The Winery Mindego Ridge of Santa Cruz Mountains of California | Winedexer

Winery Mindego Ridge
The winery offers 4 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.2.
It is ranked in the top 3 of the estates of California.
It is located in Santa Cruz Mountains in the region of California
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The Winery Mindego Ridge is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 4 wines for sale in of Santa Cruz Mountains to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Mindego Ridge wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Mindego Ridge

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Mindego Ridge

How Winery Mindego Ridge wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of fondue vigneronne au vin rouge, vitello alla genovese (roast veal with sponge cake) or roast duck breast stuffed with porcini mushrooms and chanterelles.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Mindego Ridge

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Mindego Ridge

  • 2016With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 0With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.10/5

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

  • Pinot Noir

Discovering the wine region of Santa Cruz Mountains

High-altitude AVA above the Pacific fog layer: signature Pinot Noir as king on cool slopes — complex reds with red and black fruits, Burgundian finesse and New World depth, long ageing. Ample, tannic Cabernet Sauvignon on warmer, sunnier eastern slopes. Lively, mineral Chardonnay with measured oak ageing, Merlot and Zinfandel as backup (25% each). Rugged terrain between San Francisco and Monterey, a chiselled mountain identity.

The top white wines of Winery Mindego Ridge

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Mindego Ridge

How Winery Mindego Ridge wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of beef stew, skate wing with caper butter or cream and tuna quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Mindego Ridge

On the nose the white wine of Winery Mindego Ridge. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit or spices. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Mindego Ridge. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Mindego Ridge

  • 2014With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 0With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Chardonnay

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

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.

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Planning a wine route in the of Santa Cruz Mountains? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Mindego Ridge.

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Elegant reds, light in colour with silky tannins, showing strawberry, cherry and raspberry aromas, evolving to forest floor, mushroom and spice with age. Fresh acidity, delicate finish. Star of the Côte d'Or (Romanée-Conti, Chambertin, Volnay), pillar of Champagne (Blanc de Noirs) and signature of Oregon, Central Otago and Sonoma Coast. An early-ripening Burgundian variety, one of the world's greatest.