Food matching with Rancho Del Hambre Wine
- ranchodelhambrewin
- Sep 1, 2023
- 1 min read
Southern Rhone to Chateau Neuf du Pape style wine
California Red Wine blend of 5 grapes (Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre, Carignane, and Cinsaut), grown in the Lamorinda AVA. Great breadth of palate so that Southern French and Northern Italian foods can be great matches, and it even works with stronger flavored Chinese dishes.
The 2022 vintage, SoRho Carolyn, won a gold medal in the San Francisco Chronicle 2024 wine competition among commercial red blend wines. It is now available ($38/bottle), along with other Lamorinda wines at a newly opened wine tasting room, Local Vines, in Lafayette, CA. The senior wine critic San Francisco Chronicle recently reviewed the wines there and said, "My favorite was Rancho del Hambre’s 2022 SoRho Carolyn (“SoRho” being an abbreviation of “Southern Rhone”), a blend of Syrah, Grenache, Mourvedre, Cinsault and Carignan. It was juicy and textured, with crunchy strawberry and pomegranate notes and a subtle echo of Mourvedre-inflected funk. At 13.7% alcohol, it was in balance."