Winery Ridge VineyardsGonsalves Carignane
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef and spicy food.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
Food and wine pairings with Gonsalves Carignane
Pairings that work perfectly with Gonsalves Carignane
Original food and wine pairings with Gonsalves Carignane
The Gonsalves Carignane of Winery Ridge Vineyards matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or spicy food such as recipes of monkfish armorican style or currywurst.
Details and technical informations about Winery Ridge Vineyards's Gonsalves Carignane.
Discover the grape variety: Trnjak
Structured, intensely coloured reds with a deep purple robe, firm tannins and a dense palate with preserved acidity. Signature aromas of black fruits (blackberry, blackcurrant), plum, spices, Mediterranean garrigue and balsamic notes. Fine ageing potential. Star of great Herzegovinian reds, defining the wine identity of southern Bosnia and the Dalmatian coast around Mostar. Native Croatian and Bosnian black grape, autochthonous to Herzegovina.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Gonsalves Carignane from Winery Ridge Vineyards are 0, 2019
Informations about the Winery Ridge Vineyards
The Winery Ridge Vineyards is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 142 wines for sale in the of Contra Costa County to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Contra Costa County
Historic AVA of San Francisco Bay with century-old vines on deep sands (Brentwood, Oakley): Zinfandel signature from old vines planted 100+ years ago (Evangelho, Bigelow, Mazzoni) — concentrated and earthy reds with intense black fruits, spices and firm tannins. Robust and structured patrimonial Mourvèdre (Mataro) and Carignan. Draining sands restricting yields, small berries with thick skins. Also Petite Sirah.
The wine region of California
Powerful, sunny reds: dense Napa Cabernet Sauvignon (blackcurrant, chocolate, tobacco, ample tannins), spicy, jammy Zinfandel from the Sierra Foothills, silky red-fruited Pinot Noir on the cool coast (Sonoma, Russian River, Central Coast). Opulent, buttery Chardonnay, notes of yellow fruit and vanilla. Varied climate, from the hot interior to the Pacific-cooled coast. 80% of US production, 139 AVAs including Napa (1st AVA, 1981).
The word of the wine: Amber
(1) A colour close to amber, sometimes taken on by white wines aged for a long time, or by oxidising prematurely. (2) A term used on the label to designate white Rivesaltes aged for at least thirty months in an oxidizing environment.
