The Winery Skinner of El Dorado of California

Winery Skinner
The winery offers 24 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 1 of the estates of California.
It is located in El Dorado in the region of California
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The Winery Skinner is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 24 wines for sale in of El Dorado to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Skinner wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Skinner

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Skinner

How Winery Skinner wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of beef luc lake, tuna lasagna or daniel's algerian couscous.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Skinner

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Skinner

  • 2017With an average score of 4.07/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.93/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.93/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.92/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.91/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.90/5

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre
  • Viognier
  • Petite Sirah
  • Counoise

Discovering the wine region of El Dorado

The wine region of El Dorado is located in the region of El Dorado County of California of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Rombauer Vineyards or the Domaine Withers produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of El Dorado are Mourvèdre, Zinfandel and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of El Dorado often reveals types of flavors of cherry, pomegranate or cranberry and sometimes also flavors of stone, cinnamon or anise.

In the mouth of El Dorado is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth. We currently count 86 estates and châteaux in the of El Dorado, producing 342 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of El Dorado go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry.

The top white wines of Winery Skinner

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Skinner

How Winery Skinner wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or poultry such as recipes of tagliatelle with fresh salmon, mussels with white wine and tomato or roast turkey in the oven.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Skinner

On the nose the white wine of Winery Skinner. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Skinner. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Skinner

  • 2018With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.96/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.72/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.72/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Skinner.

  • Grenache Blanc
  • Viognier
  • Roussanne
  • Marsanne
  • Picpoul Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Zinfandel

From Croatia where it is called crljenak kastelanski or pribidrag. According to genetic analyses carried out by Professor Carole Meredith of California University in Davis (United States), it is related to the Croatian plavac mali and Zinfandel. It is also found in South Africa, New Zealand, Chile, Brazil, Germany, Bulgaria, Albania, Italy under the name of Primitivo, Malta, Greece, Portugal and to some extent in Croatia. In the United States (California), it is one of the most widely planted grape varieties, having been introduced in the 1830s well before Primitivo. In France, it is registered in the official catalogue of vine varieties on the A1 list under the name Primitivo.

The top pink wines of Winery Skinner

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Skinner

How Winery Skinner wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of beef tenderloin wellington or gratin in pink and blue.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Skinner

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Skinner. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit or citrus fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Skinner

  • 2015With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.80/5

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

  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre
  • Counoise

The word of the wine: Grey (wine)

Wine obtained by vinifying white grapes with coloured skin (black or grey), by direct pressing, without maceration. It is a rosé with very little colour.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Skinner

Planning a wine route in the of El Dorado? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Skinner.

Discover the grape variety: Picpoul Blanc

News about Winery Skinner and wines from the region

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Verzé

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Verzé, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Charnay-les-Mâcon

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Charnay-les-Mâcon, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bo ...

The Irancy appellation seen by Clotilde Davenne

Clotilde Davenne, from the eponymous estate, mentions the cherry as a main characteristic of the Irancy appellation. She tells us about the Pinot Noir variety which reveals, in its northern location of Bourgogne, lots of freshness and fruitiness that gives the appellation a very special place among the wines of the region. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (June 2020). Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​ Twitter: https: ...

The word of the wine: Grey (wine)

Wine obtained by vinifying white grapes with coloured skin (black or grey), by direct pressing, without maceration. It is a rosé with very little colour.

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