The Winery Rubicon Estate is one of the world's great estates. It offers 18 wines for sale in of Rutherford to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Rubicon Estate wines in Rutherford among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Rubicon Estate 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 Rubicon Estate wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Rubicon Estate wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of traditional flemish carbonades, cabbage casserole or saddle of venison with fresh cream.
On the nose the red wine of Winery Rubicon Estate. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit or vegetal. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Rubicon Estate. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
The wine region of Rutherford is located in the region of Napa Valley of California of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Frank Family or the Domaine Scarecrow produce mainly wines red, white and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Rutherford are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Rutherford often reveals types of flavors of cherry, menthol or green apple and sometimes also flavors of peach, citrus or tropical.
In the mouth of Rutherford is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 268 estates and châteaux in the of Rutherford, producing 544 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Rutherford go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).
How Winery Rubicon Estate wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork or shellfish such as recipes of beef bourguignon with cookéo or spanish seafood paella.
Marsanne is a white grape variety that originated in Montélimar in the Drôme, several centuries ago. Marsanne is also found in Cassis, Savoie, Languedoc-Roussillon and Saint-Péray in the Ardèche, where it produces remarkable sparkling wines. The warm, sunny climate of the Rhone Valley, Languedoc-Roussillon and Provence, as well as the dry, stony soil, are ideal conditions for its development. Its bunches are quite large and provide small, juicy berries that are sensitive to grey rot and strong winds. These two grape varieties complement each other perfectly: together they give light wines with little acidity, aromas of yellow fruit, white fruit and flowers with notes of honey and liquorice. This is for example what the appellations Saint-Péray, Hermitage, Crozes-Hermitage, Saint-Joseph, Côtes-du-Vallée du Rhône, Corbières, or Cassis express... which represent about 700 hectares.
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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.
