The Winery Passion Cellars of Arizona

Winery Passion Cellars
The winery offers 27 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 347 of the estates of Arizona.
It is located in Arizona
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The Winery Passion Cellars is one of the best wineries to follow in Arizona.. It offers 27 wines for sale in of Arizona to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Passion Cellars wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Passion Cellars

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Passion Cellars

How Winery Passion Cellars wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of lamb, veal or pork such as recipes of gypsy sauce, vitello alla genovese (roast veal with sponge cake) or boeuf en daube.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Passion Cellars

On the nose the red wine of Winery Passion Cellars. often reveals types of flavors of black fruit, red fruit or floral and sometimes also flavors of earth, oak.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Passion Cellars

  • 2010With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.40/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Grenache
  • Aglianico
  • Malbec
  • Nebbiolo
  • Shiraz/Syrah

Discovering the wine region of Arizona

Arizona is located in the extreme Southwestern corner of the United States of America, bordered by Mexico to the south and southern California to the west. It covers 300,000 km² (114,000 square miles) between latitudes 31°N and 36°N. The main varieties used to make Arizona wines are Syrah, Viognier, Muscat and, of course, the ubiquitous Cabernet Sauvignon and Zinfandel. They do best in cooler regions, especially in the southwest.

Grapes have been grown in Arizona for over 400 years, originally by Spanish missionaries who needed wine for religious purposes. This is a common story throughout the United States - especially in the south and west - and also in South American countries. Although Arizona was almost entirely devoid of viticulture after Prohibition, the industry has since undergone a renaissance of sorts. There are now two sub-regional AVAs and hopes for a third, and the wines are beginning to gain international recognition.

The top white wines of Winery Passion Cellars

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Passion Cellars

How Winery Passion Cellars wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of cannelloni of meat, english tuna croque-monsieur or broccoli and blue cheese quiche without pastry.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Passion Cellars

  • 2016With an average score of 3.40/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Viognier
  • Pinot Grigio
  • Colombard
  • Grenache Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Colombard

Colombard is one of the oldest grape varieties in the Charentes. This golden white grape variety is a cross between Chenin and Gouais. The young leaves of colombard are yellow with bronze patches. The adult leaves may be three-lobed or whole, depending on the variety. Its branches are cottony. The bunches of this variety are thick and cylindrical. Its elliptical berries are medium-sized. They change color until they ripen, ranging from greenish white to golden yellow. Colombard is associated with an average budding. It is particularly susceptible to leafhoppers, grape worms, mites, mildew, powdery mildew and gray mold. It is also sensitive to water stress, but is not very sensitive to wind. It ripens late in the second half of the year. There are a dozen approved clones of Colombard, the best known of which are 608, 607 and 606. This variety produces a full-bodied, fine white wine. Aromas of lime, nectarine, boxwood, citrus and exotic fruits are released.

The top pink wines of Winery Passion Cellars

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Passion Cellars

How Winery Passion Cellars wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of roast beef casserole or savoyard fondue with ceps.

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

  • Grenache

The word of the wine: Ugni blanc

White grape variety of Italian origin, and the main white variety grown in France. Its large bunches give fine, light and lively wines, suitable for distillation: today it is the main variety for making cognac and armagnac. Ugni blanc, which is a little richer in alcohol when grown in Mediterranean regions, is used in the blending of the Provence and Corsica appellations, often in association with other grape varieties that bring aromas and structure, such as clairette, grenache blanc or sauvignon. Ugni blanc is also used, on a secondary basis, in the production of certain white wines in Gironde (AOC Bordeaux, Entre-deux-Mers, etc.).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Passion Cellars

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

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.

News about Winery Passion Cellars and wines from the region

Andrew Jefford: ‘Perhaps they think “drinkers like oak”. Really?’

An electronic dart was tossed at us recently by Decanter reader Tim Frances from Kent. It landed on the screen of our magazine editor Amy Wislocki; Amy lobbed it across the virtual room to me, suggesting a column-length reply. ‘Here’s a poser,’ Tim began. ‘How do your experts grade a wine that they find intellectually well made, but that they truly madly deeply dislike? I’ve tasted wines I can admire dispassionately, but would stab my feet with forks rather than drink them. Must be a conundrum f ...

Major Bordeaux merchant Maison Joanne gets new shareholders

Several private investors have taken shareholdings in Maison Joanne, one of the biggest Bordeaux négociant firms and leading distributor of grands crus to wine merchants around the world. Company president Pierre Antoine Castéja announced the changes in a letter to business partners and friends on the eve of the Bordeaux 2021 en primeur tasting week. It marks a new chapter for the family business, which celebrates its 160th anniversary this year and has around 5 million bottles of fine wine stor ...

Alsace wine leader André Hugel has passed away

André Hugel was an 11th generation member of Famille Hugel, one of the region’s most influential and highly-regarded wine families. The Hugel family settled in the town of Riquewihr, located in the heart of Alsace, all the way back in 1639. André ran Famille Hugel along with his brothers, Jean and Georges, as it developed into one of the world’s top producers. It owns 30 hectares (ha) of prime plots in the Haut-Rhin area, half of which are classified as Grand Cru, and it buys grapes from a furth ...

The word of the wine: Ugni blanc

White grape variety of Italian origin, and the main white variety grown in France. Its large bunches give fine, light and lively wines, suitable for distillation: today it is the main variety for making cognac and armagnac. Ugni blanc, which is a little richer in alcohol when grown in Mediterranean regions, is used in the blending of the Provence and Corsica appellations, often in association with other grape varieties that bring aromas and structure, such as clairette, grenache blanc or sauvignon. Ugni blanc is also used, on a secondary basis, in the production of certain white wines in Gironde (AOC Bordeaux, Entre-deux-Mers, etc.).

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