Winery Grant JamesPremier Reserve Mourvèdre
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef
Food and wine pairings with Premier Reserve Mourvèdre
Pairings that work perfectly with Premier Reserve Mourvèdre
Original food and wine pairings with Premier Reserve Mourvèdre
The Premier Reserve Mourvèdre of Winery Grant James matches generally quite well with dishes of beef such as recipes of cornish pasties.
Details and technical informations about Winery Grant James's Premier Reserve Mourvèdre.
Discover the grape variety: Mourvèdre
Powerful, deep reds with firm tannins and dense texture, showing aromas of blackberry, leather, garrigue, black pepper, liquorice and animal notes (game, forest floor) with age. Star of Bandol AOC as a single variety and pillar of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Gigondas and Costières blends. Also in GSM in Languedoc and Australia. A late-ripening variety of Spanish origin (Mataró/Monastrell).
Informations about the Winery Grant James
The Winery Grant James is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 23 wines for sale in the of Ramona Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Ramona Valley
AVA Heart of San Diego Wine Country (~89,000 acres, 168th American AVA 2005, 320 frost-free days): Cabernet Sauvignon, Petite Sirah, Syrah, Tempranillo, Barbera and Zinfandel as red kings — concentrated and full-bodied with ripe fruits, sustained tannic structure, warm expression. Viognier, Marsanne, Roussanne, Sauvignon Blanc and Muscat Canelli in whites. Warm dry climate influenced by Pacific Ocean (morning mists, breezes) and Colorado desert, intense terroir.
The wine region of California
Powerful, sunny reds: dense Napa Cabernet Sauvignon (blackcurrant, chocolate, tobacco, ample tannins), spicy, jammy Zinfandel from the Sierra Foothills, silky red-fruited Pinot Noir on the cool coast (Sonoma, Russian River, Central Coast). Opulent, buttery Chardonnay, notes of yellow fruit and vanilla. Varied climate, from the hot interior to the Pacific-cooled coast. 80% of US production, 139 AVAs including Napa (1st AVA, 1981).
The word of the wine: Structure
Refers to both the structure and the overall constitution of a wine.
