The Winery August Hill of Illinois

Winery August Hill
The winery offers 38 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 33 of the estates of Illinois.
It is located in Illinois
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The Winery August Hill is one of the world's great estates. It offers 38 wines for sale in of Illinois to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery August Hill wines

Looking for the best Winery August Hill wines in Illinois among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery August Hill wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery August Hill wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top sweet wines of Winery August Hill

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery August Hill

How Winery August Hill wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Winery August Hill

On the nose the sweet wine of Winery August Hill. often reveals types of flavors of oak.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery August Hill

  • 0With an average score of 4.30/5

Discovering the wine region of Illinois

Illinois is a U. S. state located South of the Great Lakes region and bordered by Missouri to the west and Indiana to the east. The state is one of the fastest-growing wine producers in the United States; the number of wineries doubled in the late 1990s and now stands at over 100.

Illinois covers 150,000 square kilometers (58,000 square miles) between latitudes 36°N and 42°N, similar to northern California. However, the unpredictable and often Harsh winters of the Midwest mean that viticulture is not as widespread as in the key Californian regions of Napa Valley and Sonoma County. Most Illinois vineyards are located in the south, where they can take advantage of slightly warmer temperatures and increased exposure to sunlight. Illinois has a Long and successful wine-growing history dating back to the mid-19th century, when settlers planted grapes along the banks of the Mississippi River to make wine.

By the turn of the century, Illinois was the fourth largest wine-producing state in the United States. Like many states, this thriving wine industry was devastated by the advent of Prohibition in 1920, when most of Illinois' vineyards were uprooted in favor of grain crops.

The top red wines of Winery August Hill

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery August Hill

How Winery August Hill wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of game (deer, venison), spicy food or beef such as recipes of duck breast with honey, red mullet fillets in saffron sauce or burger roll.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery August Hill

On the nose the red wine of Winery August Hill. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, black fruit or oak.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery August Hill

  • 0With an average score of 3.95/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery August Hill.

  • Frontenac
  • Chambourcin
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Marechal Foch

Discover the grape variety: Traminette

Interspecific crossing between 23416 Joannès Seyve (4.825 Bertille Seyve x 7053 Seibel) and the gewurztraminer obtained in 1965 by Herb Barrett of the University of Illinois (United States) and selected by the Experimental Station of Cornell University in Geneva (United States) In this country, it can be found in many wine-producing regions, as well as in Canada and Germany, but it is virtually unknown in France.

The top pink wines of Winery August Hill

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery August Hill

How Winery August Hill wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of game (deer, venison) or spicy food such as recipes of rabbit with kriek and cherries or sheep's feet with mountain honey.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery August Hill

  • 0With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery August Hill.

  • Chambourcin

The word of the wine: Attack

First impressions perceived after the wine is put in the mouth.

The top sparkling wines of Winery August Hill

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery August Hill

How Winery August Hill wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery August Hill

  • 0With an average score of 4.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery August Hill.

  • Catawba

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.

The top white wines of Winery August Hill

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery August Hill

How Winery August Hill wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or goat cheese such as recipes of fondue bourguignonne and accompanying sauces, grilled lamb shoulder with spices and honey or butternut squash stuffed with goat cheese, thyme and garlic.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery August Hill

  • 0With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery August Hill.

  • Seyval Blanc
  • Zinfandel
  • Traminette
  • Vignoles

The word of the wine: Maturing (champagne)

After riddling, the bottles are stored on "point", upside down, with the neck of one bottle in the bottom of the other. The duration of this maturation is very important: in contact with the dead yeasts, the wine takes on subtle aromas and gains in roundness and fatness. A brut without year must remain at least 15 months in the cellar after bottling, a vintage 36 months.

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