The Winery La Vie Dansante of California

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The winery offers 17 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of California.
It is located in California

The Winery La Vie Dansante is one of the best wineries to follow in Californie.. It offers 17 wines for sale in of California to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery La Vie Dansante wines

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

The top red wines of Winery La Vie Dansante

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery La Vie Dansante

How Winery La Vie Dansante wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of beef stew with white wine, leg of lamb brissac (leftover leg of lamb) or stuffed quails.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery La Vie Dansante

In the mouth the red wine of Winery La Vie Dansante. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Zinfandel
  • Carignan

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.

The top white wines of Winery La Vie Dansante

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery La Vie Dansante

How Winery La Vie Dansante wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or poultry such as recipes of sea bream fillets with capers, sublime fish and shrimp colombo or basque piperade.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery La Vie Dansante.

  • Grenache Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Carignan

Mainly cultivated in the Languedoc region, carignan originates from Spain. Because of its very resistant branches, it is often called hardwood. Its bunches are quite large. They are compact and winged with a lignified stalk. The berries are spherical in shape and take on a bluish-black colour. Carignan has a total of 25 approved clones, the best known of which are 274, 65 and 9. The carignan buds at the beginning of June and is protected from spring frosts. It does not reach maturity until the third period. Also, this grape variety needs warmth and sunshine. It appreciates dry and not very fertile soils. Carignan vines can live for more than 100 years. Those that are more than 30 years old produce a better wine. This wine is well coloured. It is generous and powerful at the same time. Pepper, cherry, blackberry, banana, raspberry, almond, prune and violet are some of the aromas that this grape variety gives off.

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Discover the grape variety: Zinfandel

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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The word of the wine: Great wine

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