The wine region of Horse Heaven Hills is located in the region of Columbia Valley of Washington of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Quilceda Creek or the Domaine Passing Time produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Horse Heaven Hills are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Malbec, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Horse Heaven Hills often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, butter or dried fruit and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit or chard.
In the mouth of Horse Heaven Hills is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 148 estates and châteaux in the of Horse Heaven Hills, producing 408 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Horse Heaven Hills go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).
Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.
red wines from the region of Horse Heaven Hills go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of roasted fillet of beef with parsley, spaghetti with squid ink (italy) or osso bucco.
On the nose in the region of Horse Heaven Hills often reveals types of flavors of oaky, vanilla or non oak and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or red fruit. In the mouth in the region of Horse Heaven Hills is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
