Winery LightningFore Family Grenache
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef and mature and hard cheese.
Food and wine pairings with Fore Family Grenache
Pairings that work perfectly with Fore Family Grenache
Original food and wine pairings with Fore Family Grenache
The Fore Family Grenache of Winery Lightning matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of improved horse steak or gourmet croc-monsieur with comté cheese.
Details and technical informations about Winery Lightning's Fore Family Grenache.
Discover the grape variety: Bondola noire
Light and rustic reds with a clear ruby colour, silky tannins and an airy palate with preserved acidity, featuring signature aromas of cherry, alpine herbs and rustic Ticinese notes. Drink-young profile. Preserved by a few winegrowers attached to traditional Ticinese and alpine viticulture, it bears witness to an alpine ampelographic heritage. Autochthonous black grape from Ticino, grown almost exclusively in Ticino (Italian-speaking Switzerland).
Informations about the Winery Lightning
The Winery Lightning is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 12 wines for sale in the of Lake County to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Lake County
Northern California county (North Coast) at altitude around Clear Lake: signature Cabernet Sauvignon as the royal red — concentrated with notes of black cherry, plum, blackcurrant and a spicy herbal touch, firm tannins (flagship Red Hills). Signature Sauvignon Blanc as the royal white (Big Valley) — fresh and tropical with notes of citrus, yellow fruit, flint and flowers. Sun-loving Zinfandel and Syrah in support. AVA, red volcanic soils, altitude 400-800 m.
The wine region of California
Powerful, sunny reds: dense Napa Cabernet Sauvignon (blackcurrant, chocolate, tobacco, ample tannins), spicy, jammy Zinfandel from the Sierra Foothills, silky red-fruited Pinot Noir on the cool coast (Sonoma, Russian River, Central Coast). Opulent, buttery Chardonnay, notes of yellow fruit and vanilla. Varied climate, from the hot interior to the Pacific-cooled coast. 80% of US production, 139 AVAs including Napa (1st AVA, 1981).
The word of the wine: Phylloxera
Aphid that came from America and ravaged European vineyards at the end of the 19th century. It lives on the roots of the vine, from which it pumps the sap. The only vines capable of resisting it had to be imported from the United States, and then grafted onto their root system the wood of traditional French grape varieties. Today, grafted vines are always planted.
