Winery Scott HarveyJ & S Reserve Barbera
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or mild and soft cheese.
The J & S Reserve Barbera of the Winery Scott Harvey is in the top 5 of wines of Amador County.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the J & S Reserve Barbera of Winery Scott Harvey in the region of California often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.
Food and wine pairings with J & S Reserve Barbera
Pairings that work perfectly with J & S Reserve Barbera
Original food and wine pairings with J & S Reserve Barbera
The J & S Reserve Barbera of Winery Scott Harvey matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, spicy food or poultry such as recipes of quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese, chakchouka or imene's tunisian ojja.
Details and technical informations about Winery Scott Harvey's J & S Reserve Barbera.
Discover the grape variety: Carignan
Mainly cultivated in the Languedoc region, carignan originates from Spain. Because of its very resistant branches, it is often called hardwood. Its bunches are quite large. They are compact and winged with a lignified stalk. The berries are spherical in shape and take on a bluish-black colour. Carignan has a total of 25 approved clones, the best known of which are 274, 65 and 9. The carignan buds at the beginning of June and is protected from spring frosts. It does not reach maturity until the third period. Also, this grape variety needs warmth and sunshine. It appreciates dry and not very fertile soils. Carignan vines can live for more than 100 years. Those that are more than 30 years old produce a better wine. This wine is well coloured. It is generous and powerful at the same time. Pepper, cherry, blackberry, banana, raspberry, almond, prune and violet are some of the aromas that this grape variety gives off.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of J & S Reserve Barbera from Winery Scott Harvey are 2009, 2015, 2013, 2012 and 2008.
Informations about the Winery Scott Harvey
The Winery Scott Harvey is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 20 wines for sale in the of Amador County to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Amador County
The wine region of Amador County is located in the region of Sierra Foothills of California of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Portalupi or the Domaine Favia produce mainly wines red, natural sweet and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Amador County are Zinfandel, Mourvèdre and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Amador County often reveals types of flavors of cherry, vegetal or cinnamon and sometimes also flavors of cheese, fig or stone fruit.
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.
The word of the wine: Thermoregulation
Control of the vinification temperatures (by circulating hot or cold water on the walls of the vats, for example). This is a major step forward, which in particular helps to preserve the freshness of the aromas threatened by excessive temperature rises during fermentation.
