The Winery Klassen of Calaveras County of California

Winery Klassen
The winery offers 6 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 32 of the estates of California.
It is located in Calaveras County in the region of California

The Winery Klassen is one of the world's great estates. It offers 6 wines for sale in of Calaveras County to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Klassen wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Klassen

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Klassen

How Winery Klassen wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, spicy food or poultry such as recipes of chicken ballotine with ham and mushrooms, chili con carne or home-made coq au vin.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Klassen

  • 2012With an average score of 3.60/5

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

  • Barbera
  • Merlot
  • Shiraz/Syrah

Discovering the wine region of Calaveras County

The wine region of Calaveras County is located in the region of Sierra Foothills of California of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Jolie-Laide or the Domaine Newsome-Harlow produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Calaveras County are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Zinfandel and Merlot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Calaveras County often reveals types of flavors of earth, tree fruit or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of floral, tropical fruit or non oak.

In the mouth of Calaveras County is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 50 estates and châteaux in the of Calaveras County, producing 181 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Calaveras County go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, spicy food or mushrooms.

The top white wines of Winery Klassen

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Klassen

How Winery Klassen wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of ham and cheese omelette, congolese pondu or mushroom, bacon and gruyere quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Klassen

In the mouth the white wine of Winery Klassen. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

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

  • Chardonnay

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Klassen

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

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 Klassen and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Musty (taste of)

A disgusting taste due to a defect in the grapes or, more commonly, a defect in the barrel.