The Winery Hendricks of Santa Lucia Highlands of California

Winery Hendricks
The winery offers 5 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.6.
It is ranked in the top 18 of the estates of California.
It is located in Santa Lucia Highlands in the region of California

The Winery Hendricks is one of the world's great estates. It offers 5 wines for sale in of Santa Lucia Highlands to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Hendricks wines

Looking for the best Winery Hendricks wines in Santa Lucia Highlands among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Hendricks 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 Hendricks wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Hendricks

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Hendricks

How Winery Hendricks wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of navarin of the sea da gigi, marinated lamb chops (honey, worcestershire sauce, olive oil) or rabbit legs with fresh cream.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Hendricks

On the nose the red wine of Winery Hendricks. often reveals types of flavors of black fruit, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Hendricks. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Hendricks

  • 2012With an average score of 4.80/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.70/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.58/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.50/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Pinot Noir

Discovering the wine region of Santa Lucia Highlands

The wine region of Santa Lucia Highlands is located in the region of Monterey County of California of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Kosta Browne or the Domaine Peter Michael produce mainly wines red, white and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Santa Lucia Highlands are Pinot noir, Chardonnay and Gewurztraminer, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Santa Lucia Highlands often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, rhubarb or graphite and sometimes also flavors of boysenberries, cedar or chalk.

In the mouth of Santa Lucia Highlands is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 248 estates and châteaux in the of Santa Lucia Highlands, producing 560 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Santa Lucia Highlands go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison).

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Discover the grape variety: Muscat à petits grains

Muscat à petits grains is a white grape variety of Greek origin. Present in several Mediterranean vineyards, it has several synonyms such as muscat de Die, muscat blanc and frontignac. In France, it occupies a little less than 7,000 ha out of a total of 45,000 ha worldwide. Its young shoots are downy. Its youngest leaves are shiny, bronzed and scabrous. The berries and bunches of this variety are all medium-sized. The flesh of the berries is juicy, sweet and firm. Muscat à petits grains has a second ripening period and buds early in the year. It is moderately vigorous and must be pruned short. It likes poor, stony slopes. This variety is often exposed to spring frosts. It fears mildew, wasps, grape worms, court-noué, grey rot and powdery mildew. Muscat à petits grains is used to make rosé wines and dry white wines. Orange, brown sugar, barley sugar and raisins are the known aromas of these wines.

News about Winery Hendricks and wines from the region

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At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Lugny

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The word of the wine: Hautain (en)

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