Santa Barbara Winery - Lafond Vineyard Grenache

Santa Barbara WineryLafond Vineyard Grenache

3.8
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Lafond Vineyard Grenache of Santa Barbara Winery is a red wine from the region of Sta. Rita Hills of California.
This wine generally goes well with beef and mature and hard cheese.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Lafond Vineyard Grenache of Santa Barbara Winery in the region of California often reveals types of flavors of oak, spices or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of black fruit.

Food and wine pairings with Lafond Vineyard Grenache

Pairings that work perfectly with Lafond Vineyard Grenache

Original food and wine pairings with Lafond Vineyard Grenache

The Lafond Vineyard Grenache of Santa Barbara Winery matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of quick and easy monkfish tail or asparagus and comté cake.

Details and technical informations about Santa Barbara Winery's Lafond Vineyard Grenache.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Style of wine
Alcohol
15.6°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: La Crescent

A direct-producer hybrid of American origin resulting from an interspecific cross between Saint Pepin and Elmer Swenson 6-8-25 (vitis riparia X Hamburg muscatel) obtained in 1988 by Peter Hemstad and James Luby at the University of Minnesota Research Center (United States). It can also be found in Canada, Ukraine, Russia, etc. and is virtually unknown in France.

Last vintages of this wine

Lafond Vineyard Grenache - 2015
In the top 100 of of Sta. Rita Hills wines
Average rating: 411110
Lafond Vineyard Grenache - 2014
In the top 100 of of Sta. Rita Hills wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50
Lafond Vineyard Grenache - 2013
In the top 100 of of Sta. Rita Hills wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
Lafond Vineyard Grenache - 2012
In the top 100 of of Sta. Rita Hills wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50

The best vintages of Lafond Vineyard Grenache from Santa Barbara Winery are 2015, 2013, 2012, 2014

Informations about the Santa Barbara Winery

The winery offers 38 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is in the top 15 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Sta. Rita Hills in the region of California
Find the Santa Barbara Winery on Facebook and on Twitter

The Santa Barbara Winery is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 34 wines for sale in the of Sta. Rita Hills to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine California
In the top 30000 of of United States wines
In the top 200 of of Sta. Rita Hills wines
In the top 150000 of red wines
In the top 250000 wines of the world

The wine region of Sta. Rita Hills

The wine region of Sta. Rita Hills is located in the region of Santa Barbara County of California of United States. We currently count 268 estates and châteaux in the of Sta. Rita Hills, producing 792 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture.


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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The word of the wine: Dismantling

After devatting, the pomace is removed from the tank. If this operation is carried out manually, it is important to ventilate the vat well to avoid the risk of accidents due to the presence of carbon dioxide.

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