The La Madrona Vineyard & Winery of Santa Cruz Mountains of California

La Madrona Vineyard & Winery - Pinot Noir
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.4.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of California.
It is located in Santa Cruz Mountains in the region of California

The La Madrona Vineyard & Winery is one of the best wineries to follow in Santa Cruz Mountains.. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Santa Cruz Mountains to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top La Madrona Vineyard & Winery wines

Looking for the best La Madrona Vineyard & Winery wines in Santa Cruz Mountains among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent La Madrona Vineyard & Winery 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 La Madrona Vineyard & Winery wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of La Madrona Vineyard & Winery

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of La Madrona Vineyard & Winery

How La Madrona Vineyard & Winery wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of baked marrow bones, veal breast with new vegetables or rabbit with beer.

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of La Madrona Vineyard & Winery.

  • Pinot Noir

Discovering the wine region of Santa Cruz Mountains

The wine region of Santa Cruz Mountains is located in the region of San Francisco Bay of California of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Ridge Vineyards or the Kathryn Kennedy Winery produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Santa Cruz Mountains are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Pinot noir and Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Santa Cruz Mountains often reveals types of flavors of cream, pencil shavings or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of charcoal, black truffle or blackberry jam.

In the mouth of Santa Cruz Mountains is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 146 estates and châteaux in the of Santa Cruz Mountains, producing 486 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Santa Cruz Mountains go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the La Madrona Vineyard & Winery

Planning a wine route in the of Santa Cruz Mountains? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to La Madrona Vineyard & Winery.

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

News about La Madrona Vineyard & Winery and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Red winemaking

Transformation of grapes into must and wine under the effect of alcoholic fermentation. The vinification of red wines takes place in several stages: destemming, crushing, alcoholic fermentation, vatting, running off and maturing.