Top 100 wines of North Carolina
Discover the top 100 best wines of North Carolina as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the wines that are popular of North Carolina and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Discovering the wine region of North Carolina
Historic US southeastern wine state (top US producer before Prohibition). Yadkin Valley as the main quality zone: signature Cabernet Franc (red fruit, bell pepper, violet, fresh herbs, supple tannins). Also dense Petit Verdot, round Merlot, fruity Sangiovese. Chardonnay whites and rich Petit Manseng (apricot, honey).
Historic specialty: native muscadine (Vitis rotundifolia), sweet musky wines in the American Southern style. Humid temperate climate.
Discover the grape variety: Petit Manseng
Exceptional sweet wines obtained by on-vine drying, with an unctuous mouth balanced by cutting acidity, featuring intense aromas of candied pineapple, mango, candied citrus, dried apricot, honey, dried fruits and sweet spice notes. Very high ageing potential. Star of Jurançon moelleux AOC and Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh AOC, also made as ambitious dry wines. Very late-ripening native grape of Béarn (South-West France).
Food and wine pairing with a wine of North Carolina
wines from the region of North Carolina go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of autumn leaves, lamb tagine with dried fruits and herbs or new york hot dog.
Organoleptic analysis of wine of North Carolina
On the nose in the region of North Carolina often reveals types of flavors of spices, red fruit or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit or citrus fruit. In the mouth in the region of North Carolina is a powerful.
Top wines in regions and sub-regions of North Carolina
The best wines of North Carolina in other styles
- The best wines natural sweet of North Carolina in other styles
- The best wines pink of North Carolina in other styles
- The best wines red of North Carolina in other styles
- The best wines sparkling of North Carolina in other styles
- The best wines sweet of North Carolina in other styles
- The best wines white of North Carolina in other styles