The Winery Chankaska of Minnesota

Winery Chankaska
The winery offers 38 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 6 of the estates of Minnesota.
It is located in Minnesota
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The Winery Chankaska is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 38 wines for sale in of Minnesota to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Chankaska wines

Looking for the best Winery Chankaska wines in Minnesota among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Chankaska 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 Chankaska wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Chankaska

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Chankaska

How Winery Chankaska wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of lomo saltado, leg of lamb cooked in yoghurt / tave kosi (albania) or rabbit with mustard, thyme and cream.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Chankaska

On the nose the red wine of Winery Chankaska. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, spices or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Chankaska. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Chankaska

  • 2011With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.86/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.76/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Frontenac
  • Merlot
  • Sangiovese
  • Petite Sirah
  • Marquette

Discovering the wine region of Minnesota

Wine state of the northern Midwest, polar climate (down to -36°C) imposing cold-resistant hybrids bred at the university. Signature Frontenac locally created as red: signature notes of black cherry, plum, raspberry, fresh herbs and a peppery touch, firm tannins and lively acidity. More structured Marquette (blackberry, spices), La Crescent as aromatic white (apricot, honey, lemon), taut Itasca. Sweet ice-wine speciality.

Unique northern style.

The top white wines of Winery Chankaska

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Chankaska

How Winery Chankaska wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of wild boar bourguignon, pan-fried salmon with lemon and dill sauce or vegan leek and tofu quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Chankaska

On the nose the white wine of Winery Chankaska. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit, earth or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Chankaska

  • 2013With an average score of 3.74/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.66/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • La Crescent
  • Riesling
  • Prairie Star
  • Gewürztraminer
  • St. Pepin

Discover the grape variety: Riesling

Crystalline, taut whites with vibrant acidity and aromas of citrus, green apple, white flowers, vineyard peach and mineral/petrol notes with age. Made as dry (Trocken, Alsace), off-dry (Kabinett, Spätlese) and sweet (Auslese, Beerenauslese, Trockenbeerenauslese, late harvest). Star of the Moselle, Rheingau, Alsace AOC and Wachau. Also exported to Clare Valley and Finger Lakes.

The top pink wines of Winery Chankaska

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Chankaska

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

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Chankaska

  • 2013With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Frontenac
  • Marquette

The word of the wine: Vintage (champagne)

It is a champagne made from a single harvest. In principle, we only vintage the great years: 1988, 1990, 1995, 1996... We find more often, now, the very good 2002, and the 2004, a little short.

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Discover the grape variety: Petite Sirah

Powerful, intensely coloured reds with an almost black inky hue, firm tannins and a dense palate, with concentrated aromas of black fruits (blackberry, blackcurrant, plum), black cherry, dark chocolate, black pepper, spices, leather and balsamic notes. Fine ageing potential. Confirmed star of great Californian (Napa, Sonoma, Paso Robles) and Australian reds. American synonym for French durif, a hybrid created in 1880 by François Durif (syrah × peloursin).

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