![]() Still, it’s a region that seems uniquely attractive to the van life culture, the Airbnb wanderer and the outdoorswoman and man. The rest of the town’s modest, yet long-ish Main Street includes a few dive bars, some antique shops, a small boutique for aspiring Wiccans, live music venues, galleries, an emporium for survivalists, a pretty well-stocked marijuana dispensary, and some great bakeries and cafes.Įl Dorado is best suited to adventurous travelers who don’t necessarily need luxurious accommodations to enjoy their stay, although those are certainly available. It’s an off-beat little town, anchored by the 150-year-old, wonderfully and eccentrically stocked Placerville Hardware Store. The beating heart of this diverse, decentralized region is the township of Placerville, where visitors to the region typically stay. ![]() These soils are thin and lack a permanent water table, the lack of which allows winegrowers to apply appropriate water deficits to limit vegetal growth and encourage the development of smaller berries, higher color concentration, and higher skin-to-juice ratios. Most of the vineyards in El Dorado are planted in young volcanic, granitic, and slate soils. The region’s 70 wineries enjoy diverse soils offering a variety of geologic and geographic influences that impact the grapes with deeply concentrated flavors. The first vineyards in El Dorado were planted in 1849, just one year after gold was discovered in Coloma, a small town at the edges of this untamed growing region. With mountain vineyards ranging from 1,200 to 3,500 feet elevation, the best wines in the region highlight a bracing, natural acidity – a bright, tart conifer sensibility, with numerous wines, both white and red, exhibiting a pine-like freshness in the aromatics. It is this elevation that distinguishes the El Dorado AVA from other regions in the greater Sierra Foothills appellation. One hour west of Lake Tahoe and one hour east of the state’s capital, Sacramento, this alpine region’s highest-elevation vineyard sits at 3,500 feet. Though I’ve been a wine enthusiast for over three decades, I am just now discovering the wines of California’s El Dorado wine country. As is the case with most classic art forms – painting, music, photography, theatre, literature – it’s nearly impossible to become an exhaustive expert in any of these fields, and so boredom seldom comes knocking. To contact WineRelease, email mail and replace " AT" with" > WineRelease.One of the great pleasures of pursuing wine as a hobby is that there’s always something new to explore. ![]() Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our user agreement. ![]()
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