The best wines of South Dakota

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

Top wines of South Dakota by region

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

Great red wines of South Dakota

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Food and wine pairing with a red wine of South Dakota

Red wines from the region of South Dakota go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of venison leg in casserole, lebanese lamb meatball or home-made white pudding.

Organoleptic analysis of red wine of South Dakota

On the nose the red wine of the region of South Dakota. often reveals types of flavors of oak, black fruit or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of non oak, spices.

The best vintages in red wine of South Dakota

  • 2013With an average score of 3.99/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.69/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.49/5

The most used grape varieties in red wine of South Dakota

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Concord
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Pinot Noir
  • Shiraz/Syrah

Discovering the wine region of South Dakota

South Dakota is a state in the northern United States, bordered by Montana to the west and Minnesota to the east. Despite the challenges posed by the state's Harsh and unpredictable continental Climate, there is a thriving wine industry in South Dakota, producing wines from Franco-American HybridGrape varieties specially developed to withstand the cold. Most Vitis species cannot survive in these conditions, with the notable exception of Vitis riparia. In South Dakota, Frontenac, Concord, St.

Croix and Valiant are the most important varieties planted. All but Concord have an element of V. riparia in their selection. The state covers just over 200,000 km² (77,000 square miles) between latitudes 42° N and 45° N.

South Dakota shares these latitudes with Minnesota.

Great white wines of South Dakota

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Food and wine pairing with a white wine of South Dakota

White wines from the region of South Dakota go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of very simple spaghetti carbonara, christmas salad or baked falafels.

Organoleptic analysis of white wine of South Dakota

On the nose the white wine of the region of South Dakota. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit.

The best vintages in white wine of South Dakota

  • 0With an average score of 3.88/5

The most used grape varieties in white wine of South Dakota

  • Brianna
  • Symphony
  • Chardonnay
  • Muscat Blanc

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 pink wines of South Dakota

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Food and wine pairing with a pink wine of South Dakota

Pink wines from the region of South Dakota go well with generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Organoleptic analysis of pink wine of South Dakota

On the nose the pink wine of the region of South Dakota. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.

The best vintages in pink wine of South Dakota

  • 0With an average score of 3.90/5

Discover the grape variety: White muscat

White muscat is a white grape variety of Greek origin. Present in several Mediterranean vineyards, it has several synonyms such as muscat de Die, muscat blanc and frontignac. In France, it occupies a little less than 7,000 ha out of a total of 45,000 ha worldwide. Its young shoots are downy. Its youngest leaves are shiny, bronzed and scabrous. The berries and bunches of this variety are all medium-sized. The flesh of the berries is juicy, sweet and firm. Muscat à petits grains has a second ripening period and buds early in the year. It is moderately vigorous and must be pruned short. It likes poor, stony slopes. This variety is often exposed to spring frosts. It fears mildew, wasps, grape worms, court-noué, grey rot and powdery mildew. Muscat à petits grains is used to make rosé wines and dry white wines. Orange, brown sugar, barley sugar and raisins are the known aromas of these wines.

Great sweet wines of South Dakota

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Food and wine pairing with a sweet wine of South Dakota

Sweet wines from the region of South Dakota go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of grandma melanie's cassoulet or venison stew.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wine of South Dakota

On the nose the sweet wine of the region of South Dakota. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, oak or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit, citrus fruit.

The best vintages in sweet wine of South Dakota

  • 2016With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.90/5

The most used grape varieties in sweet wine of South Dakota

  • Frontenac
  • Merlot

The word of the wine: Guyot (pruning)

This is the most widespread pruning technique. It includes one or two long branches and allows the mechanization of a large number of vineyard operations.

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