The Winery Portal Bay of Central Valley

Winery Portal Bay - Premium Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon
The winery offers 5 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
It is ranked in the top 8387 of the estates of Central Valley.
It is located in Central Valley

The Winery Portal Bay is one of the best wineries to follow in Central Valley.. It offers 5 wines for sale in of Central Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Portal Bay wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Portal Bay

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Portal Bay

How Winery Portal Bay wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of quick and easy monkfish tail, tanjia (lamb shoulder confit) or venison leg marinated in white wine and grand marnier.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Portal Bay

On the nose the red wine of Winery Portal Bay. often reveals types of flavors of black fruit, oak. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Portal Bay. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Portal Bay

  • 2012With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.18/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Central Valley

The Central Valley (El Valle Central) of Chile is one of the most important wine-producing areas in South America in terms of Volume. It is also one of the largest wine regions, stretching from the Maipo Valley (just south of Santiago) to the southern end of the Maule Valley. This is a distance of almost 250 miles (400km) and covers a number of Climate types. The Central Valley wine region is easily (and often) confused with the geological Central Valley, which runs north–south for more than 620 miles (1000km) between the Pacific Coastal Ranges and the lower Andes.

A wide variety of wine styles and quality can be found in this large area, from many different terroirs. They range from the fashionable (and relatively expensive) Bordeaux-style wines produced in northern Maipo, to the older, more-established vineyards of Maule; from the coastal plains of western Colchagua to the Andean foothills of Puente Alto. With experimentation so popular in the modern wine world, however, it is the newer, cooler-climate areas which are receiving most attention, with the emphasis on the Andean foothills and the river valleys tempered by the cooling effects of the Pacific Ocean. The Central Valley is also home to a variety of Grapes, but plantings are dominated by the internationally popular Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah, Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc.

Chile's 'icon' grape, Carmenère, is also of importance here, just as Malbec is to Mendoza, on the other side of the Andes. The cooler corners of the Central Valley are being increasingly developed, as winemakers experiment with varieties such as Viognier, Riesling and even Gewurztraminer. Because the area covered is so large and the terrain so varied, the name 'Central Valley' on a label is unlikely to communicate anything specific about the style of wine in the bottle. Also, with a number of independently recognized sub-regions now in place (such as Colchagua and Cachapoal), most wines of any quality are able to specify their sub-region of origin rather than the Generic Central Valley.

The top white wines of Winery Portal Bay

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Portal Bay

How Winery Portal Bay wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of special' tagliatelle carbonara, spaghetti neapolitan style or zucchini and goat cheese quiche.

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Sauvignon Blanc

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.

The top pink wines of Winery Portal Bay

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Portal Bay

How Winery Portal Bay wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or goat cheese such as recipes of beef miroton, lamb in a crown with spring vegetables or tuna and goat cheese pie.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Portal Bay

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Portal Bay. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.

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

  • Zinfandel

The word of the wine: Decanting

Decanting, an operation performed by a sommelier with a decanter to separate the clear wine from the solid parts in a bottle.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Portal Bay

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

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.

News about Winery Portal Bay and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Decanting

Decanting, an operation performed by a sommelier with a decanter to separate the clear wine from the solid parts in a bottle.

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