Top 100 wines of New Jersey

Discovering the wine region of New Jersey

East Coast US vineyard, tempered by the Atlantic and Delaware Bay (190-217 frost-free days). Bordeaux and Burgundy diversity on draining sandy soils. Firm Cabernet Sauvignon reds with signature notes of blackcurrant, black cherry, cedar and tobacco. Peppery Cabernet Franc, round Merlot (plum, cocoa).

Precise Chardonnay whites (citrus, hazelnut), fruity Chambourcin hybrid. ~48 wineries in 2025. Flagship AVA: Outer Coastal Plain (2007). Coast of "garden state wines".

Discover the grape variety: Tempranillo

Elegant, structured reds with aromas of strawberry, cherry, plum, leather, blond tobacco and pronounced vanilla from long oak ageing. Ranges from Joven to Crianza, Reserva and Gran Reserva. Star of Rioja DOCa, Ribera del Duero DO and Toro DO, also shines in the Douro as Tinta Roriz/Aragonez. One of the world's most planted Spanish varieties.

Food and wine pairing with a wine of New Jersey

wines from the region of New Jersey go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of roast beef in a crust (onions & mustard), ghormeh sabzi (iranian herbed lamb stew) or chinchards with white wine and grapes.

Organoleptic analysis of wine of New Jersey

On the nose in the region of New Jersey often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.