The Winery Steel Rock of California

Winery Steel Rock
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of California.
It is located in California

The Winery Steel Rock is one of the best wineries to follow in Californie.. It offers 3 wines for sale in of California to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Steel Rock wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Steel Rock

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Steel Rock

How Winery Steel Rock wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of caramelized beef with onions, lamb in a crown with spring vegetables or coconut chicken à la bellevilloise.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Steel Rock

On the nose the red wine of Winery Steel Rock. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or spices. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Steel Rock. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Steel Rock

  • 2012With an average score of 3.59/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.43/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.00/5

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

  • Zinfandel
  • Pinot Noir

Discovering the wine region of California

California is the largest and most important wine region in the United States. It represents the southern two-thirds (850 miles or 1,370 kilometers) of the country's west coast. (Oregon and Washington make up the rest. ) The state also spans nearly 10 degrees of latitude.

With its mountains, valleys, plains and plateaus, California's topography is as Complex as its Climate, offering winemakers a bewildering array of terroirs. California wines have only gained worldwide recognition in recent decades (especially after the 1976 Paris ruling). However, the state's wine history goes back more than 200 years. European vines were first planted in the 18th century, when settlers and missionaries moved up and down the West Coast.

The top white wines of Winery Steel Rock

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Steel Rock

How Winery Steel Rock wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of suckling pig leg in the oven, vitello tonnato or light tuna-tomato quiche (without cream).

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Steel Rock

On the nose the white wine of Winery Steel Rock. often reveals types of flavors of oak.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Steel Rock

  • 2015With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Chardonnay

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Steel Rock

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

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.

News about Winery Steel Rock and wines from the region

La Rioja Alta expands with ‘artisanal vineyard’ deals

Guillermo de Aranzabal Bittner, a director at La Rioja Alta, said the company had acquired 35ha of old vines, with a minimum age of 45 years, in the village of Elvillar at an average altitude of 600 metres. He also said La Rioja Alta would buy more old vines this year, bringing total ‘artisanal vineyard’ acquisitions to a minimum of 5oha, and potentially up to 75ha, by the end of 2022. ‘We are buying very old vineyards, pruned in the traditional way with very low production, some of which are fi ...

Andrew Jefford: ‘Rosé, for the time being, is a pretty babble’

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Penfolds doubles production capacity in France following Château Lanessan acquisition

The deal includes 390ha of land in the Haut-Médoc appellation, of which 80ha is currently planted with Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Petit Verdot, along with the winery. It will allow TWE’s flagship brand, Penfolds, to increase its focus on creating blends featuring grapes from Bordeaux and Barossa. Earlier this year, chief winemaker Peter Gago unveiled Penfolds II, a Cabernet-Shiraz-Merlot blend created in partnership with Dourthe Bordeaux. The wine featured 71% grapes grown in Bordeaux and 29 ...

The word of the wine: Silky

Said of a caressing wine with extremely fine tannins.