The Winery Lyell Canyon of Amador County of California

Winery Lyell Canyon
Only one wine is currently referenced in this domain
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.3.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of California.
It is located in Amador County in the region of California

The Winery Lyell Canyon is one of the best wineries to follow in Amador County.. It offers 1 wines for sale in of Amador County to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Lyell Canyon wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Lyell Canyon

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Lyell Canyon

How Winery Lyell Canyon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of roast beef with pepper, lamb with vermicelli or baked chicken legs.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Lyell Canyon

On the nose the red wine of Winery Lyell Canyon. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Lyell Canyon. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Lyell Canyon

  • 2018With an average score of 3.20/5

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

  • Zinfandel

Discovering the wine region of Amador County

The wine region of Amador County is located in the region of Sierra Foothills of California of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Portalupi or the Domaine Favia produce mainly wines red, natural sweet and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Amador County are Zinfandel, Mourvèdre and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Amador County often reveals types of flavors of cherry, vegetal or cinnamon and sometimes also flavors of cheese, fig or stone fruit.

In the mouth of Amador County is a powerful. We currently count 181 estates and châteaux in the of Amador County, producing 487 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Amador County go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, spicy food or poultry.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Lyell Canyon

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

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.

News about Winery Lyell Canyon and wines from the region

Decanter World Wine Awards 2022: Results announced

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Elaine Chukan Brown: In defence of Zinfandel

Foundational to the notion of terroir is the story of Burgundy. It is a relationship between Pinot Noir and the monks’ investment in defining place, identifying growing conditions in a complex tapestry of climat and cru that has inspired winemakers worldwide. Countless vintners have sought to replicate its magic elsewhere, planting Pinot around the globe. With it has developed an assertion almost unquestioned – Pinot Noir is the grape most expressive of terroir. But in wines grown outside the Co ...

California 2022 harvest variable but quality predictions high

Given the sheer climatic diversity, the California 2022 harvest was a story of variability, specific varieties and varied approaches to making it all work out. Yields are down, nearly across the board. Still, winemakers and vineyard managers report high-quality fruit throughout the state, and the prediction is that the potential for fantastic, complex wines is high. There was tremendous variability up and down (as well as across) the state. An uneven growing season, with uneven effects throughou ...

The word of the wine: Natural sweet wine

Wine obtained by mutage with wine alcohol of the must in the course of fermentation, from the Muscat, Grenache, Macabeu and Malvoisie grape varieties, and corresponding to strict conditions of production, richness and elaboration.

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