The Winery Plungerhead of California

Winery Plungerhead - Old Vine Zinfandel
The winery offers 7 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
This estate is part of the 3 Badge.
It is ranked in the top 6894 of the estates of California.
It is located in California

The Winery Plungerhead is one of the best wineries to follow in Californie.. It offers 7 wines for sale in of California to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Plungerhead wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Plungerhead

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Plungerhead

How Winery Plungerhead wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of roast beef with pepper, lamb chops with lemon and herbs or spit-roasted chicken.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Plungerhead

On the nose the red wine of Winery Plungerhead. often reveals types of flavors of butterscotch, dark fruit or pomegranate and sometimes also flavors of cedar, boysenberries or nutty. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Plungerhead. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Plungerhead

  • 2007With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.83/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.77/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.77/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.76/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Zinfandel
  • Petite Sirah

Discovering the wine region of California

California is the largest and most important wine region in the United States. It represents the southern two-thirds (850 miles or 1,370 kilometers) of the country's west coast. (Oregon and Washington make up the rest. ) The state also spans nearly 10 degrees of latitude.

With its mountains, valleys, plains and plateaus, California's topography is as Complex as its Climate, offering winemakers a bewildering array of terroirs. California wines have only gained worldwide recognition in recent decades (especially after the 1976 Paris ruling). However, the state's wine history goes back more than 200 years. European vines were first planted in the 18th century, when settlers and missionaries moved up and down the West Coast.

The top white wines of Winery Plungerhead

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Plungerhead

How Winery Plungerhead wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of home-made white pudding, pasta with tuna, garlic and lemon cream or quiche lorraine.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Plungerhead

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

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Plungerhead

  • 2018With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.60/5

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

  • Chardonnay

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). 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 small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Plungerhead

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

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 Plungerhead and wines from the region

Gérard Basset Foundation launches wine scholarships for victims of war

The Gérard Basset Foundation has partnered with Artémis Domaines to offer The Golden Vines Victims of Conflict Scholarships. Artémis Domaines is the owner of famed estates Château Latour (Bordeaux), Clos de Tart (Burgundy), Domaine d’Eugénie (Burgundy), Château Grillet (Rhône) and Eisele Vineyard (California). The scholarships will ‘support qualified wine industry professionals who are victims of war and geopolitical conflict’, said the group. Successful scholars will be offered six months of vi ...

Stephen Brook: ‘It is astonishing how rapidly changes can take place in the Bordeaux region’

My book The Complete Bordeaux, which has been revised every five years, is soon to be published in its fourth edition. This may seem like excessive haste, given the scope of the book, but it is astonishing how rapidly changes can take place in the region. Burgundy, in contrast, is relatively stable, since most properties are family-owned and tend to stay that way. But not so in Bordeaux, where there are ample opportunities for newcomers to acquire established properties, as they have been doing ...

Château Lassègue names seventh-generation vigneron Nicolas Seillan as its new winemaker

Seillan takes on his new role in addition to his current position as senior vice president of finance, Château Lassègue and Tenuta di Arceno. Château Lassègue said Seillan will continue to work alongside his father, renowned vigneron Pierre Seillan, who said: ‘I am proud that my son Nicolas will continue in the tradition of our family lineage as a seventh-generation vigneron, and bring his passion and respect for the great terroirs and wines of France.’ Born into a family of French vignerons, Ni ...

The word of the wine: Severe

Said of a red wine that is generally young, very marked by tannins and astringent. See austere.