The Winery Jeff Runquist of Amador County of California

Winery Jeff Runquist
The winery offers 39 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 1902 of the estates of California.
It is located in Amador County in the region of California
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The Winery Jeff Runquist is one of the best wineries to follow in Amador County.. It offers 39 wines for sale in of Amador County to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Jeff Runquist wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Jeff Runquist

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Jeff Runquist

How Winery Jeff Runquist wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of beef with dark beer, mouse of lamb with honey and thyme or veal shank with mushrooms.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Jeff Runquist

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Jeff Runquist

  • 2015With an average score of 4.07/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.06/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.05/5
  • 0With an average score of 4.05/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.03/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.02/5

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

  • Petite Sirah
  • Zinfandel
  • Tempranillo
  • Barbera
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Shiraz/Syrah

Discovering the wine region of Amador County

The wine region of Amador County is located in the region of Sierra Foothills of California of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Portalupi or the Domaine Favia produce mainly wines red, natural sweet and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Amador County are Zinfandel, Mourvèdre and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Amador County often reveals types of flavors of cherry, vegetal or cinnamon and sometimes also flavors of cheese, fig or stone fruit.

In the mouth of Amador County is a powerful. We currently count 181 estates and châteaux in the of Amador County, producing 487 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Amador County go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, spicy food or poultry.

The top white wines of Winery Jeff Runquist

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Jeff Runquist

How Winery Jeff Runquist wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of melt-in-the-mouth pork tenderloin casserole, congolese pondu or kimo (malagasy dish with beef).

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Jeff Runquist

On the nose the white wine of Winery Jeff Runquist. often reveals types of flavors of spices, red fruit or earth and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Jeff Runquist

  • 0With an average score of 4.04/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Jeff Runquist.

  • Alicante Bouschet
  • Viognier

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.

The top sweet wines of Winery Jeff Runquist

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Jeff Runquist

How Winery Jeff Runquist wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, pork or shellfish such as recipes of spaghetti with garlic, tagliatelle with carbonara or squid from the mouth of the cavado river (portugal).

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Winery Jeff Runquist

On the nose the sweet wine of Winery Jeff Runquist. often reveals types of flavors of microbio, oak or tree fruit.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Jeff Runquist

  • 2015With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 0With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Jeff Runquist.

  • Muscat Blanc

The word of the wine: Wiring

Action of periodically filling barrels containing wine, in order to offset evaporation and maintain a maximum level. The topping up allows to avoid the phenomenon of oxidation.

The top pink wines of Winery Jeff Runquist

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Jeff Runquist

How Winery Jeff Runquist wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or pork such as recipes of rosbeef casserole mamie, simple and fragrant roast veal or veal cutlets with savoy tomme.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Jeff Runquist

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Jeff Runquist. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit, red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Jeff Runquist

  • 0With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Jeff Runquist.

  • Sangiovese

Discover the grape variety: Primitivo

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.

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

Discover the grape variety: Sangiovese

Originally from Italy, it is the famous Sangiovese of Tuscany producing the famous wines of Brunello de Montalcino and Chianti. This variety is registered in the Official Catalogue of Wine Grape Varieties, list A1. According to recent genetic analysis, it is the result of a natural cross between the almost unknown Calabrese di Montenuovo (mother) and Ciliegiolo (father).