fraiche or mushroom, bacon and gruyere quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Girard

On the nose the white wine of Winery Girard. often reveals types of flavors of butterscotch, cream or grapefruit and sometimes also flavors of oaky, tropical or citrus. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Girard. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Girard

  • 2015With an average score of 3.89/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.76/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.73/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.72/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.72/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Viognier
  • Sémillon
  • Roussanne

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.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Girard

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Girard

How Winery Girard wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of creamy tomato squid, parmesan crisps or cod fillets with lemon sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Winery Girard

In the mouth the sparkling wine of Winery Girard. is a powerful with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Girard

  • 0With an average score of 3.80/5

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

  • Pinot Meunier
  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Noir

The word of the wine: Barrel

Unit of measure for the transport and marketing of bulk wines, corresponding to 4 barrels of 225 l, i.e. 900 l.

The top sweet wines of Winery Girard

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Girard

How Winery Girard wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or goat cheese such as recipes of daube niçoise, lamb with ginger honey or goat cheese and chorizo quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Winery Girard

On the nose the sweet wine of Winery Girard. often reveals types of flavors of oak, black fruit.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Girard

  • 2012With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Girard.

  • Zinfandel

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 Girard

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Girard

How Winery Girard wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or goat cheese such as recipes of stuffed peppers, thomas's shoulder of lamb or delicious pasta gratin.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Girard

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Girard. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Girard

  • 2012With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.60/5

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

  • Zinfandel

The word of the wine: Lactic (acid)

Acid obtained by malolactic fermentation.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Girard

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

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.