The Winery Optima of Alexander Valley of California

Winery Optima
The winery offers 15 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 3732 of the estates of California.
It is located in Alexander Valley in the region of California
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The Winery Optima is one of the best wineries to follow in Alexander Valley.. It offers 15 wines for sale in of Alexander Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Optima wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Optima

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Optima

How Winery Optima wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of rosbeef casserole mamie, couscous chicken and merguez or saddle of hare jura style.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Optima

On the nose the red wine of Winery Optima. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Optima. is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Optima

  • 2008With an average score of 4.15/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.07/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.04/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.02/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2007With an average score of 3.99/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Petite Sirah
  • Zinfandel
  • Pinot Noir
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Alexander Valley

The wine region of Alexander Valley is located in the region of Sonoma County of California of United States. We currently count 400 estates and châteaux in the of Alexander Valley, producing 1083 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Alexander Valley go well with generally quite well with dishes .

The top white wines of Winery Optima

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Optima

How Winery Optima wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of leek, goat cheese and bacon quiche, salmon koulibiac or risotto milanese.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Optima

On the nose the white wine of Winery Optima. often reveals types of flavors of earth, tree fruit or citrus fruit.

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

  • Gewürztraminer

Discover the grape variety: Gewurztraminer

Gewurztraminer rosé is a grape variety that originated in France. 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 vine is characterized by small bunches and small grapes. Gewurztraminer rosé can be found in many vineyards: Alsace, Loire Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Jura, Champagne, Lorraine, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, South West.

The top pink wines of Winery Optima

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Optima

How Winery Optima wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or goat cheese such as recipes of sloth pork loin, moroccan lamb stew or salmon steak with goat cheese, fine herbs and mustard.

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

  • Zinfandel

The word of the wine: Pressing

Mechanical action consisting of pressing the grapes (before fermentation for whites) or the marc soaked in wine (after fermentation for reds).

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

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 Optima and wines from the region

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At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Vergisson

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-Vergisson, 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://twitter.com/BourgogneW ...

The word of the wine: Pressing

Mechanical action consisting of pressing the grapes (before fermentation for whites) or the marc soaked in wine (after fermentation for reds).

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