The Winery McNeil & Sons of Napa Valley of California

Winery McNeil & Sons - Brainchild Red Blend
The winery offers 8 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 6410 of the estates of California.
It is located in Napa Valley in the region of California

The Winery McNeil & Sons is one of the best wineries to follow in Napa Valley.. It offers 8 wines for sale in of Napa Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery McNeil & Sons wines

Looking for the best Winery McNeil & Sons wines in Napa Valley among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery McNeil & Sons 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 McNeil & Sons wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery McNeil & Sons

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery McNeil & Sons

How Winery McNeil & Sons wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of pork tongue with bacon and onions, chicken with merguez and tomatoes or duck breast with pepper sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery McNeil & Sons

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery McNeil & Sons

  • 2014With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.64/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery McNeil & Sons.

  • Grenache
  • Zinfandel
  • Petite Sirah
  • Pinot Noir

Discovering the wine region of Napa Valley

The wine region of Napa Valley is located in the region of Napa County of California of United States. We currently count 2527 estates and châteaux in the of Napa Valley, producing 7716 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Napa Valley go well with generally quite well with dishes .

The top white wines of Winery McNeil & Sons

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery McNeil & Sons

How Winery McNeil & Sons wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, pork or shellfish such as recipes of chicken lasagna, flamenkuche express or shrimp in coconut milk.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery McNeil & Sons.

  • Muscat Blanc
  • Vermentino

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.

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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.

News about Winery McNeil & Sons and wines from the region

Best in Show: The top 50 wines of DWWA 2022

The 0.27% of entries awarded Best in Show at this year’s Decanter World Wine Awards reflect the inspiring world of wine and quest for quality among winemakers globally, with 50 wines expressing the best of their categories. An all-time record for wines tasted at the world’s largest wine competition, it’s quite possible that Decanter World Wine Awards 2022 marks the largest-ever wine competition to be held in history. And of the record-breaking 18,244 wines tasted, just 50 were ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Andrew Jefford: ‘I urge every reader to enjoy wine thoughtfully’

I first contributed to Decanter back in November 1988; the hundreds of columns and articles I’ve written since constitute a journey of discovery. I squirm, though, if I’m described as a ‘wine expert’. Whatever wine knowledge we acquire quickly cools, congeals and crusts over, like custard or gravy, as the years pass. The wine world expands at a clip. Every vintage rewrites history. It’s the chance to share discoveries – not just about wines, but about people, places and the act of drinking itsel ...

The word of the wine: Generous

Full-bodied, rich and open wine, in principle with a good alcohol content but without excess (in this case the wine is said to be warm).

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