Winery Cooper Vineyards - Alicante Bouschet

Winery Cooper VineyardsAlicante Bouschet

4.1
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Alicante Bouschet of Winery Cooper Vineyards is a red wine from the region of Amador County of California.
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.
The Alicante Bouschet of the Winery Cooper Vineyards is in the top 40 of wines of Amador County.

Taste structure of the Alicante Bouschet from the Winery Cooper Vineyards

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Alicante Bouschet of Winery Cooper Vineyards 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 Alicante Bouschet of Winery Cooper Vineyards in the region of California often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Cooper Vineyards's Alicante Bouschet.

Winemaker
Graham Bell
Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Style of wine
Alcohol
14.5°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Acadie

Complex interspecific cross between 13 053 Seibel (7042 Seibel x 5409 Seibel) or cascade and 14 287 Seyve-Villard (6746 Seibel x Couderc 299-35) obtained in 1953 by Bradt Ollie A. at the Ontario Horticultural Research Institute (Canada). It can also be found in the United States and is almost unknown in France. From this same cross was born the veeblanc.

Last vintages of this wine

Alicante Bouschet - 2017
In the top 40 of of Amador County wines
Average rating: 411110
Alicante Bouschet - 2014
In the top 40 of of Amador County wines
Average rating: 4.511110.5

The best vintages of Alicante Bouschet from Winery Cooper Vineyards are 2014, 2017

Informations about the Winery Cooper Vineyards

The winery offers 52 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is in the top 15 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Amador County in the region of California
Find the Winery Cooper Vineyards on Facebook and on Twitter

The Winery Cooper Vineyards is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 44 wines for sale in the of Amador County to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine California
In the top 30000 of of United States wines
In the top 45 of of Amador County wines
In the top 150000 of red wines
In the top 250000 wines of the world

The wine region of Amador County

The wine region of Amador County is located in the region of Sierra Foothills of California of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Portalupi or the Domaine Favia produce mainly wines red, natural sweet and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Amador County are Zinfandel, Mourvèdre and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Amador County often reveals types of flavors of cherry, vegetal or cinnamon and sometimes also flavors of cheese, fig or stone fruit.


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.

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