Winery Alban VineyardsEstate Grenache
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef and mature and hard cheese.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Estate Grenache of Winery Alban Vineyards in the region of California often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or red fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Estate Grenache
Pairings that work perfectly with Estate Grenache
Original food and wine pairings with Estate Grenache
The Estate Grenache of Winery Alban Vineyards matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of chickpeas spanish style or celery, apple and comté salad for kids.
Details and technical informations about Winery Alban Vineyards's Estate Grenache.
Discover the grape variety: Monbadon
Originally from the Charentes region, it is now endangered. It is still found in isolated stocks, most often in old ugni blanc plantations. This variety is said to be the result of a natural cross between folle blanche and ugni blanc. It is registered in the Official Catalogue of Vine Varieties, list A1. - Synonyms: frontignan des Charentes, aramon blanc by mistake in the Var, gros montils on the island of Oléron, ugni de Montpellier, burger (not to be confused with elbling and gouais blanc which have the same synonym), auba, meslier d'Orléans (not to be confused with meslier saint François) (for all the synonyms of the grape varieties, click here!)
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Estate Grenache from Winery Alban Vineyards are 2008, 2005, 2006, 0
Informations about the Winery Alban Vineyards
The Winery Alban Vineyards is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 18 wines for sale in the of Edna Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Edna Valley
The wine region of Edna Valley is located in the region of San Luis Obispo County of California of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Alban Vineyards or the Domaine Alban Vineyards produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Edna Valley are Pinot noir, Chardonnay and Albarino, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Edna Valley often reveals types of flavors of cherry, smoke or pepper and sometimes also flavors of non oak, earth or oak.
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: Maderised
Term used to designate oxidized wines in reference to Madeira wines.
