The Winery Saxum of Paso Robles of California

Winery Saxum - Broken Stones
The winery offers 13 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.6.
It is ranked in the top 1 of the estates of California.
It is located in Paso Robles in the region of California

The Winery Saxum is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 13 wines for sale in of Paso Robles to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Saxum wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Saxum

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Saxum

How Winery Saxum wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of stuffed beef rolls, quick salmon and zucchini lasagna or milk-fed lamb sautéed with saffron and lemon.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Saxum

On the nose the red wine of Winery Saxum. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, tree fruit or cinnamon and sometimes also flavors of cheese, dark fruit or graphite. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Saxum. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Saxum

  • 2004With an average score of 4.65/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.64/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.64/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.64/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.64/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.62/5

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre
  • Tempranillo
  • Petite Sirah
  • Zinfandel

Discovering the wine region of Paso Robles

The wine region of Paso Robles is located in the region of San Luis Obispo County of California of United States. We currently count 940 estates and châteaux in the of Paso Robles, producing 3510 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Paso Robles go well with generally quite well with dishes .

The top white wines of Winery Saxum

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Saxum

How Winery Saxum wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, pork or shellfish such as recipes of pasta with ham and tomato, kale soup or scallops with chorizo sauce.

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

  • Chenin Blanc
  • Roussanne
  • Grenache Blanc
  • Petit Manseng

Discover the grape variety: Petit Manseng

Petit Manseng is a white grape variety of Pyrenean origin. Its small berries have a hard, well-ventilated skin, which allows Petit Manseng to resist grey rot. On the other hand, this variety is very sensitive to noble rot, which concentrates the aromas and makes it possible to produce remarkable sweet wines with flavours of exotic fruits, grapefruit, honey, gingerbread, etc. Rich in alcohol and acidity, these wines are very well balanced and very fine. petit manseng also produces fruity dry white wines. It is also used in the AOC Béarn, Jurançon, Pacherenc-du-Vic-Bilh, Tursan...

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Saxum

Planning a wine route in the of Paso Robles? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Saxum.

Discover the grape variety: Mourvèdre

Mourvèdre noir is a grape variety originating from Spain. It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by medium to large bunches, and grapes of medium size. Mourvèdre noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhône valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

News about Winery Saxum and wines from the region

The Duckhorn Portfolio purchases 107ha vineyard in Paso Robles

The luxury wine group bought Bottom Line Ranch in the San Miguel District for an undisclosed sum. It is exclusively planted with Cabernet, featuring seven top clones on three drought-tolerant rootstocks. Alex Ryan, chief executive and president of The Duckhorn Portfolio, said the sub-appellation’s climate is ideal for producing world-class Cabernet Sauvignon. ‘There is a reason why Paso Robles has the most Cabernet Sauvignon acreage of any appellation in California outside of Napa Valley,’ added ...

San Luis Obispo Coast recognised as newest AVA

San Luis Obispo Coast was awarded on 9 March, 2022 by the US Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau. The new AVA establishes a 97 kilometer-long strip along California that locals call SLO (slow) Coast, describing the Pacific Ocean’s influence on the area’s culture and lifestyle, terrain, and wines.  SLO Coast is located midway between two major California cities, San Francisco and Los Angeles, with Burgundy varieties making up a majority of San Luis Obispo Coast’s high-end wine pr ...

Californian Pinot Noir pioneer Josh Jensen passes away

Josh Jensen was famed for producing elegant, silky Pinot Noirs at Calera Wine Company on the Central Coast.  Leading wine critic Robert Parker Jr once described Calera – the company that Jensen founded in 1971 – as ‘California’s Romanée-Conti.’ Jensen completed undergraduate studies at Yale, but his love of fine wine blossomed while completing an MA in social anthropology at Oxford University in the UK. He was a key member of the rowing crew at both universities, but he still found time to devel ...

The word of the wine: Primeur (wine)

A wine made to be drunk very young, bottled and marketed very soon after fermentation (about two months). Syn.: new.

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