The Winery Helena Ranch of California

Winery Helena Ranch
The winery offers 7 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
This estate is part of the Oak Ridge Winery.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of California.
It is located in California
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The Winery Helena Ranch is one of the best wineries to follow in Californie.. It offers 7 wines for sale in of California to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Helena Ranch wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Helena Ranch

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Helena Ranch

How Winery Helena Ranch wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef tongue in hot sauce, mamyjaja lamb mouse tagine or rabbit with white wine and mushrooms.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Helena Ranch

  • 2013With an average score of 3.79/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.10/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Pinot Noir

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.

The top white wines of Winery Helena Ranch

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Helena Ranch

How Winery Helena Ranch wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of bare-assed cockerel (ardennes), sun wheat or cream and tuna quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Helena Ranch

On the nose the white wine of Winery Helena Ranch. often reveals types of flavors of microbio, oak.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Helena Ranch

  • 2013With an average score of 3.30/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Sauvignon Blanc

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.

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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 Helena Ranch.

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 Helena Ranch and wines from the region

LVMH buys Napa Valley’s Joseph Phelps Vineyards

Philippe Schaus, chairman and chief executive of the Moët Hennessy division of LVMH, called Joseph Phelps Vineyards ‘an iconic name and an iconic winery’. Joseph Phelps founded his eponymous winery on a 260ha former cattle ranch in Napa Valley in 1973. He turned it into one of California’s most prominent producers, famed for its flagship Insignia – a Bordeaux-style blend – and its pioneering use of Rhône varieties, which kick-started the ‘Rhône Rangers’ movement in the Golden State. The founder’ ...

Duckhorn expands in Napa Valley with vineyard deals

Duckhorn Portfolio said it has acquired around 20 hectares (50 acres) of Napa Valley vineyards via separate deals. This includes 16 hectares (40 acres) of the Stanly Ranch vineyard in Los Carneros and the four-hectare (10 acre) Red Wing vineyard in St. Helena, said the group, which is listed under the ‘Napa’ ticker on the New York Stock Exchange. ‘As our portfolio has evolved to include 10 renowned luxury wineries, our commitment to having a robust estate vineyard programme continues to be centr ...

The Duckhorn Portfolio purchases 107ha vineyard in Paso Robles

The luxury wine group bought Bottom Line Ranch in the San Miguel District for an undisclosed sum. It is exclusively planted with Cabernet, featuring seven top clones on three drought-tolerant rootstocks. Alex Ryan, chief executive and president of The Duckhorn Portfolio, said the sub-appellation’s climate is ideal for producing world-class Cabernet Sauvignon. ‘There is a reason why Paso Robles has the most Cabernet Sauvignon acreage of any appellation in California outside of Napa Valley,’ added ...

The word of the wine: Fleshed out

A full-bodied, tasty and fleshy wine, with velvety and smooth tannins.

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