The City Winery Reserve of California

City Winery Reserve - Alder Spring Vineyard Syrah
The winery offers 18 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of California.
It is located in California

The City Winery Reserve is one of the best wineries to follow in Californie.. It offers 18 wines for sale in of California to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top City Winery Reserve wines

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

The top red wines of City Winery Reserve

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of City Winery Reserve

How City Winery Reserve wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of pork shoulder with mustard, slippers with lamb or veal blanquette à l'ancienne.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of City Winery Reserve

On the nose the red wine of City Winery Reserve. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or spices and sometimes also flavors of red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of City Winery Reserve. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of City Winery Reserve

  • 2014With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of City Winery Reserve.

  • Pinot Noir
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Cabernet Franc

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 City Winery Reserve

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of City Winery Reserve

How City Winery Reserve wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of beef bourguignon with cookéo, quebec style barbecued salmon or mushroom, bacon and gruyere quiche.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of City Winery Reserve.

  • Chardonnay

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the City Winery Reserve

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 City Winery Reserve.

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.

News about City Winery Reserve and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Dame-jeanne

Large bottle or wicker-clad carboy used to transport wine and store old spirits before blending.