Winery Girard Zinfandel Old Vine
Red wine
This wine is composed of 100% of the grape variety Zinfandel.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or lamb.
The Zinfandel Old Vine of the Winery Girard is in the top 80 of wines of Napa Valley.
Taste structure of the Zinfandel Old Vine from the Winery Girard
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In the mouth the Zinfandel Old Vine of Winery Girard in the region of California is a powerful.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Zinfandel Old Vine of Winery Girard in the region of California often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Zinfandel Old Vine
Pairings that work perfectly with Zinfandel Old Vine
Original food and wine pairings with Zinfandel Old Vine
The Zinfandel Old Vine of Winery Girard matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of tournedos rossini with port sauce, oriental lamb skewers or quiche without pastry.
Details and technical informations about Winery Girard's Zinfandel Old Vine.
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.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Zinfandel Old Vine from Winery Girard are 2007, 2014, 2013, 2017 and 2016.
Informations about the Winery Girard
The Winery Girard is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 47 wines for sale in the of Napa Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Napa Valley
The wine region of Napa Valley is located in the region of Napa County of California of United States. We currently count 2527 estates and châteaux in the of Napa Valley, producing 7716 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Napa Valley go well with generally quite well with dishes .
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.
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