Top 100 wines of Texas - Page 4
Discover the top 100 best wines of Texas as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the wines that are popular of Texas and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Discovering the wine region of Texas
5th US producer with a Mediterranean style suited to the heat. Signature Tempranillo as red: fleshy and fruity with notes of ripe cherry, plum and sweet spices, round tannins. Also dense Tannat, spicy Mourvèdre, juicy Sangiovese, peppery Syrah. Suited aromatic whites: full Viognier (apricot, flowers), saline Vermentino, lively Albariño.
Emblematic Texas Hill Country AVA (3rd largest in the USA, 100+ wineries). Hot, arid climate.
Discover the grape variety: Mourvèdre
Powerful, deep reds with firm tannins and dense texture, showing aromas of blackberry, leather, garrigue, black pepper, liquorice and animal notes (game, forest floor) with age. Star of Bandol AOC as a single variety and pillar of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Gigondas and Costières blends. Also in GSM in Languedoc and Australia. A late-ripening variety of Spanish origin (Mataró/Monastrell).
Food and wine pairing with a wine of Texas
wines from the region of Texas go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of wild boar stew in burgundy style, lamb tagine with apricots (morocco) or chicken risotto with curry.
Organoleptic analysis of wine of Texas
On the nose in the region of Texas often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of earth, black fruit or citrus fruit.
