Winery Stag's Leap Wine CellarsKARIA Chardonnay
White wine
This wine is composed of 100% of the grape variety Chardonnay.
In the mouth this white wine is a powerful.
This wine generally goes well with pork, vegetarian or poultry.
Taste structure of the KARIA Chardonnay from the Winery Stag's Leap Wine Cellars
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the KARIA Chardonnay of Winery Stag's Leap Wine Cellars in the region of California is a powerful.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the KARIA Chardonnay of Winery Stag's Leap Wine Cellars in the region of California often reveals types of flavors of butterscotch, pineapple or cream and sometimes also flavors of grapefruit, oaky or tropical.
Food and wine pairings with KARIA Chardonnay
Pairings that work perfectly with KARIA Chardonnay
Original food and wine pairings with KARIA Chardonnay
The KARIA Chardonnay of Winery Stag's Leap Wine Cellars matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of flammekueche (with laughing cow), salt crusted sea bass or quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese.
Details and technical informations about Winery Stag's Leap Wine Cellars's KARIA Chardonnay.
Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay
Whites with many faces: mineral and taut at Chablis (lemon, green apple, flint), opulent and buttery at Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet (hazelnut, brioche, yellow fruits), tense and chalky in Champagne (Blanc de Blancs). Also vinified sparkling and widely exported (Sonoma, Margaret River, Casablanca). A Burgundian variety, a cross of Pinot Noir × Gouais Blanc, half-sibling of Aligoté.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of KARIA Chardonnay from Winery Stag's Leap Wine Cellars are 2018, 2006, 2017, 2015 and 2014.
Informations about the Winery Stag's Leap Wine Cellars
The Winery Stag's Leap Wine Cellars is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 70 wines for sale in the of Napa Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Napa Valley
Absolute reference for American Cabernet Sauvignon: powerful, opulent reds with ripe aromas of blackcurrant, blackberry, chocolate and cedar, velvety tannins and a silky finish, long ageing. Also round Merlot, rich buttery Chardonnay, fruity Sauvignon Blanc, spicy Zinfandel. Narrow Californian valley between the Mayacamas and Vaca Mountains, tempered by San Pablo Bay fog, 17 sub-AVAs (Oakville, Rutherford, Stags Leap, Howell Mountain). Cradle of icons Opus One, Screaming Eagle, Caymus.
The wine region of California
Powerful, sunny reds: dense Napa Cabernet Sauvignon (blackcurrant, chocolate, tobacco, ample tannins), spicy, jammy Zinfandel from the Sierra Foothills, silky red-fruited Pinot Noir on the cool coast (Sonoma, Russian River, Central Coast). Opulent, buttery Chardonnay, notes of yellow fruit and vanilla. Varied climate, from the hot interior to the Pacific-cooled coast. 80% of US production, 139 AVAs including Napa (1st AVA, 1981).
The word of the wine: Rancio
Odour and taste characteristic of certain wines that have undergone oxidative maturation, i.e. in contact with oxygen (vin jaune du Jura, dry rancio du Roussillon, maury, banyuls, rivesaltes, etc.).
