The Winery Mineral of Calaveras County of California

Winery Mineral - Barbera
The winery offers 15 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 6 of the estates of California.
It is located in Calaveras County in the region of California

The Winery Mineral is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 15 wines for sale in of Calaveras County to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Mineral wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Mineral

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Mineral

How Winery Mineral wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, spicy food or poultry such as recipes of roast pork with prunes, shrimp and zucchini with curry and coconut milk or chicken wrap.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Mineral

On the nose the red wine of Winery Mineral. often reveals types of flavors of spices, black fruit or oak and sometimes also flavors of red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Mineral. is a powerful.

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Malbec
  • Barbera
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Petite Sirah

Discovering the wine region of Calaveras County

The wine region of Calaveras County is located in the region of Sierra Foothills of California of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Jolie-Laide or the Domaine Newsome-Harlow produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Calaveras County are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Zinfandel and Merlot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Calaveras County often reveals types of flavors of earth, tree fruit or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of floral, tropical fruit or non oak.

In the mouth of Calaveras County is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 50 estates and châteaux in the of Calaveras County, producing 181 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Calaveras County go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, spicy food or mushrooms.

The top white wines of Winery Mineral

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Mineral

How Winery Mineral wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, game (deer, venison) or shellfish such as recipes of spaghetti carbonara, rabbit fillet with mustard or three ways to prepare chinese noodles.

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

  • Viognier

Discover the grape variety: Tempranillo

The black Tempranillo is a grape variety native to 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-sized bunches and medium-sized grapes. The black Tempranillo can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Mineral

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

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 Mineral and wines from the region

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San Luis Obispo Coast was awarded on 9 March, 2022 by the US Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau. The new AVA establishes a 97 kilometer-long strip along California that locals call SLO (slow) Coast, describing the Pacific Ocean’s influence on the area’s culture and lifestyle, terrain, and wines.  SLO Coast is located midway between two major California cities, San Francisco and Los Angeles, with Burgundy varieties making up a majority of San Luis Obispo Coast’s high-end wine pr ...

The word of the wine: Extra raw

Champagne dosed between 0 and 6 grams of sugar (see dosage liqueur).