Top 100 wines of Texas - Page 5
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: Chenin blanc
Chameleon whites with taut acidity, ranging from mineral dry (Savennières, Vouvray sec) to off-dry and medium-sweet (Vouvray, Montlouis), sumptuous botrytised sweet (Quarts-de-Chaume, Bonnezeaux, Coteaux du Layon) and brilliant sparkling (Crémant de Loire, Vouvray brut). Aromas of quince, apple, honey, white flowers, beeswax and flint. An Anjou variety, also star of South Africa's Western Cape.
Food and wine pairing with a wine of Texas
wines from the region of Texas go well with generally quite well with dishes of spicy food, sweet desserts or beef such as recipes of spicy chicken and mustard pie, french toast or cicadas at the chib.
Organoleptic analysis of wine of Texas
On the nose in the region of Texas often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, citrus fruit or oak and sometimes also flavors of black fruit, tree fruit or non oak.
