The Lightpost Winery of Santa Clara County of California

Lightpost Winery
The winery offers 16 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of California.
It is located in Santa Clara County in the region of California

The Lightpost Winery is one of the best wineries to follow in Santa Clara County.. It offers 16 wines for sale in of Santa Clara County to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Lightpost Winery wines

Looking for the best Lightpost Winery wines in Santa Clara County among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Lightpost 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 Lightpost Winery wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Lightpost Winery

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Lightpost Winery

How Lightpost Winery wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of magic cake cheese quiche, baked cod portuguese style or shrimp with cream and fettuccine.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Lightpost Winery.

  • Albariño

Discovering the wine region of Santa Clara County

The wine region of Santa Clara County is located in the region of Central Coast of California of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine A Tribute to Grace or the Testarossa Winery produce mainly wines red, white and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Santa Clara County are Zinfandel, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Pinot noir, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Santa Clara County often reveals types of flavors of black fruit, microbio or vegetal and sometimes also flavors of oak, non oak or earth.

In the mouth of Santa Clara County is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 17 estates and châteaux in the of Santa Clara County, producing 31 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Santa Clara County go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, mature and hard cheese or pork.

The top red wines of Lightpost Winery

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Lightpost Winery

How Lightpost Winery wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of bernard's potée, osso bucco milanese or stuffed duck or goose neck.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Lightpost Winery

On the nose the red wine of Lightpost Winery. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Lightpost Winery. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Lightpost Winery

  • 2018With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.00/5

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

  • Pinot Noir
  • Carignan
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre
  • Cabernet Sauvignon

Discover the grape variety: Grenache

Grenache noir is a grape variety that originated in Spain. It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by medium to large bunches, and grapes of medium size. Grenache noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone Valley, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Lightpost Winery

Planning a wine route in the of Santa Clara County? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Lightpost Winery.

Discover the grape variety: Albarino

It is a Spanish variety, in Galicia to be precise, with its cradle in the Rias Baixas area, around Pontevedra and up to Orense. It would be a close relative of the Loureiro. Widely cultivated in Portugal, ... in France, it is registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties, list A1.

News about Lightpost Winery and wines from the region

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Uchizy

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Uchizy, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWine ...

The Mâcon plus appellation investigated through its geology and geography

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to enjoy this video in which Jean-Pierre Renard, Expert Instructor at the Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne, explains the topographical and geological characteristics of the appellation Mâcon plus geographical denomination . The tectonics and the very different nature of the rocks that make up the subsoil of this region explain the great variety of soils found in this part fo Bourgogne. It also explains why each wine offers a different personnality. This vid ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Burgy

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Burgy, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are availablein French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/ ...

The word of the wine: Shoulder

The upper part of the bottle located at the base of the shoulder-shaped neck.