The Winery Skinner of El Dorado of California | Winedexer

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 miroton, eggplant lasagna or lamb curl.

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

High-altitude AVA in the Sierra Foothills east of Sacramento (California): signature dominant Zinfandel as king red — full, vivid reds with concentrated dark fruit, spice and fleshy tannins. Also Italian Barbera, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and structuring Petite Sirah. Strong Rhône tradition with Viognier, Syrah, Mourvèdre and Grenache. Cooling by altitude rather than fog, sunny ripeness with preserved acidity, eclectic identity of the modern Gold Rush.

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 tuna and goat cheese pie, mussels carbonara or baked chicken legs.

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
  • 0With an average score of 3.83/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2017With 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

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.

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 baked marrow bones or celery, apple and comté salad for kids.

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
  • 0With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 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: Decommissioning

Removal of the right to the appellation of origin of a wine; it is then marketed as Vin de France.

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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).

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