The Winery Idle Hour of Central Coast of California

Winery Idle Hour - Chardonnay
The winery offers 37 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 4916 of the estates of California.
It is located in Central Coast in the region of California
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The Winery Idle Hour is one of the best wineries to follow in Central Coast.. It offers 37 wines for sale in of Central Coast to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Idle Hour wines

Looking for the best Winery Idle Hour wines in Central Coast among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Idle Hour 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 Idle Hour wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Idle Hour

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Idle Hour

How Winery Idle Hour wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of ollada (catalonia), salmon and parmesan quiche without pastry or quiche without pastry, courgette and blue cheese.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Idle Hour

On the nose the white wine of Winery Idle Hour. often reveals types of flavors of earth.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Idle Hour

  • 2014With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Idle Hour.

  • Chardonnay
  • Malvasia
  • Viognier

Discovering the wine region of Central Coast

The wine region of Central Coast is located in the region of California of United States. We currently count 843 estates and châteaux in the of Central Coast, producing 1597 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Central Coast go well with generally quite well with dishes .

The top red wines of Winery Idle Hour

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Idle Hour

How Winery Idle Hour wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of adapted vietnamese fondue, pumpkin and bacon pie or duck with vanilla (reunion island).

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Idle Hour

On the nose the red wine of Winery Idle Hour. often reveals types of flavors of oak, red fruit.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Idle Hour

  • 2013With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Tempranillo
  • Petit Verdot
  • Tannat
  • Shiraz/Syrah

Discover the grape variety: Viognier

White Viognier is a grape variety that originated in France (Rhone Valley). 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 bunches, and grapes of small size. White Viognier can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Savoie & Bugey, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Beaujolais.

The top sweet wines of Winery Idle Hour

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Idle Hour

How Winery Idle Hour wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or spicy food such as recipes of feijoada ( portuguese cassoulet ), forest rabbit or island grouper.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Winery Idle Hour

On the nose the sweet wine of Winery Idle Hour. often reveals types of flavors of black fruit.

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Idle Hour.

  • Petite Sirah

The word of the wine: pH

Short for "hydrogen potential", the pH is a parameter that defines whether a medium is acidic or basic. A high pH gives a soft wine, a very low pH translates into a wine that is too acidic.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Idle Hour

Planning a wine route in the of Central Coast? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Idle Hour.

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). 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 bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

News about Winery Idle Hour and wines from the region

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

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Colombia for wine lovers

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Californian Pinot Noir pioneer Josh Jensen passes away

Josh Jensen was famed for producing elegant, silky Pinot Noirs at Calera Wine Company on the Central Coast.  Leading wine critic Robert Parker Jr once described Calera – the company that Jensen founded in 1971 – as ‘California’s Romanée-Conti.’ Jensen completed undergraduate studies at Yale, but his love of fine wine blossomed while completing an MA in social anthropology at Oxford University in the UK. He was a key member of the rowing crew at both universities, but he still found time to devel ...

The word of the wine: pH

Short for "hydrogen potential", the pH is a parameter that defines whether a medium is acidic or basic. A high pH gives a soft wine, a very low pH translates into a wine that is too acidic.