Winery Potek - Tierra Alta Grenache

Winery PotekTierra Alta Grenache

4.1
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Tierra Alta Grenache of Winery Potek is a red wine from the region of Ballard Canyon of California.
This wine generally goes well with beef and mature and hard cheese.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Tierra Alta Grenache of Winery Potek in the region of California often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit.

Food and wine pairings with Tierra Alta Grenache

Pairings that work perfectly with Tierra Alta Grenache

Original food and wine pairings with Tierra Alta Grenache

The Tierra Alta Grenache of Winery Potek matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of thai beef curry or cucumber skin julienne.

Details and technical informations about Winery Potek's Tierra Alta Grenache.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Style of wine
Alcohol
14.1°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Charmont

Intraspecific crossing between Chasselas and Chardonnay, obtained in 1965 by Jean-Louis Simon and selected by André Jacquinet at the Agroscope Changins-Wädenswil research station (Switzerland). This grape variety is known and cultivated in Switzerland, but it can also be found in Hungary, Germany, Italy, etc., and is virtually unknown in France. With the same parents, Jean-Louis Simon also obtained the doral.

Last vintages of this wine

Tierra Alta Grenache - 2014
In the top 100 of of Ballard Canyon wines
Average rating: 4.511110.5
Tierra Alta Grenache - 2013
In the top 100 of of Ballard Canyon wines
Average rating: 4.111110

The best vintages of Tierra Alta Grenache from Winery Potek are 2014, 2013

Informations about the Winery Potek

The winery offers 20 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.2.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Ballard Canyon in the region of California

The Winery Potek is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 19 wines for sale in the of Ballard Canyon to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine California
In the top 35000 of of United States wines
In the top 800 of of Ballard Canyon wines
In the top 150000 of red wines
In the top 250000 wines of the world

The wine region of Ballard Canyon

The wine region of Ballard Canyon is located in the region of Santa Ynez Valley of California of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Jonata or the Domaine Jonata produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Ballard Canyon are Viognier, Sangiovese and Roussanne, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Ballard Canyon often reveals types of flavors of cherry, cola or smoke and sometimes also flavors of iron, dried fruit or watermelon.


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.

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