The Winery Villa del Monte of Santa Cruz Mountains of California

Winery Villa del Monte - Moon Carneros Reserve Merlot
The winery offers 10 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is ranked in the top 47 of the estates of California.
It is located in Santa Cruz Mountains in the region of California
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The Winery Villa del Monte is one of the world's great estates. It offers 10 wines for sale in of Santa Cruz Mountains to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Villa del Monte wines

Looking for the best Winery Villa del Monte wines in Santa Cruz Mountains among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Villa del Monte 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 Villa del Monte wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Villa del Monte

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Villa del Monte

How Winery Villa del Monte wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of beef stew with white wine, oriental lamb skewers or cutlets with portuguese sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Villa del Monte

On the nose the red wine of Winery Villa del Monte. often reveals types of flavors of black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Villa del Monte. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Villa del Monte

  • 2009With an average score of 4.00/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Villa del Monte.

  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon

Discovering the wine region of Santa Cruz Mountains

The wine region of Santa Cruz Mountains is located in the region of San Francisco Bay of California of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Ridge Vineyards or the Kathryn Kennedy Winery produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Santa Cruz Mountains are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Pinot noir and Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Santa Cruz Mountains often reveals types of flavors of cream, pencil shavings or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of charcoal, black truffle or blackberry jam.

In the mouth of Santa Cruz Mountains is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 146 estates and châteaux in the of Santa Cruz Mountains, producing 486 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Santa Cruz Mountains go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Villa del Monte

Planning a wine route in the of Santa Cruz Mountains? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Villa del Monte.

Discover the grape variety: Maturana blanca

A very old Spanish grape variety, particularly known in the Rioja region. It can be found in Italy, Portugal, Mexico, etc. In France, it is practically unknown. D.N.A. analyses have shown that it is not related to Maturana Tinta de Navarrete.

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