The Winery Griot Cellars of California

Winery Griot Cellars - Conteur Syrah
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of California.
It is located in California

The Winery Griot Cellars is one of the best wineries to follow in Californie.. It offers 2 wines for sale in of California to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Griot Cellars wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Griot Cellars

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Griot Cellars

How Winery Griot Cellars wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of sloth pork loin, sausage and vegetable risotto with cookéo or rabbit with marengo sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Griot Cellars

In the mouth the red wine of Winery Griot Cellars. is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Griot Cellars

  • 2013With an average score of 4.60/5

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Malbec
  • Merlot
  • Petit Verdot

Discovering 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.

With its mountains, valleys, plains and plateaus, California's topography is as Complex as its Climate, offering winemakers a bewildering array of terroirs. California wines have only gained worldwide recognition in recent decades (especially after the 1976 Paris ruling). However, the state's wine history goes back more than 200 years. European vines were first planted in the 18th century, when settlers and missionaries moved up and down the West Coast.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Griot Cellars

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

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.

News about Winery Griot Cellars and wines from the region

San Luis Obispo Coast recognised as newest AVA

San Luis Obispo Coast was awarded on 9 March, 2022 by the US Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau. The new AVA establishes a 97 kilometer-long strip along California that locals call SLO (slow) Coast, describing the Pacific Ocean’s influence on the area’s culture and lifestyle, terrain, and wines.  SLO Coast is located midway between two major California cities, San Francisco and Los Angeles, with Burgundy varieties making up a majority of San Luis Obispo Coast’s high-end wine pr ...

First grapes picked in Napa Valley 2022 harvest

The Napa Valley 2022 harvest got underway in early August for some sparkling and white wine styles. ‘We had our earliest harvest ever, and started picking Sauvignon Blanc on Monday 1 August,’ said Stephanie Honig, of Honig Vineyard and Winery. ‘The fruit came from our grower partner Gordon Family Ranch, which is located in the southeast area of the Napa Valley appellation,’ said Honig, who is export director at the family-owned winery. Harvest typically begins with older ...

Investing in California wine: slow but steady gains

There has been buyer and trade enthusiasm for California’s 2018-vintage releases, yet there is still a sense of the region finding its way on the international fine wine market. Releases of top Cabernet Sauvignon and ‘Bordeaux blend’ wines from the 2018 vintage have added some spark to the California sector of the market this year. ‘We’re seeing much stronger demand for blue-chip 2018s than we did for the 2017s,’ said Ryan Woodhouse, domestic wine buyer for K&L Wine Merchants in the US. Scar ...

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