The Winery Rootstock of California

Winery Rootstock - Block & Tackle Cabernet Sauvignon
The winery offers 21 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 7425 of the estates of California.
It is located in California

The Winery Rootstock is one of the best wineries to follow in Californie.. It offers 21 wines for sale in of California to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Rootstock wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Rootstock

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Rootstock

How Winery Rootstock wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of brazilian feijoada, oven-baked lamb stew or mixed paella valenciana.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Rootstock

On the nose the red wine of Winery Rootstock. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Rootstock. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Rootstock

  • 2005With an average score of 4.33/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.89/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.85/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.65/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Pinot Noir
  • Merlot
  • Barbera
  • Malbec
  • Tempranillo

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Rootstock

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 Rootstock.

Discover the grape variety: Malbec

Malbec, a high-yielding red grape variety, produces tannic and colourful wines. It is produced in different wine-growing regions and changes its name according to the grape variety. Called Auxerrois in Cahors, Malbec in Bordeaux, it is also known as Côt. 6,000 hectares of the Malbec grape are grown in France (in decline since the 1950s). Malbec is also very successful in Argentina. The country has become the world's leading producer of Malbec and offers wines with great potential.

News about Winery Rootstock and wines from the region

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