The Winery La Mesa of California

Winery La Mesa - Estate Reserve Primitivo
The winery offers 6 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 California

The Winery La Mesa is one of the best wineries to follow in Californie.. It offers 6 wines for sale in of California to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery La Mesa wines

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

The top red wines of Winery La Mesa

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery La Mesa

How Winery La Mesa wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of adapted vietnamese fondue, risotto of penne with chorizo and merguez or quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery La Mesa

On the nose the red wine of Winery La Mesa. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or black fruit.

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

  • Primitivo

Discovering the wine region of California

California is the largest and most important wine region in the United States. It represents the southern two-thirds (850 miles or 1,370 kilometers) of the country's west coast. (Oregon and Washington make up the rest. ) The state also spans nearly 10 degrees of latitude.

With its mountains, valleys, plains and plateaus, California's topography is as Complex as its Climate, offering winemakers a bewildering array of terroirs. California wines have only gained worldwide recognition in recent decades (especially after the 1976 Paris ruling). However, the state's wine history goes back more than 200 years. European vines were first planted in the 18th century, when settlers and missionaries moved up and down the West Coast.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery La Mesa

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

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.

News about Winery La Mesa and wines from the region

Saving La Palma’s special vine heritage

On 19 September 2021, the Cumbre Vieja volcanic ridge in the island of La Palma, Spain began a massive, three-month long eruption, that was a catastrophic event for this westward island in the Canarias. The volcanic fumes caused breathing problems as well as the cancellation of flights and fruit harvests, including grapes. Despite 7,000 people needing evacuation from the flow of the lava, there was only one fatality during the entire eruption. As the lava flow eventually covered over 1,000ha, mo ...

Angostura unveils a Caribbean gem

Earlier this month, The House Of Angostura (well known for its ubiquitous brand of cocktail bitters) unveiled Zenith, the latest in a line of ultra premium rums in its Private Cask Collection series. The release brings together different rum styles from two of Trinidad and Tobago’s most distinguished distilleries: both the namesake Angostura distillery and the now legendary Caroni distillery, which closed its doors forever in 2003. Aged in charred American ex-bourbon oak casks, Zenith comprises ...

Plans to rebuild after wildfire damages rare vines in Crete

Growers in the village of Melambes in Crete saw devastating wildfires cause ‘complete damage to 300 acres (121.4 hectares) of old pre-phylloxera vines’ in July, according to an online crowdfunding page created to support viticulture in the area and help those affected. Although fire burned 90% of the vineyard, it’s hoped some damaged vines can be rescued, said winemaker Iliana Malihin, of her namesake winery and who has spearheaded a community project to revive the site in recent years. Ye ...

The word of the wine: Cooperative cellar

A collective production structure to which winegrowers belong in order to pool their grapes, transform them into wine and ensure its marketing.