The Winery Shippey of Dry Creek Valley of California

Winery Shippey
The winery offers 5 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 86 of the estates of California.
It is located in Dry Creek Valley in the region of California

The Winery Shippey is one of the world's great estates. It offers 5 wines for sale in of Dry Creek Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Shippey wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Shippey

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Shippey

How Winery Shippey wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef tournedos with boursin, meatballs catalan style or aiguillette of duck normandy style.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Shippey

On the nose the red wine of Winery Shippey. often reveals types of flavors of earth, red fruit or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of dried fruit.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Shippey

  • 2012With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 0With an average score of 4.06/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.80/5

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

  • Petite Sirah
  • Zinfandel

Discovering the wine region of Dry Creek Valley

Mythical terroir of Californian Zinfandel on pre-Prohibition old vines: intense, spicy reds with aromas of candied blackberry, black plum, pepper and leather, ample structure and melted tannins. Signature Sauvignon Blanc as white king with herbaceous notes and bright citrus, dazzling acidity. Also Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Rhône grapes. Small Sonoma AVA (~9,000 ha, 70+ wineries), warm days and cool evenings ventilated from the coast, ideal ripeness-acidity balance.

The top pink wines of Winery Shippey

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Shippey

How Winery Shippey wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or spicy food such as recipes of provencal stew, duck breast with honey and raspberry vinegar or spicy chicken and mustard pie.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Shippey

  • 0With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Shippey.

  • Petite Sirah

Discover the grape variety: Zinfandel

Generous, high-alcohol reds with a dark robe and indulgent palate, showing aromas of stewed blackberry, raspberry, black pepper, liquorice, cinnamon and cooked fruit. Also vinified as a popular sweet rosé (White Zinfandel). Star of California (Lodi, Sonoma, Dry Creek Valley, Paso Robles) with sought-after century-old vines. Identical to Italian Primitivo and Croatian Crljenak Kaštelanski by DNA analysis.

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Discover the grape variety: Petite Sirah

Powerful, intensely coloured reds with an almost black inky hue, firm tannins and a dense palate, with concentrated aromas of black fruits (blackberry, blackcurrant, plum), black cherry, dark chocolate, black pepper, spices, leather and balsamic notes. Fine ageing potential. Confirmed star of great Californian (Napa, Sonoma, Paso Robles) and Australian reds. American synonym for French durif, a hybrid created in 1880 by François Durif (syrah × peloursin).