The Winery Shale Canyon of San Benito County of California

Winery Shale Canyon
The winery offers 14 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 11 of the estates of California.
It is located in San Benito County in the region of California
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The Winery Shale Canyon is one of the world's great estates. It offers 14 wines for sale in of San Benito County to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Shale Canyon wines

Looking for the best Winery Shale Canyon wines in San Benito County among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Shale Canyon 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 Shale Canyon wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Shale Canyon

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Shale Canyon

How Winery Shale Canyon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of improved horse steak, veal roast, country style or rabbit with onions and mustard.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Shale Canyon

On the nose the red wine of Winery Shale Canyon. often reveals types of flavors of oak, black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Shale Canyon. is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Shale Canyon

  • 0With an average score of 3.69/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.53/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Sangiovese
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Mourvedre

Discovering the wine region of San Benito County

The wine region of San Benito County is located in the region of Central Coast of California of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Williams Selyem or the Domaine Williams Selyem produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of San Benito County are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Pinot noir and Mourvèdre, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of San Benito County often reveals types of flavors of earth, non oak or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit or spices.

In the mouth of San Benito County is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 26 estates and châteaux in the of San Benito County, producing 46 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of San Benito County go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Shale Canyon

Planning a wine route in the of San Benito County? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Shale Canyon.

Discover the grape variety: Sangiovese

Originally from Italy, it is the famous Sangiovese of Tuscany producing the famous wines of Brunello de Montalcino and Chianti. This variety is registered in the Official Catalogue of Wine Grape Varieties, list A1. According to recent genetic analysis, it is the result of a natural cross between the almost unknown Calabrese di Montenuovo (mother) and Ciliegiolo (father).