The Winery McGrail is one of the world's great estates. It offers 24 wines for sale in of San Francisco Bay to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery McGrail wines in San Francisco Bay among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery McGrail 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 McGrail wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery McGrail wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef mironton, oven-baked lamb stew or duck pot au feu.
On the nose the red wine of Winery McGrail. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or spices and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit or earth. In the mouth the red wine of Winery McGrail. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Multi-county AVA north of the Central Coast (Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara…): Cabernet Sauvignon is the ruling red (~24%), followed by Chardonnay (~19%), old-vine Zinfandel (~10%), Merlot, Pinot Noir and Petite Sirah. Contrasting signature profiles — racy, fresh Pinot and Chardonnay along foggy maritime hills; bold, rustic Cabernet and Zin inland with intense blackberry, black cherry and spice. Bay breezes and fog moderate.
How Winery McGrail wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of chicken blanquette, vitello tonnato or magic cake cheese quiche.
On the nose the white wine of Winery McGrail. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or spices. In the mouth the white wine of Winery McGrail. is a powerful with a nice freshness.
Supple, fragrant reds with fine tannins and vibrant freshness, showing raspberry, violet, green pepper, pencil lead and gentle spice aromas. Star of the Loire as a single variety (Chinon, Bourgueil, Saumur-Champigny) and of the right bank of Bordeaux in blends (Cheval Blanc at 60%). Also in semi-dry Anjou rosés. A historic Bordeaux variety, parent of Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Carmenère.
How Winery McGrail wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of spaghetti with shrimp and cream, verrine of beetroot and saint moret or japanese fondue.
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How Winery McGrail wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef with onions chinese style, lamb tagine with preserved lemons and onion compote with... or duck confit.
On the nose the pink wine of Winery McGrail. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.
Dark, full-bodied reds with tight tannins and inky colour, showing aromas of blackberry, violet, gentle spice, liquorice and mentholated balsamic notes. Contributes colour, structure and aromatic freshness to great Médoc blends (Palmer, Léoville-Las Cases) where it remains a minority. Also vinified as a single variety in Spain (La Mancha), California, Australia and Argentina. A late-ripening Bordeaux variety.
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Whites with many faces: mineral and taut at Chablis (lemon, green apple, flint), opulent and buttery at Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet (hazelnut, brioche, yellow fruits), tense and chalky in Champagne (Blanc de Blancs). Also vinified sparkling and widely exported (Sonoma, Margaret River, Casablanca). A Burgundian variety, a cross of Pinot Noir × Gouais Blanc, half-sibling of Aligoté.
