The Winery Montemaggiore of Dry Creek Valley of California

Winery Montemaggiore
The winery offers 7 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 81 of the estates of California.
It is located in Dry Creek Valley in the region of California
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The Winery Montemaggiore is one of the world's great estates. It offers 7 wines for sale in of Dry Creek Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Montemaggiore wines

Looking for the best Winery Montemaggiore wines in Dry Creek Valley among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Montemaggiore 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 Montemaggiore wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Montemaggiore

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Montemaggiore

How Winery Montemaggiore wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, pork or shellfish such as recipes of generous flaky quiche, ham and cheese macaroni gratin or valencian paella.

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

  • Viognier
  • Roussanne
  • Marsanne

Discovering the wine region of Dry Creek Valley

The wine region of Dry Creek Valley is located in the region of Sonoma County of California of United States. We currently count 414 estates and châteaux in the of Dry Creek Valley, producing 1322 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Dry Creek Valley go well with generally quite well with dishes .

The top red wines of Winery Montemaggiore

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Montemaggiore

How Winery Montemaggiore wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of beef pot au feu (grandma's style), lamb tagine with onions, purple olives and lemons... or homemade marengo veal.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Montemaggiore

On the nose the red wine of Winery Montemaggiore. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Montemaggiore. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Montemaggiore

  • 2010With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.93/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2007With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Viognier

Discover the grape variety: Viognier

White Viognier is a grape variety that originated in France (Rhone Valley). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and grapes of small size. White Viognier can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Savoie & Bugey, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Beaujolais.

The top pink wines of Winery Montemaggiore

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Montemaggiore

How Winery Montemaggiore wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of puchero, couscous chicken and merguez or tunisian mloukia of grandmother mimi.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Montemaggiore.

  • Shiraz/Syrah

The word of the wine: Second fermentation

In the making of champagne, fermentation of the base wine to which is added the liqueur de tirage and which takes place in the bottle. This second fermentation produces the carbon dioxide, and therefore the bubbles that make up the effervescence of the wine.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Montemaggiore

Planning a wine route in the of Dry Creek Valley? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Montemaggiore.

Discover the grape variety: Roussanne

Roussane is a white grape variety, planted on an area of more than 700 ha. Originally from Montélimar, it is also found in Savoie, Languedoc and Roussillon, and grows very well in calcareous, poor, stony soil. It prefers to be pruned short. Roussane is also called fromenteau, barbin or bergeron. The young leaves are bubbled with fine down. When adult, they become thicker. It flowers in June and matures in mid-September. The grapes are cylindrical in shape, the berries are small and turn red when ripe, and the wine produced from pure Roussane is of extraordinary quality. It has a delicate aroma reminiscent of coffee, honeysuckle, iris and peony. The taste of this wine improves with age. It is part of the blend of the appellations Vin-de-Savoie, Côtes-du-Vallée du Rhône or Châteauneuf-du-Pape.

News about Winery Montemaggiore and wines from the region

The Rully appellation seen by Felix Debavelaere

Felix Debavelaere, from Domaine Rois Mages mentions the different personnalities of the Rully appellation. It is not easy to put it in a single box, not only because it can be produced in red and white but also because the wines can show different characters according to where the vines are planted. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (February 2021). Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bourgo ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Saint-Gengoux-Le-National

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-Saint-Gengoux-Le-National, 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://twitte ...

The Mâcon plus appellation seen by Charles Lamboley

Charles Lamboley, marketing and communication director from Vignerons des Terres Secrètes, explains the differences between the appellation Mâcon-Villages and Mâcon plus a geographical denomination. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (March 2020). 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 t ...

The word of the wine: Second fermentation

In the making of champagne, fermentation of the base wine to which is added the liqueur de tirage and which takes place in the bottle. This second fermentation produces the carbon dioxide, and therefore the bubbles that make up the effervescence of the wine.

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