The best wines of Nevada
Discover the best wines of Nevada as well as the best winemakers of Nevada and estates of Nevada to visit. Explore the popular grape varieties of Nevada and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Top wines of Nevada by region
Looking for a good wine of Nevada among the top wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent wines of Nevada. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be appropriate with these exceptional wines. Learn more about the region and the wines of Nevada with technical and enological descriptions.
Great red wines of Nevada
See the top 100 best red wines of NevadaWant to buy a red wine of Nevada cheap or sell a red wine of Nevada 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 Nevada
Red wines from the region of Nevada go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of chili con carne, tanjia (lamb shoulder confit) or lamb kebab.
Organoleptic analysis of red wine of Nevada
On the nose the red wine of the region of Nevada. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, oak or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of earth, spices or non oak.
The best vintages in red wine of Nevada
- 2016With an average score of 4.40/5
- 0With an average score of 4.05/5
- 2015With an average score of 3.80/5
The most used grape varieties in red wine of Nevada
- Barbera
- Shiraz/Syrah
- Zinfandel
- Primitivo
- Tempranillo
- St Croix
Discovering the wine region of Nevada
Nevada is a state in the western United States, bordered by Oregon and Idaho to the North and California to the west. The state covers 286,000 km² (110,500 square miles) between latitudes 35° and 42°.
The wine industry is still in its infancy. Currently, Nevada is best known for whiskey and other spirits.
Although the desert state's wine industry is in its infancy, Nevada producers are convinced that the land is as suitable for viticulture as the Columbia Valley in Washington State. So far, Chardonnay, Gewurztraminer and Zinfandel have been the most successful.
Despite its name, which translates as "snowy" (after the Sierra Nevada mountain range), Nevada has an arid Climate that results in extreme temperatures. Here, daytime temperatures in summer can approach 120°F (48.
9°C) and winter nights regularly dip below 40°F (4. 5°C).
Great white wines of Nevada
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Food and wine pairing with a white wine of Nevada
White wines from the region of Nevada go well with generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
Discover the grape variety: Zinfandel
From Croatia where it is called crljenak kastelanski or pribidrag. According to genetic analyses carried out by Professor Carole Meredith of California University in Davis (United States), it is related to the Croatian plavac mali and Zinfandel. It is also found in South Africa, New Zealand, Chile, Brazil, Germany, Bulgaria, Albania, Italy under the name of Primitivo, Malta, Greece, Portugal and to some extent in Croatia. In the United States (California), it is one of the most widely planted grape varieties, having been introduced in the 1830s well before Primitivo. In France, it is registered in the official catalogue of vine varieties on the A1 list under the name Primitivo.