The Winery Hess Select of Mendocino County of California

Winery Hess Select
The winery offers 11 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
This estate is part of the The Hess Collection.
It is ranked in the top 56 of the estates of California.
It is located in Mendocino County in the region of California

The Winery Hess Select is one of the world's great estates. It offers 11 wines for sale in of Mendocino County to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Hess Select wines

Looking for the best Winery Hess Select wines in Mendocino County among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Hess Select 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 Hess Select wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Hess Select

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Hess Select

How Winery Hess Select wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of cataplana with seafood, lamb chops à la champvallon or rack of lamb with herbs.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Hess Select

On the nose the red wine of Winery Hess Select. often reveals types of flavors of cream, cherry or oaky and sometimes also flavors of smoke, apples or butter. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Hess Select. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Hess Select

  • 2004With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2001With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2007With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2006With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 1997With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.83/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Zinfandel
  • Merlot
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Malbec
  • Pinot Noir

Discovering the wine region of Mendocino County

The wine region of Mendocino County is located in the region of North Coast of California of United States. We currently count 344 estates and châteaux in the of Mendocino County, producing 763 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Mendocino County go well with generally quite well with dishes .

The top white wines of Winery Hess Select

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Hess Select

How Winery Hess Select wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of quiche without eggs, salmon in bellevue or quiche with leeks and fresh salmon from flo.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Hess Select

On the nose the white wine of Winery Hess Select. often reveals types of flavors of butterscotch, pineapple or cream and sometimes also flavors of grapefruit, oaky or tropical. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Hess Select. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Hess Select

  • 2019With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.57/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.54/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.51/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.51/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.47/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Hess Select.

  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Gris
  • Sauvignon Blanc

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.

The top pink wines of Winery Hess Select

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Hess Select

How Winery Hess Select wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Hess Select

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Hess Select. often reveals types of flavors of earth, tree fruit or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Hess Select

  • 2018With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.70/5

The word of the wine: Downy mildew

Disease of the vine due to a fungus. Downy mildew is formidable because it attacks all the organs, from the stem to the grapes, including the leaves, in depth. It was against it that the famous copper and lime-based Bordeaux mixture was developed.

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Planning a wine route in the of Mendocino County? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Hess Select.

Discover the grape variety: Carignan

Mainly cultivated in the Languedoc region, carignan originates from Spain. Because of its very resistant branches, it is often called hardwood. Its bunches are quite large. They are compact and winged with a lignified stalk. The berries are spherical in shape and take on a bluish-black colour. Carignan has a total of 25 approved clones, the best known of which are 274, 65 and 9. The carignan buds at the beginning of June and is protected from spring frosts. It does not reach maturity until the third period. Also, this grape variety needs warmth and sunshine. It appreciates dry and not very fertile soils. Carignan vines can live for more than 100 years. Those that are more than 30 years old produce a better wine. This wine is well coloured. It is generous and powerful at the same time. Pepper, cherry, blackberry, banana, raspberry, almond, prune and violet are some of the aromas that this grape variety gives off.