Winery Starry NightMoonhead Red
Red wine
This wine is composed of 100% of the grape variety Zinfandel.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or veal.
Taste structure of the Moonhead Red from the Winery Starry Night
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Moonhead Red of Winery Starry Night in the region of California is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Moonhead Red of Winery Starry Night in the region of California often reveals types of flavors of earth, vegetal or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Moonhead Red
Pairings that work perfectly with Moonhead Red
Original food and wine pairings with Moonhead Red
The Moonhead Red of Winery Starry Night matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of venison leg in casserole, leg of lamb with spices or veal tagine with peas.
Details and technical informations about Winery Starry Night's Moonhead Red.
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.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Moonhead Red from Winery Starry Night are 2013, 0, 2012, 2014
Informations about the Winery Starry Night
The Winery Starry Night is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 24 wines for sale in the of California to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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: Foaming
Name given to the second alcoholic fermentation that sparkling wines undergo. It gives rise to a release of carbon dioxide in the bottle.
