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Tempranillo (tem-prah-nee-yo)

Regions and Vineyards

Winters, Placerville, Lodi, Plymouth, Somerset, Brooks, Clarksburg, Sacramento, Mokelumne Hill, Murphys, Camino, Valley Springs, Auburn, Grass Valley, Elk Grove, Nevada City, Fair Play, Esparto, Folsom

Wineries

Berryessa Gap Vineyards, Boeger Winery, Bokisch Vineyards, Bray Vineyards, Busby Cellars, C.G. Di Arie Vineyard & Winery, Capay Valley Vineyards, Carvalho Family Wines, Colibri Ridge Winery & Vineyard, Cooper Vineyards, Crew Wine Company, D'Art Wines, Deaver Vineyards, Fenton Herriott Vineyards, French Hill Winery, Frog's Tooth Vineyards, Garnet Sun Winery, Garsa Winery, Grace Patriot Wines, Hatcher Winery, Hello Wines, Heringer Estates, Ironstone Vineyards, Lodi Wine & Visitor Center, Lone Buffalo Vineyards, Lucchesi Vineyards & Winery, McConnell Estates Winery, Nevada City Winery, Oakstone Winery, R.H. Phillips Winery, Renwood Winery, Ripken Vineyards, Scribner Bend Vineyards, Shenandoah Vineyards, Solune Winegrowers, St.Amant Winery, Stevenot Winery, Stonehouse Vineyards & Winery, Todd Taylor Wines, Toogood Estate Winery, Twisted Oak Winery, Van Der Vijver Estate, Vina Castellano Winery, Wine Gallery, The ...more

Flavor

Richly aromatic, customarily with bright floral highlights, while fresh and juicy flavors generally run to blackberries, cherries and plums, often with currents of green tobacco leaves, white chocolate, mint and oak.

Body

Firm, but with a year or two of aging their tannic backbone becomes more giving.

At the table, pour it with...

Big and dark, tempranillo is the precise wine to reach for when rib-eye steak, prime rib, lamb stew and the meatier kinds of tapas are on the menu.

Curiosities

Tempranillo is the base grape for the esteemed red wines of Rioja and Ribera del Duero.

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