Winery Sutter HomeSweet Red
Sweet wine
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Zinfandel and the Merlot.
This wine generally goes well with beef, game (deer, venison) or lamb.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Sweet Red of Winery Sutter Home in the region of California often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit or red fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Sweet Red
Pairings that work perfectly with Sweet Red
Original food and wine pairings with Sweet Red
The Sweet Red of Winery Sutter Home matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of roast beef in a crust, rack of lamb in a crust of herbs and seeds with thyme juice and... or rabbit in white wine (casserole).
Details and technical informations about Winery Sutter Home's Sweet Red.
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.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Sweet Red from Winery Sutter Home are 1989, 2015, 2014, 1948 and 2013.
Informations about the Winery Sutter Home
The Winery Sutter Home is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 52 wines for sale in the of California to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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.
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.
