The Winery Girard of Yountville of California | Winedexer

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 flemish beer stew, leg of lamb in butterfly (barbecue) or duck confit (canned).

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 country-style snow peas, baked whole salmon or tuna, pepper and tomato 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

Supple, fragrant reds with fine tannins and vibrant freshness, showing raspberry, violet, green pepper, pencil lead and gentle spice aromas. Star of the Loire as a single variety (Chinon, Bourgueil, Saumur-Champigny) and of the right bank of Bordeaux in blends (Cheval Blanc at 60%). Also in semi-dry Anjou rosés. A historic Bordeaux variety, parent of Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Carmenère.

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 shrimp with garlic and orange, roasted pumpkin seeds or cod crumble with coconut milk.

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: Burgundy piece

228-litre barrel.

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 roast monkfish with bacon, shoulder of lamb boulangère or bacon and goat cheese chicken wrap.

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: Malbec

Deep, velvety reds with an intense purple colour, showing aromas of blackberry, black plum, violet, cocoa and gentle spice. Round tannins, fleshy palate, peppery length. Star of Cahors AOC (Côt, Auxerrois) in France and the absolute signature of Mendoza, Argentina (Uco Valley, Luján de Cuyo). A French South-West variety that became the Argentine emblem after its post-phylloxera decline.

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 beef rolls, pastasotto pepper merguez (risotto style pasta) or onion and goat cheese tart on a bed of tomatoes.

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: Water stress

Lack of water. Water stress blocks the vegetative cycle of the vine, which uses all available resources to maintain the integrity of the plant, thus blocking the ripening process of the grapes.

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: Pinot Meunier

Vinified almost exclusively as a base for Champagne AOC, where it brings freshness, fruitiness and immediate roundness to blends (apple, pear, red fruit, brioche notes); it is the most approachable young of the three Champagne varieties. Represents about one third of plantings, the absolute signature of the Vallée de la Marne. Also vinified as single varietal by some growers (blanc-de-noirs meunier champagnes). A cottony-leaved mutation of Pinot Noir, autochthonous to Champagne.