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Amador County Wine


In the heart of old gold country, in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountain range and within the larger Sierra Foothills AVA (American Viticultural Area) lies the picturesque Amador County, bathed in history and filled with the promise of a growing wine industry.

Altitude in the region varies from 1,200 to over 2,000 feet above sea level on these sun-drenched hillsides making this a warm climate. Hot days cool considerably as night falls and breezes blow down from the Sierras, cooling grapes thus enabling them to retain the acidity that is essential for balanced wines. Decomposed granite soils are iron rich and laced with sandy clay loam, which retain some of the limited water that falls here. These are ideal conditions for cultivating high-quality wine grapes. High percentages of the area's vines are also grown organically.

There are many old Zinfandel vines in Amador County still producing ripe, robust, earthy and spicy wines with an added dose of chocolate and dark red berries. While Zinfandel is what the region is most known for, high quality wines are also being produced from the likes of Italy’s Barbera. Here this grape variety produces round black cherry, plum and blueberry fruits with silky tannins and interesting toasty nutty characters. Syrah tends to be ripe and jammy, more like an Australian Shiraz than anything else. Sangiovese, Petite Sirah, Sauvignon Blanc and Viognier are some of the other front runners worth seeking out. Interestingly the region also makes dessert wines from variants of the Muscat grape and port styled wines from Portuguese varieties and Zinfandel.



Sub-regions of Amador County
California Shenandoah Valley   Fiddletown  

We have found 651 wines produced in this wine region. Displaying 1 to 25.
Wine Name   Grape  Avg Price Price Range
Amador Foothills Zinfandel Estola County Sierra California Usa   Zinfandel $15 $15-15
Amador Foothills Zinfandel Ferrero County Sierra California Usa   Zinfandel $15 $13-18
Amador Sra California Shenandoah Valley County Sierra Foothills Usa   Syrah $20 $17-25
Amador Zinfandel California Shenandoah Valley County Sierra Foothills Usa   Zinfandel $13 $8-18
Bray Alicante Bouschet California Shenandoah Valley Amador County Sierra Foothills Usa   Alicante Bouschet $23 $20-25
Bray Barbera California Shenandoah Valley Amador County Sierra Foothills Usa   Barbera $25 $20-30
Bray Cab Sauv California Shenandoah Valley Amador County Sierra Foothills Usa   Cabernet Sauvignon $31 $25-38
Burrell School Zinfandel Ryan Oak Amador County Sierra Nevada California Usa   Zinfandel $25 $25-25
Chameleon Amador County Sierra Foothills California     $17 $17-17
Charles Spinetta Barbera Estate Vines Amador County Sierra Nevada California Usa   Barbera $21 $21-21
Charles Spinetta Chenin Blanc Amador County Sierra Nevada California Usa   Chenin Blanc $13 $13-13
Charles Spinetta Orange Muscat Amador County Sierra Nevada California Usa   Orange Muscat $20 $20-20
Charles Spinetta Primitivo Estate Vines Amador County Sierra Nevada California Usa   Primitivo $25 $25-25
Charles Spinetta Roses Black Muscat Amador County Sierra Nevada California Usa   Black Muscat $20 $20-20
Charles Spinetta Zinetta Red Amador County Sierra Nevada California Usa     $13 $13-13
Charles Spinetta Zinfandel Estate Vines Amador County Sierra Nevada California Usa   Zinfandel $21 $21-21
Easton Cab Sauv California Shenandoah Valley Amador County Sierra Foothills Usa   Cabernet Sauvignon $17 $13-20
Easton Zinfandel Amador County Sierra Foothills California   Zinfandel $15 $13-18
Easton Zinfandel Fiddletown Amador County Sierra Nevada California Usa   Zinfandel $25 $23-25
Etude Fortitude Shake Ridge Red Amador County California Usa     $23 $21-25
Folie A Deux Bowman Zinfandel Amador County Sierra Nevada California   Zinfandel $35 $35-35
Folie A Deux Menage Trois Blanc     $12 $8-13
Folie A Deux Menage Trois Red     $12 $8-13
Folie A Deux Zinfandel Amador County, California   Zinfandel $17 $13-20
Folie A Deux Zinfandel Fiddletown Sierra Foothills California   Zinfandel $15 $15-15
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