The best wines of Ningxia

Discover the best wines of Ningxia as well as the best winemakers of Ningxia and estates of Ningxia to visit. Explore the popular grape varieties of Ningxia and the best vintages to taste in this region.

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Top wines of Ningxia by region

Looking for a good wine of Ningxia among the top wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent wines of Ningxia. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be appropriate with these exceptional wines. Learn more about the region and the wines of Ningxia with technical and enological descriptions.

Great red wines of Ningxia

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Want to buy a red wine of Ningxia cheap or sell a red wine of Ningxia at the best price on the market? Find out which ones are popular and which ones to keep in your cellar for a few more years.

Food and wine pairing with a red wine of Ningxia

Red wines from the region of Ningxia go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of american style beef marinade, tunisian macaroni or wild rabbit with cider.

Organoleptic analysis of red wine of Ningxia

On the nose the red wine of the region of Ningxia. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, earth or dried herbs and sometimes also flavors of prune, chocolate or earthy.

The best vintages in red wine of Ningxia

  • 2014With an average score of 3.71/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.62/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.57/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.56/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.47/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.43/5

The most used grape varieties in red wine of Ningxia

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Blanc
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Shiraz/Syrah

The best wineries and winemakers for red wine of Ningxia

A wine route planned in the region of Ningxia? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best red wine of Ningxia.

Discovering the wine region of Ningxia

Ningxia is a significant wine-producing region in the central-North of China. The wide, heavily irrigated valley between the Yellow River and the base of Helan Mountain has proved to be one of China's most promising Vineyard areas. A range of wines are made here from Grape varieties such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Gernischt and Chardonnay. While Ningxia covers 66,400 square kilometers (25,600 sq miles), most viticulture takes place in a 150km-long (100 mile) river valley in the very north of the region.

Here, the Yellow River provides sufficient water for irrigation and the arid landscape has been transformed into arable land well suited to the production of wine. A sub-region of Ningxia, Helan Mountain, is particularly well regarded and in 2003 became China's first official appellation, recognized by the Chinese General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine. A 2009 Helan Qing Xue Jia Bei Lan Cabernet blend surprised many in the international wine trade when it won a major trophy at the Decanter World Wine Awards in 2010. Ningxia has a thoroughly continental Climate, its eastern border lying some 950 kilometers (600 miles) from the nearest ocean.

The summers are hot, although the high altitude of the vineyards (some more than 1200m/4000ft above sea level) helps to create a suitable climate for wine-growing. At this altitude, intense sunlight during the day is followed by much cooler nights. This diurnal temperature shift – which is exacerbated by the lack of moisture in the air – helps to slow ripening in the grapes, leading to a Balance of phenols and Acidity. The Short growing season in Ningxia is followed by a long, cold winter, and vines must be protected from freezing temperatures with an insulating mound of dirt piled around the base of the plant.

Great white wines of Ningxia

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Food and wine pairing with a white wine of Ningxia

White wines from the region of Ningxia go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of beef kidney, marielle's lamb and eggplant parmentier or chicken with green olives.

Organoleptic analysis of white wine of Ningxia

On the nose the white wine of the region of Ningxia. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, non oak or spices and sometimes also flavors of earth, tropical fruit or red fruit.

The best vintages in white wine of Ningxia

  • 2014With an average score of 3.59/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.49/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.46/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.22/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.04/5

The most used grape varieties in white wine of Ningxia

  • Chardonnay
  • Riesling
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Viognier
  • Sauvignon Blanc

The best wineries and winemakers for white wine of Ningxia

A wine route planned in the region of Ningxia? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best white wine of Ningxia.

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet blanc

Interspecific cross between Cabernet Sauvignon and a long-unknown grape variety - that would be Regent - obtained in 1991 by Valentin Blattner from Soyhières (Switzerland) and propagated by Volker Freytag (Germany). No resistance gene has been identified to either mildew or powdery mildew. Cabernet blanc can be found in Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Luxembourg, the Czech Republic, Italy, England, etc., but is still little known in France.

Great pink wines of Ningxia

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Food and wine pairing with a pink wine of Ningxia

Pink wines from the region of Ningxia go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef bourguignon with tomato, rack of lamb in a crust of herbs and seeds with thyme juice and... or alsatian wine pie.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wine of Ningxia

On the nose the pink wine of the region of Ningxia. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit.

The best vintages in pink wine of Ningxia

  • 2016With an average score of 3.00/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.00/5

The most used grape varieties in pink wine of Ningxia

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot

The best wineries and winemakers for pink wine of Ningxia

A wine route planned in the region of Ningxia? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best pink wine of Ningxia.

    Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

    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.

    Great sweet wines of Ningxia

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    Food and wine pairing with a sweet wine of Ningxia

    Sweet wines from the region of Ningxia go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of beef tagine with vegetables, tuna and goat cheese pie or tuna, pepper and tomato quiche.

    The best vintages in sweet wine of Ningxia

    • 2015With an average score of 3.70/5

    The most used grape varieties in sweet wine of Ningxia

    • Chardonnay

    The word of the wine: Maccabeo

    See macabeu.

    News from the vineyard of Ningxia

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