Winery Lava Cap - Grenache

Winery Lava CapGrenache

4.2
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Grenache of Winery Lava Cap is a red wine from the region of El Dorado of California.
This wine generally goes well with beef and mature and hard cheese.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

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On the nose the Grenache of Winery Lava Cap in the region of California often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or spices and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Lava Cap's Grenache.

Winemaker
Joe Norman
Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Crescent

A direct-producer hybrid of American origin resulting from an interspecific cross between Saint Pepin and Elmer Swenson 6-8-25 (vitis riparia X Hamburg muscatel) obtained in 1988 by Peter Hemstad and James Luby at the University of Minnesota Research Center (United States). It can also be found in Canada, Ukraine, Russia, etc. and is virtually unknown in France.

Last vintages of this wine

Grenache - 2017
In the top 100 of of El Dorado wines
Average rating: 411110

The best vintages of Grenache from Winery Lava Cap are 2017

Informations about the Winery Lava Cap

The winery offers 31 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is in the top 15 of the best estates in the region
It is located in El Dorado in the region of California
Find the Winery Lava Cap on Twitter

The Winery Lava Cap is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 28 wines for sale in the of El Dorado to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine California
In the top 35000 of of United States wines
In the top 300 of of El Dorado wines
In the top 150000 of red wines
In the top 250000 wines of the world

The wine region of El Dorado

The wine region of El Dorado is located in the region of El Dorado County of California of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Rombauer Vineyards or the Domaine Withers produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of El Dorado are Mourvèdre, Zinfandel and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of El Dorado often reveals types of flavors of cherry, pomegranate or cranberry and sometimes also flavors of stone, cinnamon or anise.


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.

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The word of the wine: Imperial

Bottle with a capacity of 6 liters (synonym of mathusalem).

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